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| - Let's first note that I hate country music - even new country, rock country, whatever, I don't like it. So why I am giving a country bar 4 stars? Because it's actually a decent place for what it is. The place is large, has a huge stage and a huge dance floor. Shortly before I moved to Charlotte, a rave was held here, and man this would have been a perfect place for that due to these reasons. CJ's reminds me of a place I used to go to in Buffalo called Howdy's, and they also hosted dance music events there.
I ended up going to CJ's because a friend of a friend was getting married soon, and this was one of the stops on the bachelor's party night. Even in Coyote Joe's, not everyone is country, nor was all of the music. We had a diverse mix of transplants and natives, as did most of the groups of women we talked to. They even played both kinds of music -country AND western :) Actually there was a live country band, but they also played some rock tunes, such as Red Hot Chili Peppers. They would play 5 songs or so, and then the DJ would play dance hits like Electric Slide and Cupid Shuffle. Only about 25% of what I heard was country music this night.
The main negative of this place is that (as expected), you won't find any local or craft beer. No biggie, I had a 30 minute drive home, so 1 drink was it. The parking lot is huge, but this stretch of Wilkinson is a little sketchy...I think people know better to mess with a bunch of good ole' boys who are in all likelihood strapped. Oh, everyone working at the place was super nice too.
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