ARTISTS

Zac Brown Band

After an eventful year on the charts and on the road, GRAMMY-Award winning Zac Brown Band has proven that "overnight success" can be years in the making. They earned their first GRAMMY win in 2010 when they were crowned Best New Artist and they earned four additional nominations for the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, including: -Best Country Album for 'You Get What You Give', -Best Country Collaboration With Vocals for "As She's Walking Away" feat. Alan Jackson, -Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for "Free", -Best Country Song for "Free". New fans drawn by the irresistible hit singles, the awe-inspiring musicianship and dynamic live shows might have thought the Zac Brown Band emerged from nowhere.  In fact, the band has paid its dues for years and put in its time for just this moment, it may have happened quickly, but it's definitely built to last.

John Hopkins uses guitar hangers GSP28WB and GSP38WB. John says, "I'll take 15 wall hangers for the home studio rig. The locking forks will be great with a curious 2 year old thrashing around the house..."

Chris Fryar uses guitar stand GS412B; music stand BS413B; and microphone stands MS540B and MS631B. Chris says, ""LOVE THEM! The innovations that Hercules has made have revolutionized the instrument and microphone stand industry. When you use one of their "Quik-N-EZ" height adjusters for the first time you'll ask yourself, 'Why haven't I been using Hercules stands all along?”

Zac Brown uses guitar hanger GSP38WB. Coy Bowles uses guitar hanger GSP38WB; guitar stands GS432B and GS601B; keyboard stands KS410B and KB200B; and mic stand MS631B. Clay Cook uses guitar stands GS303B and GS412B; and Alto Sax/Flute stand DS532B. Jimmy De Martini uses violin stand DS571BB and cello stand DS580B.

Zac Brown Band's second major label studio album 'You Get What You Give'
(Atlantic/Southern Ground Artists, Inc.) was released on September 21st featuring guest appearances by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett.  As Zac explained to Associated Press, "It's a defining record...Every step of it's done the right way and I expect people are really going to love this record and see the depth of our musicianship, we're always growing. Not that we've arrived at any grand finale or anything, but the progress from this last record to this one, it's tremendous and I'm proud of it."

On the eve of the release from the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Zac Brown Band streamed their live show - dubbed "Best. Concert. Ever." (Cleveland Plain Dealer) - to fans everywhere via ZacBrownBand.com<http://ZacBrownBand.com/> powered by Ustream.
Touting nearly a half-million live views, the concert was among the most-viewed on Ustream.  The band also recently four GRAMMY nominations including "Best Country Album" for 'You Get What You Give' and five CMA Awards nominations including "Entertainer of the Year". Previous honors and accolades include their 2010 GRAMMY win for "Best New Artist," "Top New Vocal Group" from the Academy of Country Music Awards and "Breakthrough Video of the Year" from CMT and USA Weekend.

No question, the past year has been dizzying for the hardworking act.
The band's first major label release, 'The Foundation' was one of Billboard's Top 20 albums of 2009, and was the first major label debut album in 18 years to yield five No. 1s including "Chicken Fried" and "Free."  Released on November 18, 2008 on Atlantic Records, 'The Foundation' debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and #3 on the Top Country Albums Chart.
It's now certified double platinum by the RIAA, which Brown says, "solidifies an achievement that has been more than a decade in the making."

"There's no way to predict how fast everything is going to come together,"
adds the down-to-earth Georgian.  "Or that it took 13 years to get to the beginning of it."

In 2009 and 2010 Zac Brown Band successfully headlined the Breaking Ground Tour.  "For us to come into our own, we had to make it happen as a headliner," notes the Dahlonega, Ga.-raised Brown.  There's no question that the road-tested band had the chops to pull it off.  In addition to bassist John Hopkins, violinist Jimmy De Martini, guitarist/organist Coy Bowles and drummer Chris Fryar, this year the band has added multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Clay Cook, well respected as a musician's musician and an MVP-caliber performer on the Georgia music scene.  Cook, perhaps best known for his co-writes with Grammy-winner (and former Lo-Fi Masters bandmate) John Mayer, rounds out the ZBB sound on guitar, vocals, organ, mandolin and pedal steel.

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