Zac Brown

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Zac Brown
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Brown performing in 2008
Background information
Birth nameZachry Alexander Brown
Born (1978-07-31) July 31, 1978 (age 46)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • banjo
Years active2006–present
LabelsSouthern Ground
Member of Zac Brown Band
Formerly of Sir Rosevelt
Website zacbrown.com

Zachry Alexander Brown [1] (born July 31, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as the co-founder and lead singer of the country Zac Brown Band, as well as electronic dance music group Sir Rosevelt. [2] In 2019, Brown released a pop surprise album titled The Controversy. [3]

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Early life

Brown was raised on Lake Lanier, Georgia by his mother, Bettye, and stepfather Dr. Jody Moses, a dentist in Cumming, Georgia. The eleventh of twelve children, Brown attended Mashburn Elementary School, South Forsyth Middle School, and South Forsyth High School in Cumming [4] . After a year of high school, he moved to Dahlonega, Georgia where he graduated from Lumpkin County High School [5] . Brown was given his mother's guitar at age 8, and one of his stepfather's patients was enlisted to teach him classical guitar. He completed two years of lessons, but soon after developed a love for bluegrass music while playing with his father and brother on weekend visits. In his mid-teens, Brown spent almost a year being tutored by a vocal coach from his church.

While still in high school, with James Taylor as his inspiration, Brown began playing solo gigs in local venues, performing country and pop cover songs. Brown attended the University of West Georgia, where he became a member of the Zeta Kappa chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity [6] . He was also a camp counselor at Camp Mikell in Toccoa, Georgia, and Camp Glisson, a United Methodist summer camp and retreat center located in Dahlonega. [7] [8] Brown later founded Camp Southern Ground, a 501c3 nonprofit camp in Fayetteville, Georgia. [9]

Other ventures

In 2012, Brown purchased Masterlink Studio (formerly Young 'Un Sound and Monument Recording Studios) in Nashville's Music Row and completely overhauled it to create Southern Ground Nashville, a recording studio for artists on Brown's Southern Ground record label. [10]

In 2017, Brown made an investment into the Stillhouse Creek Distillery in Lumpkin County, Georgia, which was later rebranded the Z. Brown Distillery. [11] The distillery closed down on November 18, 2018. [12] [13]

Brown appeared in a 2016 episode of Treehouse Masters on Animal Planet. [14] In 2019, Brown appeared on the Lil Dicky charity single "Earth".

Brown founded Southern Grind Knives, a knife company based out of Peachtree City, Georgia. The company specializes in hard-use tactical knives.

Personal life

In 2016, Brown was involved in an early morning drug bust at the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts in Palm Beach, Florida. [15] [16] [17] Although Brown was not arrested, police arrested four other individuals for marijuana and cocaine, and found Brown in possession of prescription pills. [18] [19] Reports stated that there were three strippers in the room at the time of the arrests. [20] Reports also state that the Palm Beach Police Officers did not name Brown in their report because they were fans of his music. [21] Brown later apologized saying that he was, "at the wrong place at the wrong time." [17]

In 2018, Brown and his wife Shelly ended their 12-year marriage. They have four daughters and a son. [22]

In August 2023, Brown married the model and actress Kelly Yazdi. [23] In December of the same year, they separated and announced their intention to divorce. [24]

Discography

Album appearances

YearTitleArtistAlbum
2009"Trying To Drive" Aslyn The Dandelion Sessions
"Smoke Rise" Clay Cook On Mountain Time
2010"We Are the World 25 for Haiti" Artists for Haiti Non-album single
"Flyin' High" Kid Rock Born Free
2011"Where the River Goes"— Footloose: Music from the Motion Picture
"Cut It Loose" Nic Cowan Hard Headed
"Roamin'" Sonia Leigh 1978 December
2012"Dixie Highway" Alan Jackson Thirty Miles West
"I Will Lay Me Down" John Driskell Hopkins, Balsam Range Daylight
2013"Homesick" Sheryl Crow Feels like Home
2014"Congregation" Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
2015"Broken Arrows" Avicii Stories
2016"Grandma's Garden"— Southern Family
2017"Leader of the Band"—A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg
"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" Kenny Chesney Live in No Shoes Nation
2020"Can You Hear Me Now - Remix"Bear and a BanjoBear and a Banjo
"Hometown" Diplo, Danielle Bradbery Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil
"Someday" Kygo Golden Hour
2022"Can't Stop Us Now" Pitbull Trackhouse

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References

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  2. ↑ "Zac Brown and His Wife of 12 Years Are Separating". 5 October 2018.
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  19. ↑ "Zac Brown -- Caught Up in Hotel Drug Bust". TMZ .
  20. ↑ "Zac Brown -- I Didn't Know There'd Be Strippers and Blow". TMZ .
  21. ↑ "Zac Brown -- Starstruck Cops Lied to Protect Country Star". TMZ .
  22. ↑ Dukes, Billy (2018-10-05). "Zac Brown and His Wife of 12 Years Are Separating". Taste of Country .
  23. ↑ "Zac Brown Ties Knot With Model Kelly Yazdi". TMZ . 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  24. ↑ Wenger, Stephanie (2023-12-29). "Country Star Zac Brown and Wife Kelly Yazdi Are Divorcing After 4 Months of Marriage". People . Retrieved 2023-12-30.
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