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I rooted for Shamrock on VH1s White Rapper Show, and when he won I was pumped.

Now we get ready for Shamrock's debut. We put "Entourage" into rotation on the station, and every time I hear it, my whole body wants to move with the hypnotic beat and this Geogia artists flow that signifies why he put the other "white rappers" in their place: Behind Shamrock.

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Every now and then a young and hungry rhyme-spitter emerges from the faceless, nameless sea of rappers to offer hope in the form of a fresh, new flow. The hip-hop breeding ground that is Zone 6 of Atlanta has delivered yet another talent. Only this time, it is a little different.

Already dubbed the "Eminem of the South" by his local following, 23 year-old $hamrock, born Timothy Rasmussen, brings a different perspective to say the least. "I rep for that one white dude in the trap, in the hood, playing hoops, in the club, who just don't know anything else. I get down with the best of em."

Raised in Decatur, GA and Conyers, GA on the eastside of Atlanta, "$ham" learned early on that rap was a powerful force. "Everyone always doubted me when they first saw me like 'oh he a lame' and 'why he here' and shit like that. When people heard me rap, it was like my acceptance."

In between earning Varsity letters and tearing down lunch cafeteria sessions in high school, $ham managed to earn numerous scholarships to attend college. Taking his act to the University of Georgia in Athens, GA, it was there that $ham made his rap visions a reality. After winning the first talent show he ever entered, $ham earned a gig opening for The Roots and Sleepy Brown. As he tells it, that opportunity was the final push he needed.

"That was it for me. I had the whole school telling me I'm tight and that I'm gone make it and blow up and be rich. I promised Moms that I would get my degree and then I would chase my dream to get signed. She and my Pops gave me their blessing and that was that."

Making good on his promise, $hamrock earned his Journalism degree in May 2005.

n 2006, after working with local underground producers Luney Tunez & Ribah, $hamrock's break finally came. $hamrock was picked to be on a new VH1 show that would air at the end of the year called "VH1's EGOTRIP - The White Rapper Show". After a grueling process, which included him garnering millions of fans and beating out a dozen other finalists, $hamrock won.

Now rocking shows from coast-to-coast, being known worldwide (yes, the show is now on in the UK & other countries as well), and being $100,000 dollars richer, $hamrock is ready to bring his music to the masses. But stopping traffic in Manhattan, constantly being stopped by his supporters in the streets all over the country, and being courted by major record labels for the opportunity to release his debut album “Worst 2 First” has not changed $hamrock one bit.

"I basically think that I will get out what I put in. The harder I work and the more opportunities I go after, its more likely I will get my shine. It's all about that hustle and flow."

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Have You Been Looking for Zac Brown Foundation?

We've been looking forward to the re release of Foundation by Zac Brown band, and its finally here  If  you Buy Zac Brown Foundation Right Now, Music Today is offering a special pre order deal.

Here are the details.

You can Now Order Zac Brown Foundation, and get the download instantly!

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Here's what else you could get when you Pre-Order Foundation

The Foundation Pre-order CD $11.99 Purchase the pre-order CD (featuring two interchangeable covers)and also receive: • Digital download of the The Foundation album immediately upon purchase • Instant download of two new, exclusive tracks, "Let It Go" and "Who Knows," from ZBB's House of Blues Chicago performance

Hold on it gets better! For the fan who wants it all, we have just the thing to satisfy even the most diehard ZBB fan. Not only will you get an autographed copy of The Foundation in your mailbox on Sept 2nd and the complete digital download of the new album upon purchase, but you'll also receive a ZBB t-shirt available exclusively through this pre-order AND an instant download of 10 tracks from ZBB's performance from the House of Blues in Chicago.

PLEASE NOTE: There is a limited number of autographed copies.

Here's the best part – you could be entered to win a fly away trip including: concert tickets, lodging, and airfare from anywhere in the continental US for two to Zac Brown Band's 2008 New Year's Eve performance. In order to be entered in the contests, you MUST add the entry form to your cart. Winners will be chosen at random. Additional runner-up prizes include: ZBB concert tickets and a $50 gift certificate to ZBB's online store. Click here for complete details.

Click here to pre-order The Foundation today – you could be flying away to see ZBB ring in 2009 before you can say "Chicken Fried."

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Update!! - Due to overwhelming response, the show has been moved to Ridge Ferry Park at 300 W. 3rd St., Rome, GA.

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If you are looking for a good place to listen to some great southern rock this summer, then you need to get to White Georgia for Licks N Sticks.

The concert will also benefit Save A Pet

Here's some of the line-up for this great show:

• Marshall Tucker Band
• Atlanta Rythm Section
• Georgia Satellites
• Jimmie Van Zant

Also, a Georgia Jukebox Fave, and local band The Thrillhammers will be playing. Its worth the trip to see them, and the Jukebox will be there to party with the crowd!

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Colt Ford's new video for "No Trash In My Trailer" should start showing up on CMT, Colt's P.R. advisor told us on Wednesday night.

Here's the statement:

(Nashville, TN) –Georgia-native and independent country entertainer COLT FORD is making his debut on CMT with top-name celebrities supporting his fresh style of country music. Beginning on Thursday, June 12^th, fans can tune-in to CMT to watch Ford's video for "No Trash In My Trailer." In addition to the celebrity cameo appearances from John Michael Montgomery, Steve Azar, Rhett Akins, Stephen Cochran, Vinny (from Trailer Choir), Brantley Gilbert, and CMT's own Lance Smith—this special CMT exclusive edit will also feature footage from the new network show, Mobile Home Disaster.

The video was produced by Tacklebox Films and shot by notable directors, The Brads, in Springfield, Tennessee in late May. "The treatment was designed to depict how country folks live," says Ford. "I am as country as it gets, so I'm not poking fun of that lifestyle by any means. I think it's a large part of American culture and I hope everyone enjoys our interpretation!"

Artists and critics agree that his approach is unlike anything currently at radio or on TV today. "Colt Ford is a star, plain and simple. 'No Trash' brings together the best of artists like Toby Keith, Kid Rock and Hank Jr. and delivers them in one big, stone-cold country package. In a time when a lot of country music sounds similar, Colt's stuff will absolutely turn your head," says Randy "Mudflap" Wilcox, of WEGX-FM.

Ford's 2008 album Ride Through The Country is available now at www.coltford.com with physical album slated for release in July 2008. No stranger to incorporating friends in his projects, Ford's record features artists John Michael Montgomery, Jamey Johnson, Brantley Gilbert, Bonecrusher, Attitude, Jeremy Popoff (of Lit), and Adrian Young (of No Doubt).

Fellow songwriter and co-writer of "Cold Beer" from Country, Jamey Johnson has helped introduce Ford to several of the other Nashville singer/songwriters that appear on the album and in the video. "Colt Ford is a unique man taking on a big job," says Johnson. "Trying to mix rap and hard core country music is like trying to blend oil and water. He might be the only man in town that knows the recipe."

Ford acknowledges that his success didn't happen overnight, and he credits his fans for the overwhelming response at the shows and for the Top 20 MySpace success. However, at the end of the day Ford still says the music is the fundamental force driving his success. "I've been fortunate to make friends with several people in town since coming up to Nashville to record." As former PGA golfer, Ford says, "I give golf tips to a lot of celebrities, so when they learn I write and then hear the music, the relationships and writing sessions seem to develop naturally. I've been incredibly blessed to work with such talented people and have the opportunity to make music for a living."

For details on Ford and to download a copy of Ride Through The Country, visit www.coltford.com. Be sure to listen for "No Trash In My Trailer" on your local station and on CMT and CMT.com.

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Visit Jayne Olderman's Website

Whether it's a teen driven pop song, to national advertising campaigns, Jayne Olderman has been "delivering the goods" as far as songwriting goes for some time now, and is becoming an integral part of the North Georgia music scene. All along the way, Olderman enjoys the journey with style and class. An attitude that exudes energetic productivity, and the song writing chops to match, chances are you've heard Jayne Olderman's music, even if you didn't know it.

• "Let Me Be There For You" on Patti's GRAMMY nominated GOLD CD release "FLAME" (MCA)
• "You Don't Deserve Me" for CBS movie of the week, the MAFIA DOCTOR (aired 3/16/03)
• "CMT's Greatest Road Trips; licensed her song "The End of the Road"

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Widespread Panic's first vault release, Carbondale 2000, is now available for pre-order.

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From the Official Widespread Panic Website -

Widespread Panic's first vault release, Carbondale 2000, is now available for pre-order on WidespreadPanic.com and LiveWidespreadPanic.com!

According to Widespread Panic, There will be a limited supply of Carbondale 200 CDs printed, so order your copy soon.

Carbondale 2000 hits the stores on June 10th 2008, online at Widespread Merchandise and LiveWidespreadPanic.com and Select Indie Record Stores around the country.

Carbondale 2000 features all-original members

It was recorded at Southern Illinois University Arena on December 1, 2000, and

We'll be sure to bring you more information

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Chris McKay and The Critical Darlings are getting ready to launch their much anticipated 2nd release, Satisfactionista in  June and  The  band  was nice enough to let their fans in on a  preview, and we're happy to  bring  it to you.

We've put "Sadder Day" into rotation here at The Georgia Jukebox and click the play button below to hear it now!

Satisfactionista Release Date In June

We haven't heard a hard date, but in an email from front man Chris McKay today he said that "The digital delivery date is still expected for June with a more physical release by the fall."

Visit Chris McKay and The Critical Darlings Website

and their myspace page

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Hot Off The shoot, here are some exclusive photos from Colt Ford's video shoot for his song "No Trash in My Trailer" in Nashville TN this week.

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Welcome to the "new and improved" Georgia Jukebox. We're updating the website over the next few days, so make sure to come back and check out the finished product.

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Buy Honeydew

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The first time I heard Shawn Mullins (Soul’s Core) his music hit home the way only a local songwriter from your part of the world can do. The language was familiar, the stories were the kind of stories I’d grown up hearing, and still seem uniquely North-east Georgia.

Fast forward to 2008, and Mullins newest offering, Honey Dew. You’d expect Shawn Mullins music and song-writing to have matured over the years, and that it has. But there’s still that sense of reality that’s missing in many mainstream artists’ albums these days.

“All In My Head” starts Honey Dew Off with a bang. This is a radio-friendly introspective song is a great way to start out the Atlanta Georgia (originally from Dawsonville) artists newest album.

“The Ballad of Kathryn Johnston” tells the story of inner-city troubles and a police shoot-out with the elderly Johnston, which left Johnston dead and the police to answer many questions.

“Homeless Joe” is a mix of Skynyrd’s “Curtis Low” and Arrested Devlopment’s “Mr. Wendell” and blends blues, folk, and rock into a unique mixture of Americana

“Cabbagetown” is perhaps the best song on Honey Dew, and represents the best of the “Old” Shawn Mullins and the best of what’s yet to come from this proud Georgia artist.

Its obvious that Shawn Mullins move to Atlanta has affected him as an artist in many ways. I’d dare to say Honey Dew could be an unofficial soundtrack to Atlanta that keeps you coming back to discover new parts of the music, like I discover new parts of Atlanta each time I bring myself to drive inside I-285. He tells his stories with the compassion you expect from someone living in rural America. One listen to Hone Dew will showMullins has not lost his soul.

You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy.

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Shawn Mullins On Honeydew

SHAWN MULLINS ON THE SONGS OF HONEYDEW:

“All in My Head”: The song’s theme of self-examination belies the fact that it was written by Mullins and Hansen as a prospective theme song for the sitcom Scrubs. The original 2002 recording was lighter and more uptempo than this powerful new version, in which Mullins delivers an arching falsetto vocal in the chorus. “When we FIRST started the recording, I was having a block, and Gerry said, ‘Shawn, I’m tellin’ you, that shit’s all in your head, just like that song we wrote.’ And I said, ‘Man, we oughta dig that up.’ The next thing I knew, we were all sitting around working it up in a whole different groove.”

“Home”: “The first verse is about my dear friend Melissa Hadley, a musician in Athens and the funniest woman I ever knew, who died at 38 of ovarian cancer. The second verse came to me as I was looking at old pictures of Cabbagetown, a section of Atlanta that was once inhabited by Irish immigrant mill workers. In one photo, there’s a boy sitting in front of a dimestore, looking as emaciated as a POW. I got to thinkin’ that it wasn’t that long ago, right here in my hometown.”

“The Ballad of Kathryn Johnston”: Literally ripped from the headlines, the song is about an aged woman living in a crime-infested Atlanta neighborhood who got a gun to protect herself. When intruders broke down her door one night, the woman started firing, not realizing her assailants were police officers, who, it turned out, had targeted the wrong house in search of drug dealers. “Reading Dylan’s Chronicles inspired me to look for news stories, and this one really grabbed me. So little was said about it because that’s how things are in rough neighborhoods, which is what I meant by the line, ‘everything stays the same.’ But it all changed for me, because I connected with her. Sometimes I don’t feel safe, especially after we got cleaned out last year. But we don’t have a gun in the house. Even though I’ve got a little army in me [after college, Mullins was commissioned in the U.S. Army Reserve], I don’t wanna live that way.”

“Homeless Joe”: “There really is a Homeless Joe here in Atlanta, along with Shorty, Blind Bob, Wolf and other strumming, homeless troubadours. They’re living through their art, even though their lives are tough, without enough to eat or a place to sleep, and they’re viewed as winos on the street. The song is a celebration of those people who are following their bliss, even in the most difficult of circumstances. I’ve always connected with them; I see them as modern-day examples of the wanderer.”

“Leaving All Your Troubles Behind”: “This is the story of a girl who lives in a town in the North Georgia Mountains where there were once textile mills, but now the biggest industry is trailer meth, cooked up by the grandkids of moonshiners. There are a lot of people in small towns in the South that try to escape, and most of them wind up coming back. But not this girl; she’s seen enough to know that’s not where she belongs.”

“Fraction of a Man”: “A modern-day traveling salesman finds himself in Biloxi, and suddenly it hits him — ‘What am I doing with my life?’ That’s a really common thing for a lot of middle-aged American men, who want to follow their bliss and really go for it, but somehow they never do. This one leaves you with a reality check, with the

alcoholism, the loneliness, and the nomadic existence. It’d make a bummer of a movie.”

“See That Train”: “I love trains. My grandfather, father and brother-in-law all worked for the railroad, and I miss all the stories I used to hear. The song is about a hobo whose girl has left him asleep under a water tower and taken the train to Birmingham. I feel so unhip, because all the stuff I’m interested in is old. But there’s something about that America of yesterday that I long for; sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong time.”

“For America”: “I wanted to have something on the record that would express what I wanted to say not as a protest song but more like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger or early Dylan might have written. This song talks about the modern America and that feeling of what’s going on? Where are we headed? Where are our leaders? There’s a longing in the song for something that can’t be felt anymore.”

“Cabbagetown”: “It was a tough neighborhood until the late ’90s; now it’s one of the largest complexes of loft housing anywhere, surrounded by these rows of tiny shotgun houses where the mill workers used to live — now they sell for $400 grand. But this song is set in the late ’80s, when Cabbagetown was overrun by skinheads and junkies. It’s about a guy my age who wakes up one morning, looks around and decides he’s gotta get back to the mountains, where his grandfather came from. My family was full of sharecroppers and cotton mill workers — like my grandmother, who’s 93.”

“Nameless Faces”: “That one has to do with me leaving my family when I first hit the road. I really needed to get out of this little town where my first wife and I were living and play music and be with other people who were creating. I didn’t come home for a long time, and I lost contact with everyone, so it’s about my family trying to call me home.”

“Song of the Self (Chapter 2)”: “I wrote a song called ‘Song of the Self’ in ’95, right after I started going to therapy. I had a great therapist who showed me how to move on from my childhood demons, use them to my advantage and try to forgive. I hadn’t written another song like that since then, until this one. It just came to me early on in the process of writing this record. I sang these words into that little recorder, and it was exactly what I wanted to say. I’m talking to myself, but I’m also hoping that whoever listens can get something out of it. Because with all that’s going on, I feel like a little hope is a good thing.”

“Now That You’re Gone”: “That song is somewhat coming from me talking to my mom, but it’s also about my dad, who’s just had an awful time since she died. He’s remembering those times, especially in the second verse. The first is me imagining them dating, and remembering the stories they would tell about when they were childhood sweethearts in Lakewood Heights.”

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