The Lucky Shots’ luck has run out:
Now we are The Unlucky Shots

So here’s the story: we used to be called The Lucky Shots. Then we found out there’s another group using that name, out west, apparently, where the sun is bright, the egos are large, and cease-and-desist emails grow wild and free.

While they’ve been busy trademarking nouns, we’ve been busy making actual music. Still, rather than waste more energy arguing with strangers over who’s luckier, we decided to skip the drama and go full truth-in-advertising: We are now The Unlucky Shots™.

Same band, same songs, same odd smell in the practice space. Just slightly more cursed, and way more likely to roll our eyes if we hear the phrase “pending trademark dispute.”

So cheers to our West Coast namesake. May their luck hold. We’ll be over here doing what we do best, making noise and laughing about it.

You can find our music at www.theunluckyshots.com and we will be back up on streaming services soon. So, shots fired, but we’re good.

On a serious note: to my creative friends out there, take steps to secure your name and intellectual property sooner rather than later. You can’t rely on the other person to be nice about it.

Check out this great clip of us playing “Line Up” with our good friend Adam Dunetz

New Album “Second Tongue” available everywhere now!
Check it out
HERE

Second Tongue is a collection of songs that span a lifetime.

It tells the story of the voyage we all make from the first departure to the final arrival.

You embarked on an adventure
You discovered a world of wonder
You dreamed great dreams
You spent time alone
You learned balance
You were burned
You were loved
You got older
You got distracted
You kept walking day and night to get back home

This album is the first time I've taken The Unlucky Shots™ live band (featuring Anand Nayak, Jim Bliss, and Mike Benoit) into the studio, and I'm immensely pleased, proud, and grateful for all they put into these songs. You will be hard pressed to find better bandmates than these fine gentlemen.

A band performs live music in a cozy venue, featuring a guitarist singing into a microphone, a drummer playing behind a drum set, and a bassist playing with a phone, with framed posters on the wall behind them.

Upcoming Shows

Upcoming Shows

Friday 3/20/26

with Bring it to Bear

location TBA

Friday 3/27/26

Back Porch Fest

Progression Brewing Company

What does it mean to be “Lucky”?

If you consider the vastness of things, just the fact that you experience even one average day of your life seems pretty darn lucky. Even the bad days are really secret gifts, hiding their joy like clouds in front of the sun.

Four men standing outdoors at night, with two raising their arms, dressed warmly in jackets, scarves, and hats.

Music is one of the ways I remind myself of how lucky I am every day

Watch this video of our set at the Divine Theater:

Four men gathered together indoors, with one holding a guitar, in a room with a wooden ceiling and colorful lights, smiling and posing for the photo.
A four-member band performing on stage with guitars and drums, illuminated by colored stage lights, in a dimly lit venue with a brick wall background.