CountryMusic band consisting of Zac Brown (guitar, lead vocals), Jimmy De Martini (fiddle, backing vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass, backing vocals), Coy Bowles (keyboards), Chris Fryar (drums), Clay Cook (guitar, organ, piano, pedal steel, mandolin, backing vocals) and Daniel de los Reyes (percussion). The band enjoyed several years of independent success in its native Atlanta, Georgia.

After a series of independent albums, the band broke through in 2008 with the song "Chicken Fried". Originally released through a now-defunct indie label, the song was picked up by Atlantic Records partway through its chart run and included on the album ''The Foundation''. Both it and three of the album's other singles ("Toes", "Highway 20 Ride" and "Free") went to Number One, and "Whatever It Is" went to number two. Also, the band won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. That's a good way to start.

A second Atlantic album, ''You Get What You Give'', was released in late 2010. It produced four straight number 1 singles, including the Music/AlanJackson duet "As She's Walking Away", and the number 2 "No Hurry". ''Uncaged'', their third Atlantic album, features "The Wind" and "Goodbye in Her Eyes", the latter of which went to number 1.

!Tropes present:
* AlbumTitleDrop: ''You Get What You Give'' is title-dropped in "Martin".
* AnimatedMusicVideo: "The Wind" has one animated by MikeJudge. Yes, ''that'' Mike Judge.
* BadassBeard: Zac Brown.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: Several radio edits of "Toes" exist, primarily censoring "ass in the sand" in the chorus and "roll a big fat one". The official edit changes "ass in the sand" to "toes in the sand" and silences "fat one", although some stations made their own edits and others just play the uncensored album version. Zac was not pleased, but his co-writer didn't mind.
* BrokenRecord: "No, we don't have a lot of money" is sung seven times in a row on "Free".
* ContinuityNod: Floaty Boatwood, the fictional lead in the "Toes" video, reappears in "Knee Deep".
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: "Chicken Fried" and "Whatever It Is", their first two singles, are noticeably more mainstream than the rest of their catalogue. This is because both were written way before their debut album (in fact, "Chicken Fried" was first released in 2006 by another band).
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: The album version of "Free" opens with a minute-long fiddle solo.
* MotorMouth: "The Wind" is ''really'' freaking fast.
* NewSoundAlbum: Between the more bluegrass influence on "The Wind" and the addition of percussionist Daniel de los Reyes, ''Uncaged'' seems poised to be this.
* NiceHat: Zac's skullcap. One of the other members also wears a hat.
* RearrangeTheSong: For some reason, the radio edit of "Chicken Fried" has a few barely discernible organ notes dubbed into the last chorus.
* SubduedSection: They love this trope:
** The third verse of "Chicken Fried" has just nylon-string guitar.
** The final verse of "Colder Weather". A cappella for the first two lines, and just piano for the rest.
** The midsection of "Keep Me in Mind" goes into a slower tempo, with just piano and synthesized strings.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Inverted in "Whiskey's Gone":
-->Well I stumble my way into my local bar
-->Where I saw the devil in my glass
-->The bartender told me it was time to go
-->I told him that he could lick my sack
* XMeetsY: One critic described the band as GeorgeStrait + Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand + JimmyBuffett + Music/DaveMatthewsBand.
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