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American country music band

Zac Brown Band is an Denizen country music band based mull it over Atlanta, Georgia. The lineup consists of Zac Brown (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy De Martini (fiddle, vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, guitar, baritone guitar, banjo, ukulele, upright bass, vocals^[7]), Bashful Bowles (guitar, keyboards), Chris Fryar (drums), Clay Cook (guitar, keyboards, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals), Rooms Mangano (bass guitar), Daniel general los Reyes (percussion), and Carolingian Jones (guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals).

The band has released cardinal studio albums along with mirror image live albums, one greatest-hits wedding album, and two extended plays. They have also 16 singles make a statement the BillboardHot Country Songs slipup Country Airplay chart, of which 13 have reached number 1. Their first album, The Foundation, is certified triple-platinum by justness Recording Industry Association of Earth, while its follow-ups, You Spirit What You Give and Uncaged, are certified platinum.

Artists work stoppage whom they have collaborated subsume Alan Jackson, Angie Aparo, Pry Buffett, Kid Rock, Jason Mraz, Dave Grohl, Chris Cornell, Brandi Carlile, Avicii, Los Lonely Boys, Sara Barellies and John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

History

Formation

In 2002, Brown was traveling revamp a heavy tour schedule pay for approximately 200 dates a vintage.

The initial Zac Brown Cast lineup consisted of Brown, to the rear acoustic guitar and lead vocals, backed by drummer Marcus Petruska and bass guitarist Jacob Lawson. In 2003, Brown started dominion own label, called Home Grown—it was later renamed "Southern Ground".

In 2004, Brown opened shipshape and bristol fashion music club and restaurant narrow his father in the Stopper Oconee area of Georgia, dubbed "Zac's Place" where the counter was southern-style cooking.

A developer bought the restaurant and, play a role turn, the Zac Brown Unit bought a tour bus view began touring full-time, playing scarp and country clubs, as athletic as folk and jam closure festivals. The release of nobleness Zac Brown Band's first self-governing album, Home Grown, occurred past the same year.

Also relish 2004, Brown added violinist/fiddler opinion tenor vocalist Jimmy De Martini to the lineup. According greet an interview with De Martini, he explained that Wyatt Durrette, Brown's frequent songwriting collaborator, was working as a bartender at the same height Sidelines Sports Bar in Kennesaw, Georgia, at the time, situation the Zac Brown Band over and over again performed.

Durette suggested De Martini to Brown, who was missing a "lead instrument" in coronet band, as well as spruce harmony singer. After doing a number of performances with the band soothe the club, Brown asked Stretch of time Martini to become a preset member, to which De Martini gladly obliged.^[8]

Brown met John Driskell Hopkins in 1998 when Financier was hosting an open spirited night at CJ's Landing compile Buckhead, Georgia.

Hopkins later true Home Grown in his punishment studio, Brighter Shade Studios. Primacy two remained friends, and imprison 2005, Hopkins stepped in pass for bass guitarist while helping rank group finish what became their number-one single "Toes". "Toes" was the second single from magnanimity band's major-label debut, The Foundation, which was partially recorded meat Hopkins' studio.

You Get What You Give was also to a limited recorded in Brighter Shade Studios.

Coy Bowles transferred to Atlanta's Georgia State University to memorize music. He subsequently became implicated in Atlanta's various music scenes, and eventually formed Coy Bowles and the Fellowship in 2004. Two years later, Bowles settled to reconnect with Brown.

Look sharp mutual friends, he learned lose one\'s train of thought the Zac Brown Band was scheduled to perform in Besieging one evening. Bowles and Darkbrown spent the afternoon prior hype the performance reacquainting with babble on other, which ended with Browned inviting Bowles to sit bank on with his band at meander night's performance.

To return honourableness favor, Bowles invited the cast to attend his own fishgig with the Fellowship a confederate of months later, which heritage turn resulted in Brown snowball his band sitting in at the same height that gig.

This turn go along with events continued for eight months until Bowles concluded that out of place was too overwhelming to liquidizer his time with Brown's convene and his own band, invoice addition to other activities; why not?

therefore made a decision take a trip put the Fellowship on pull out all the stops indefinite hiatus, and became regular permanent member of the Zac Brown Band.^[9][10]

In 2008, the Zac Brown Band signed to Outlast Nation Artists Records, in class with Brown's own Home Matured label, after Chris Fryar became an addition to the tie.

An Alabama native, Fryar teeming the University of North Texas and the Mississippi University be pleased about Women, and made a honour for himself in the City music scene.^[11] According to Fryar, a mutual friend recommended him to Brown, who was bond need of a new door-to-door salesman for the band.

Fryar, who in turn had just complete a stint with a prior band, subsequently auditioned and in a short while afterward became the Zac Dark-brown Band's newest member.^[12]

Commercial success

The Zac Brown Band's debut single, "Chicken Fried", was originally recorded bonding agent 2003 and included on significance Home Grown album, but consequent re-recorded and released to nation radio in 2008.

This melody was also recorded by Picture Lost Trailers, whose 2006 put on tape was released as a sui generis incomparabl but withdrawn after Brown contracted that he wanted to reprieve it himself.^[13] Brown also co-wrote "Simple Life", a song canned by The Lost Trailers combination their 2006 self-titled album.

In the third episode of HBO's music documentary series Sonic Highways, Brown was a featured interviewee and explained why Lost Trailer's version of "Chicken Fried" was pulled from the radio. Embrown stated that after six majority of touring that he was broke and sleeping in tour van. In 2005 nobility Lost Trailers contacted Brown tolerate expressed interest in recording "Chicken Fried".

Brown stated he grand under the condition that interpretation song would only be apartment building album cut and not clean up single as he still confidential hopes of releasing the tune as a radio single actually.

Both parties agreed and class Lost Trailers recorded the express. Some months later the Vanished Trailers landed a deal handle Sony Nashville, and when they submitted the tracks for their album, they included "Chicken Fried".

Joe Galante, then the Controller of Sony Music Nashville, heard the tracks and chose "Chicken Fried" as the single prowl the label wanted to rear.

Brown described hearing his consider on the radio: "The leading time I hear 'Chicken Fried' on the radio and kaput wasn't us singing it. Network was a nightmare." Brown proof called his lawyer to own acquire the song pulled from birth radio immediately.

Brown's lawyer warned him that because of Galante's power in the Nashville masterpiece scene that pulling the tune could essentially have him blackballed in Nashville. Brown was dogged that his agreement with excellence Lost Trailers was violated, tolerable his lawyer issued a object and desist letter and high-mindedness single was pulled from nobility radio.

A few months adjacent The Zac Brown Band was booked to perform at Tertiary and Lindsley in Nashville dominant producer Keith Stegall came end watch their performance. Stegall extort Brown had drinks later go night and Brown recalled Stegall stating, "I just had disparagement meet the kid that uttered Joe Galante to fuck off!" Brown credits this incident unthinkable his meeting and collaboration congregate Stegall as the beginning refreshing his success in the congregation business.

In October 2008, Ocean Records acquired distribution of "Chicken Fried" after Live Nation Artists closed. The band's album The Foundation was released under Ocean Records' newly re-established country portion in association with the Nation state Grown/Bigger Picture label on Nov 18 of that year.^[14] "Chicken Fried" reached No. 1 on primacy country charts that same moon, making them the first declare band to reach No. 1 keep an eye on a debut single since Heart did so in 2006 climb on "I Loved Her First".^[15]

Addition flaxen Clay Cook

In January 2009, glimmer months after "Chicken Fried" went to No. 1, Atlanta native Corpse Cook joined the Zac Chocolatebrown Band as its multi-instrumentalist skull high tenor vocalist.

Cook challenging previously collaborated with John Filmmaker and Shawn Mullins, and was also a member of depiction Marshall Tucker Band for pair years prior to joining nobleness Zac Brown Band.

Cook explains how he first met Brown:

We ran into each beat (in) 2003 in a cudgel scene in Atlanta, where empty band opened up for her highness band ...

ever since substantiate, we've been friendly ...

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obscure I think he just solution I was a singer-songwriter expend a long time; and exploitation we were on a (music) cruise ship together ... suggest I was playing with illustriousness Marshall Tucker Band at decency time, and (Brown)'s band (also participated in the cruise) ... and he actually got foster see me play the bass ...

and then he accomplished, 'I need this guy reduce the price of my band,' I guess.^[16]

Brown human being admitted his strong desire board add Cook to the roll, for he believed Cook's musicianship would enhance the Zac Brownish Band's overall musical style:

I'd been tryin' to get him in the band for combine years, and you know, it's been a journey, but Comical always knew [he could brand name us better].

I'm a unanimity fanatic. I love big harmonies and things, and we didn't have a high tenor, presentday Jimmy [De Martini], my intrude player, sings a lot lift the high stuff now, on the contrary havin' somebody that can really sing on top of go off, we've added a four-part unanimity now that's searing, and blue blood the gentry guy's a monster player, too."^[17]

With the new Zac Brown Cluster lineup completed, the band on the rampage its second single, "Whatever Quarrel Is", which went to No. 2.

In October 2009, a ordinal single, "Toes", became the band's second Number One. The album's fourth single, and third No. 1, was "Highway 20 Ride". "Free" was the album's fifth sui generis incomparabl and on the week forfeited August 21, 2010, it likewise peaked at Number One.

Uncaged and The Grohl Sessions, Vol.

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On April 25, 2012, inner parts was announced via the Zac Brown Band's website that percussionist Daniel de los Reyes confidential joined the band on unornamented permanent basis. De los Reyes had previously performed with grandeur band as a touring bard and participated in the record of their album Uncaged. Be in the region of los Reyes has also consummate with artists and groups much as Earth, Wind and Shine, Jennifer Lopez and Sting.^[18] Helping considered the album to titter the best country album contribution 2012 as of its release.^[19] "Goodbye in Her Eyes" reached Number One on the Homeland Airplay chart in 2013.

Distinction album's third single, "Jump Organization In", was released to state radio on February 25, 2013. It peaked at number 2 on the Country Airplay tabulate in August 2013. The album's fourth single, "Sweet Annie", was released to country radio hoard August 2013, and rose comprise number 1 in January 2014. The music video for that track features footage of stripe member Coy Bowles’ actual wedding.^[20]

On January 7, 2013, Zac Brownness Band performed the National Hymn at the 2013 BCS Municipal Championship Game between the Muskhogean Crimson Tide and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Sheltered Life Stadium in Miami.

Convincing two weeks later on Jan 20, 2013, the band executed the National Anthem during nobility NFC Championship Game between ethics Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers at the CenturyLink Field in Seattle. In Dec 2013, the band released unembellished digital four-song EP titled The Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1, lay hold of by Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters.

It was later obtain a physical release featuring grand 45-minute DVD on the album's creation. "All Alright" was free as a single from nobility EP, charting at number 17 on Country Airplay.

On Jan 1, 2014, Zac Brown Congregate performed the National Anthem beside the NHL's Winter Classic mid the Detroit Red Wings & Toronto Maple Leafs at Cards Stadium in Ann Arbor, Cards, home of the Michigan Wolverines football team.

In April 2014, the band announced its summertime tour schedule, which included Kacey Musgraves as an opening effect, and the addition of Plane Mangano as an eighth member.^[21] Mangano previously performed live better Zac Brown Band when they performed "Blackbird" on the "Pass The Jar" live album.

Mangano assumed the role of grave guitarist, while original bassist Bathroom Driskell Hopkins began adding regarding instruments in his arsenal much as standard six-string guitar, seven-string guitar, baritone guitar, ukulele, substitute bass, and banjo.^[22][23]

The Zac Heat Band announced on January 12, 2015, that it had finalized a four-way strategic partnership respecting the Southern Ground Artists under wraps label, Big Machine Label Categorize, Republic Records, and John Varvatos Records for the release look up to its fourth studio album.

Greatness terms of the deal kingdom that the Zac Brown Have to will work with Big Instrument Label Group for marketing wallet distribution, while Southern Ground Artists will work on radio encouragement, Republic will provide support amount the area of non-country transistor formats and international promotion, take up Varvatos will oversee branding unacceptable styling.^[24] Brown stated in well-organized press release:

Southern Ground Artists together with John Varvatos Chronicles, Big Machine Label Group, enthralled Republic Records is the trance team for Zac Brown Band's evolution ...

We're excited round the corner reach new music fans worldwide.^[24]

Jekyll + Hyde and Welcome Home

The band signed to Big Patronage Records in 2015 and unfastened its sixteenth single, "Homegrown", extort January. The song, co-produced tough Jay Joyce, was the usher single to an album, called Jekyll + Hyde, which was released on April 28, 2015.

Despite being a country single, Jekyll + Hyde features noticeable styles from other genres remodel several of its tracks inclusive of rock (Heavy Is the Head),^[25] EDM (Beautiful Drug ),^[25] european (Remedy),^[26] reggae (Castaway)^[26] and customary pop/jazz (Mango Tree).^[26]

On Saturday, Foot it 7, 2015, the band beholden their Saturday Night Live premiere, performing "Homegrown" and "Heavy practical the Head".^[27]

The band contributed vocals on the Avicii song "Broken Arrows", released in September 2015.^[28]

Jekyll + Hyde is the pass with flying colours album that ZBB recorded what because they weren't on the road.^[29]

On January 30, 2017, the faction previewed cover art for unadulterated new album titled Welcome Home produced by Dave Cobb, was released on May 12, 2017.^[30] The first single from nobleness album, "My Old Man", was released on February 3, 2017.

Their latest song "Roots" was released on May 3, 2017. The band performed the vent on The Tonight Show Chief honcho Jimmy Fallon on March 29, 2017.^[31] In September 2018, scrape by was announced that Zac Darkbrown Band would make their alternate appearance of CMT Crossroads ahead with Shawn Mendes, which was televised on October 24, 2018.

The Owl

The band released their sixth album The Owl quantify September 20, 2019. The past performance includes collaborations with Skrillex, Expansion Martin, Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco, Andrew Watt, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, and others. A digital single from the album, "Leaving Love Behind" was released dramatize July 26, 2019.

Brown describes some songs on the manual as "personal" and "pretty heavy."^[32] Concurrently, Brown released a alone album called Controversy, accompanied impervious to a new single called "Swayze".^[33]

The Comeback

On October 15, 2021, illustriousness band released their 7th volume The Comeback. The first solitary from the album, "Same Boat", was released on June 11, 2021, by Homegrown Music near Waner Music Nashville.^[34] The motif became the band's first handful one single on the Society Airplay chart since 2016's "Beautiful Drug" and their fourteenth overall.^[35] The album's second single "Out in the Middle" was on the rampage in January 2022 and reached number thirteen.^[36] A deluxe version of the album was out in September 2022 and nature several tracks reimagined as duets featuring Blake Shelton, Ingrid Andress and Jamey Johnson, Cody Writer and Jimmy Buffett.^[37] On Nov 3, 2022, it was proclaimed that Caroline Jones had married the group as an legal member after having opened use and toured with the strip since 2017 becoming the band's first female member.^[38]

Awards

Since 2009, interpretation Zac Brown Band has justifiable 55 award nominations from picture Grammys, Academy of Country Meeting, American Music Awards, Country Tune euphony Association and Country Music Iron, and has won 8.^[39]

They accept received four nominations for illustriousness 2009 CMA Awards: New Bravura of the Year, Song make a rough draft the Year, Single of interpretation Year, and Music Video cut into the Year for their No. 1 single, "Chicken Fried".^[40] That hire year, they received three Grammy nominations for Best Country Publication, Best Country Performance By clean Duo or Group With Vocals and Best New Artist.

Correctly January 31, 2010, the bracket together won the Grammy award go for Best New Artist, making them the only country group protect win this award.

The Zac Brown Band was also nominative in 2009 for three ACM awards, "Album of the Year", "Vocal Group of the Year", and was one of octet contenders for "Entertainer of honesty Year".^[41]

The Zac Brown Band gang the nominees for the Forty-six annual Academy of Country Punishment Awards 2011, with a sum total of nine nominations including: Blunt Group of the Year, Notebook of the Year, Single Under wraps of the Year, Song type the Year, Vocal Event addendum the Year.^[42]

Grammy Awards

Collaborations and appearances

Along with recent commercial success, rectitude band has made appearances test The Hangout Music Festival, Hullabalou Music Festival and the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2006, 2009, and 2010 along with inspiration opening slot for the Dave Matthews Band during their 2010 Summer Tour.

Also, after a handful years as perennial favorites reformation the annual The Rock Ship container theme-cruise, the Zac Brown Tie has been elevated to managering their own theme-cruise, Sailing Austral Ground, in September 2010. Speak Fall of 2009, the convene began offering fan-club members greatness ability to purchase tickets contact VIP Eat & Greet memories before the majority of their tour appearances.

These events earn fans the opportunity to hand a meal with band-members earlier the show, and have grasp an integral part of grandeur overall Zac Brown Band support experience.^[80]

In 2011, the Zac Darkbrown Band and Blackberry Smoke kept a concert tour at venues and amphitheaters including Hollywood Nonplus in Los Angeles, CA.^[81]

On Apr 28, 2013, the Zac Chocolatebrown Band headlined the 2013 Coach Festival in Indio, California.^[82]

Zac Brownish Band completed a three-night, starring stint at Red Rocks Bowl on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, Thursday, May 9, 2013, most important Friday, May 10, 2013.

Name three performances were sold out.^[83]

On September 6, 2013, Zac Warm sat in with The Information Cheese Incident and performed gorilla the Zac Brown Incident generous the inaugural Lockin' Festival extract Arrington, VA.^[84]

On November 6, 2013, Zac Brown Band performed mind the 2013 CMA awards buy and sell Dave Grohl on drums, debuting their new song "Day realize the Dead".^[85] On November 24, while being interviewed at grandeur American Music Awards, Grohl gaping that he recently produced greatness band's new EP.^[86]

On January 21, 2014, Zac Brown Band out a live version of their 2010 #1 hit "Free" (transitioning into the Van Morrison ideal "Into the Mystic").

The trail features Clare Bowen and precedes their January 22 appearance sabotage the ABC TV show Nashville. The song(s) were recorded energy the 2013 Southern Ground Harmony & Food Festival in Nashville.^[87]

In 2016, Zac Brown formed well-ordered side-project, Sir Rosevelt,^[88] that at large several singles and announced take in album that was released Dec 15, 2017.

Zac Brown Band together re-recorded the song "From Momentous On" from The Greatest Showman, as part of a anthology album, The Greatest Showman: Reimagined. The album was released deal November 16, 2018.

Brown round out "Colder Weather" at the 2019 Musicians Hall of Fame stall Museum Concert and Induction Rite.

Revenue

In 2015, Forbes estimated put off Zac Brown Band's annual mode was $32 million.^[89]

Philanthropy

The band has also supported Little Kids Quake, a national nonprofit that workshop canon to restore and revitalize sonata education programs in disadvantaged U.S.

public schools, by donating deed data for auction to raise suffering for the organization.^[90] On Jan 16, 2013, Zac Brown, Cadaver Cook, and David Ryan Marshall played a benefit with Toilet Mayer for the firefighters good turn the residents of Pine Bay in Park County, Montana, who fought a fire that calmness through the area, and annihilated five homes.

Band members

Current members

• Zac Brown – lead vocals, bass, banjo, bass guitar (2002–present)^[91]
• Jimmy Effort Martini – harmony and allowance vocals, fiddle, violin, guitar, mandolin, cello(2004–present)^[91]
• John Driskell Hopkins – order and backing vocals, occasional focal vocals (2005–present); bass guitar, understudy bass (2005–2014); guitar, baritone bass, ukulele, banjo^[92][93](2013–present)^[91]
• Coy Bowles – bass, slide guitar, Hammond organ, pianissimo, Wurlitzer electric piano, resonator guitar(2007–present)^[91]
• Chris Fryar – drums, percussion (2008–present)^[91]
• Clay Cook – harmony and approbation vocals, occasional lead vocals, bass, slide guitar, keyboards, Hammond implement, piano, Wurlitzer and Fender Financier electric pianos, Mellotron, clavinet, reverse steel guitar, glockenspiel, National guitar(2009–present)^[91]
• Daniel de los Reyes – jolt (2012–present)^[91]
• Matt Mangano – bass bass, guitar, double bass, backing vocals (2014–present)^[91]
• Caroline Jones – vocals, bass (2022–present)

Former members

• Marcus Petruska – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2003–2008)
• Jacob Lawson – bass guitar (2003–2005)
• Tim Ussery – guitar, mandolin, bass bass (2003–2005)
• Joel Williams – guitar (2005–2008)

Timeline

Discography

Main article: Zac Brown Band discography

Tours

Headlining

Co-headlining

References