The Zac Brown Band is a country music group that was formed in 2000, by a group of talented musicians in Atlanta Georgia. After paying their dues for many years, The Zac Brown band came into its own and became a very popular country band.
The band is made up of six men, Zac Brown who does the lead vocals and plays guitar. Jimmy De Martini plays the fiddle and does vocals. Chris Fryar plays the drums. Clay Cook plays the guitar and other backup instruments as needed including guitar, organ, and mandolin and helps with vocals. John Driskell Hopinks plays the bass guitar and does vocals. Coy Bowles plays both the guitar and organ.
One of the most popular songs of the Zac Brown Band is Chicken Fried
2010 Awards and Nominations
Zac Brown Band has been nominated for the awards Entertainer of the Year, and Top Group of the year, at the Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast live on April 18, 2010 on CBS. Their hit song Toes is up for single of the year, and The Foundation is up for album of the year.
At the 2010 Grammy awards, which were held in February of 2010 the band, was nominated for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for Chicken Fried. The band was also nominated for Best Country Album with the Foundation. The country sensation won the award for Best New Artist. http://www.zacbrownband.com/news.html?n_id=371
Featured Video of The Zac Brown Band
The boys in the band perform "Chicken Fried" on the stage of the Grand Old Opry, in Nashville, Tennessee. This video is the debut of the Zac Brown Band at the famous landmark.
2009 Awards and Nominations
At the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards, they were nominated for Top New Artist and won Top New Vocal Duo or Group.
At the CMT Music Awards show, they won the USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year.
At the Country Music Association the Zac Brown Band was nominated for the following awards, New Artist of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year, and Chicken Fried was nominated for both single and song of the year.
Quotes
"We're a live performing band. We never expected radio success to take off the way it has, but it's really helped us fill rooms in places we'd never been. We're selling out places we've never played. That's the type of opportunity we want as a live band."—Zac Brown, on the band's successRolling Stone: Zac Bron Band Enters the S.S. (April 3, 2009)
