Shoot The Jukebox returns! This month’s show is on TUESDAY MAY 10th, 2011 at The Commodore in Williamsburg, Brooklyn from 9pm - 1am. Whiskey, Beer, Two-Steppin, Fried Chicken, Greens.

This month’s mixtape is a celebration of DUETS. Download the mixtape for free by clicking on this mediafire link:

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Track Listing:

1. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - Islands In The Stream

2. Dwight Yokam and Buck Owens - Streets of Bakersfield

3. Georgoe Jones and Merle Haggard - Yesterday’s Wine

4. The Band with Emmylou Harris - Evangeline

5. Bonnie Raitt and John Prine - Angel From Montgomery

6. Merle Haggard and Tammy Wynette - Today I Started Lovin’ You Again

7. Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn - Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man

8. Johnny Cash and June Carter - Give My Love To Rose

9. Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson - Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

10. Tammy Wynette and George Jones -  D-I-V-O-R-C-E

This month Christie and I will actually be doing TWO Shoot The Jukebox shows. The first is our regular monthly night on WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2011 at The Commodore in Williamsburg, Brooklyn from 9pm - 1am. 

The second is a special show called Texas State Fair at The Bellhouse in Brooklyn on Sunday February 20th, from 3pm to 7pm. In addition to great old country music, there is a queso contest, belt buckle contest, specially priced Texas beers, ping pong and a lot more. What better way to spend your Sunday afternoon than sipping on Lone Star, snacking on rotel and two-stepping. I don’t know, but I sure hope there’s some Shiner!

In honor of the Texas State Fair at The Bellhouse, our mixtape this month is part 1 of at least 3 Texas-themed mixes.

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Mixtape #6 - February 2011 - Texas Pt. 1 by shoot The Jukebox1

Track Listing:

1. Bob Wills - Deep In The Heart Of Texas

2. Asleep At The Wheel - Miles And Miles Of Texas

3. Willie Nelson and Mel Tillis - Texas On A Saturday Night

4. David Allan Coe - Texas Lullaby

5. Waylon Jennings - Luckenback, Texas

6. George Strait - All My Ex’s Live In Texas

7. Tracy Lawrence - Texas Tornado

8. Steve Earle - San Antonio Girl

9. Lyle Lovett - That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas)

10. Bill Neely - Never Left The Lone Star State

We’re very excited about the FIRST Shoot The Jukebox live DJ evening of 2011! This month’s show is on WEDNESDAY JANUARY 19, 2011 at The Commodore in Williamsburg, Brooklyn from 9pm - 1am. Come out and get some food, some whiskey and some dancing.

For our mixtape this month, we put together 10 songs all about that classic country theme - REVENGE. From Kenny Roger’s “Coward of The County” to a band we’d never heard of called Wylie and The Wild West, these tracks should sufficiently satisfy all of your thirst for evening the score.

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Mixtape #5 - January 2011 - Revenge Songs by shoot The Jukebox1

Track Listing:

1. Kenny Rogers - Coward Of The County

2. Porter Wagoner - The Cold Hard Facts Of Life

3. Merle Haggard - I’m Gonna Break Every Heart I Can

4. Johnny Paycheck - (Pardon Me) I’ve Got Someone To Kill

5. Lyle Lovett - LA County

6. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger

7. Marty Robbins - El Paso

8. Waylon Jennings - Mental Revenge

9. Loretta Lynn - Women’s Prison

10. Wylie & The Wild West - The Sky Above, The Mud Below

This month’s show is on TUESDAY DECEMBER 14, 2010 at The Commodore in Williamsburg, Brooklyn from 9pm - 1am. Join us for a night of fried chicken, whiskey and good old country music.

Our mixtape this month is called TEARS & BEERS. Inspired by Hank Williams’ classic “There’s a Tear In My Beer,” it’s 15 great songs all about loneliness and drinking beer. Okay, one’s about wine and one’s about whiskey, but close enough.

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Mixtape #4 - December 2010 - Tears & Beers by shoot The Jukebox1

Track Listing:

1. Johnny Paycheck - 15 Beers

2. Hank Williams - There’s A Tear In My Beer

3. Rex Franklin - Bubbles In My Beer

4. Buck Owens - Put A Quarter In The Jukebox

5. Merle Haggard - Swinging Doors

6. John Michael Montgomery - Beer And Bones

7. Alan Jackson - Pop A Top

8. Red Steagall - Lone Star Beer And Bob Wills Music

9. George Jones - If Drinkin’ Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will)

10. Gram Parsons - Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down

11. Jerry Jeff Walker - Someday I’ll Get Out Of These Bars

12. Faron Young - Wine Me Up

13. Willie Nelson - Whiskey River

14. Johnny Paycheck - Barstool Mountain

15. Kitty Wells - It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels

Our next Shoot The Jukebox LIVE show will be this TUESDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2010 at The Commodore in Williamsburg, Brooklyn from 9pm - 1am. It’s free, there’s delicious fried chicken, cheap drinks, great old country tunes and maybe even a little dancing.

This month’s mixtape is all about heartache, a subject that country music knows well. Listen below by pressing PLAY / Download for free by pressing the little downward ARROW on the middle of the right side.

Mixtape #3 - November 2010 - Songs of Heartache by Shoot The JukeBox

Track Listing:

1. George Jones - The Race Is On

2. Randy Travis - Diggin’ Up Bones

3. Freddy Fender - Wasted Days & Wasted Nights

4. Merle Haggard - No More You & Me

5. Lefty Frizzell - She’s Gone, Gone, Gone

6. Marty Robbins - Devil Woman

7. Hank Williams - Your Cheatin’ Heart

8. Charlie Pride - Is Anybody Goin’ To San Antone

9. Dwight Yokam - Cryin’ Time

10. Patsy Cline - Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray

11. Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down

12. Roger Miller - Invitation To The Blues

13. Carl Smith - Kisses Don’t Lie

14. Don Rich - Out Of My Mind

15. Johnny Cash (featuring Nick Cave) - I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

PS: My apologies for no October Mixtape…esp to Brock and Astronautalis. But, this one’s longer!

Join us live on TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 at Heather’s Bar in the East Village, NYC from 8pm - 12am for our monthly Shoot The Jukebox DJ series. Plenty of songs about whiskey, heartache and Texas. Plus, it’s free.

This month’s mixtape is something special. Instead of a selection of different old country songs, every single track is written by Townes Van Zandt but performed by someone else. So if you’re an old Townes fan, these should be some interesting covers, and if you’ve never heard of him, this should be a good introduction.

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Mixtape #2 - September 2010 - Townes Van Zandt Covers by Shoot The JukeBox

Track Listing:

1. Intro

2. Jerry Jeff Walker - I’ll Be Here In The Morning

3. John Prine - Loretta

4. Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard - Pancho and Lefty

5. The Flatlanders - Blue Wind Blew

6. Guy Clark - To Live Is To Fly

7. Steve Earle - Colorado Girl

8. Lyle Lovett - Texas River Song

9. Emmylou Harris and Don Williams- If I Needed You

10. Joe Ely and Ryan Bingham - White Freightliner Blues

Sadly, my google image search for Terry Gross with a cowboy hat produced no results. But, Fresh Air—arguably the best radio interview program of all time—is playing some of their favorite interviews with country musicians all week. So far they’ve featured Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson. Listen in to the Willie Nelson interview HERE, and visit the Fresh Air site to check out more all week!

Next Shoot the Jukebox Country Night is TUESDAY AUGUST 24, 2010 at Heather’s Bar (Ave A and 13th) in the East Village, NYC from 8PM to Midnight. 

We’re introducing our new monthly STJB mixtape series. Listen by pressing PLAY / Download by pressing the little downward ARROW on the right side below.

Mixtape #1 - August 2010 by Shoot The JukeBox

Track Listing:

1. Roger Miller - Chug

2. Tammy Wynette and George Jones - We’re Gonna Hold On

3. Lefty Frizzell - Give Me More, More, More

4. James Hand - Baby, Baby, Don’t Tell Me That

5. Johnny Paycheck - She’s All I Got

6. Townes Van Zandt - Greensboro Woman

7. Bobby Bare - Millers Cave

8. John Anderson - She Just Started Liking Cheating Songs

9. Merle Haggard - I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink

10. Kris Kristofferson - The Taker

11. Guy Clark - That Old Time Feelin’