Zac Brown Band just released their new album, Jekyll + Hyde, featuring their latest single, “Loving You Easy,” which represents just one style of music you’ll hear on the album. Zac never goes into the recording studio with a set idea of how a song should sound. Instead he says, “I try to just be really open and let the music kind of take us where it wants to go, so I do that with each song. Let the song have its own identity (and) try to accompany it by the way that it wants to by the way that it feels.”
Although every song starts as lyrics and an acoustic guitar, Zac says, “It’s like you’ve got a skeleton, which is the song by itself, and then you’ve got to put an outfit on it, right, so you’ve got to dress the song up and get it set for where it’s gonna be going. For me, this whole record is like being an actor and getting to step into different roles in each song to kind of take you to a different place and make you feel something different.”
Zac Brown Band’s Jekyll + Hyde album just debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
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Zac Brown Band – approaching album like actor :36
Zac Brown – “I try to just be really open and let the music kind of take us where it wants to go, so I do that with each song. Let the song have its own identity (and) try to accompany it by the way that it wants to by the way that it feels, cause they all start off just playing them on an acoustic guitar and then trying to absorb that and it’s like you’ve got a skeleton, which is the song by itself, and then you’ve got to put an outfit on it, right, so you’ve got to dress the song up and get it set for where it’s gonna be going. For me, this whole record is like being an actor and getting to step into different roles in each song to kind of take you to a different place and make you feel something different.”
WHAT THEY’RE DOING THIS WEEK – MAY 11, 2015 – MONDAY
Zac Brown Band had a big week as their Jekyll + Hyde album hit #1 on the Billboard 200 selling over 228,000 equivalent album units, and earning the band their third consecutive #1 spot on the chart. This weekend, the guys play a show in Gulf Shores, Alabama (5/15).
ZAC BROWN BAND – JUST THE FACTS
MEMBERS: Zac Brown (b. 8/1/1978) (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy De Martini (fiddle, vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, banjo, ukulele, upright bass, vocals), Coy Bowles (guitar, keyboards), Chris Fryar (drums), Clay Cook (guitar, keyboards, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals), Matt Mangano (bass guitar) and Daniel de los Reyes (percussion)
HOMETOWN / ORIGIN: Dahlonega, Georgia
DEBUT SINGLE: 2008’s “Chicken Fried”
CURRENT ALBUM: – Jekyll + Hyde – Released April 28, 2015
CURRENT SINGLE: “Loving You In Easy” – debuted at number 30 on the Media Base / Country Aircheck chart.
GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: 2008
LATEST MUSIC VIDEO – 2015 – “Homegrown”
RECENT TWEETS:
Zac Brown Band @zacbrownband · Sunday, May 10
Shop http://Columbia.com TOMORROW and 10% of all online proceeds go towards Zac’s @CampSouthernGrd! @Columbia1938
Zac Brown Band @zacbrownband · Sunday, May 10
Lot’s of mothers surrounding this bunch (parents, wives, & co-workers). Happy Mothers’ Day to all.
Zac Brown Band @zacbrownband · Sunday, May 10
ATLANTA – Thank you for another awesome show… Felt so good to be home! ‘Til next time.
ZAC BROWN BAND – AWARD WINS
2009 – Academy of Country Music – Top New Vocal Duo or Group
2009 – CMT Music Awards – USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year — “Chicken Fried”
2009 – Grammy Awards – Best New Artist
2010 – Country Music Association Awards – New Artist of the Year
2010 – Grammy Awards – Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — “As She’s Walking Away” (feat. Alan Jackson)
2010 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Event of the Year — “As She’s Walking Away” (feat. Alan Jackson)
2010 – CMT Music Awards – Performance of the Year – “Margaritaville” (Performed by Zac Brown Band and Jimmy Buffet)
2012 – Grammy Awards – Best Country Album – Uncaged