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* NamesTheSame:
** Their song "Free" entered the country charts literally the same week that another song by Jack Ingram titled "Free" fell from the charts.
** In 2015, a group named A Thousand Horses debuted on the charts. Their guitarist? ''Zach'' Brown.
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* MissingEpisode:
** Zac's 2019 solo album ''The Controversy'' was temporarily pulled from retailers due to a dispute between him and Music/ShawnMendes over lead single "Nowhere Left to Go". A re-issue later surfaced with said track removed, but it has since been uploaded legally on [=YouTube=].
** Their 2020 single "The Man Who Loves You the Most" was never put on an album.
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* BreakupBreakout: Frequent co-writer and former Sir Rosevelt member Niko Moon (aka Nic Cowan) began a solo career in 2020, spearheaded by his debut single "Good Time".
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* ProductionPosse: Recurring writers include Wyatt Durrette, Niko Moon (formerly known as Nic Cowan), and Ben Simonetti. The latter two joined Brown for his electronica side project Sir Rosevelt.

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* ProductionPosse: Recurring writers include Wyatt Durrette, Niko Moon (formerly known as Nic Cowan), and Ben Simonetti. The latter two joined Brown for his electronica side project Sir Rosevelt.Rosevelt, and Moon had his own hit in 2020 with "Good Time".

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* CreatorBacklash: Zac Brown disliked the fact that "Toes" had to be censored for radio. [[ZigZaggedTrope His co-writer didn't mind]].

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* CreatorBacklash: Zig-zagged with "Toes". Zac Brown disliked the fact that "Toes" the song had to be censored censor the lyric "ass in the sand" for radio. [[ZigZaggedTrope His the radio edit, but his co-writer didn't mind]].mind.



* NamesTheSame: Their song "Free" entered the country charts literally the same week that another song by Jack Ingram titled "Free" fell from the charts.

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Their song "Free" entered the country charts literally the same week that another song by Jack Ingram titled "Free" fell from the charts.



* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/AtlanticRecords picked them up for distribution rights partway through the run of "Chicken Fried". However, they later switched to RPM Entertainment, and reverted to just their own label for ''The Grohl Sessions'' before moving again to Big Machine for ''Jekyll + Hyde'', and again to Elektra for ''Welcome Home''.
* ThePeteBest: Very early in the band's history, Marcus Petruska and Tim Ussery were the drummer and guitarist, with Joel Williams soon replacing the latter. Petruska and Williams are credited on ''The Foundation'', but promotional material was already crediting Chris Fryar and Coy Bowles as members (along with Clay Cook).

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* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/AtlanticRecords picked them up for distribution rights partway through the run of "Chicken Fried". However, they later switched to RPM Entertainment, and reverted to just their own label for ''The Grohl Sessions'' before moving again to Big Machine for ''Jekyll + Hyde'', and again to Elektra for ''Welcome Home''.
Home'', and Wheelhouse for ''The Owl''.
* ThePeteBest: Very early in the band's history, Marcus Petruska and Tim Ussery were the drummer and guitarist, with Joel Williams soon replacing the latter. Petruska and Williams are credited on ''The Foundation'', but promotional material was already crediting Chris Fryar and Coy Bowles as members (along with Clay Cook).Cook, even though he wasn't on the album either).



* ProductionPosse: Recurring writers include Wyatt Durrette, Niko Moon (formerly known as Nic Cowan), and Ben Simonetti.

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* ProductionPosse: Recurring writers include Wyatt Durrette, Niko Moon (formerly known as Nic Cowan), and Ben Simonetti. The latter two joined Brown for his electronica side project Sir Rosevelt.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ZBB very well could've never broken through had The Lost Trailers' version of "Chicken Fried" not been pulled.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ZBB very well could've never broken through had The Lost Trailers' version of "Chicken Fried" not been pulled.Fried", twice over: what would have happened if the Lost Trailers had gone through with releasing their version? Alternatively, Music/AlanJackson revealed that he planned to record it shortly before ZBB's version became a single, but declined because he thought he had too many songs that mentioned food. What would have happened if ''he'' had done it?
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* PopularityRedo: "Chicken Fried" was originally released independently, and was re-recorded for Creator/AtlanticRecords.
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* ProductionPosse: Recurring writers include Wyatt Durrette, Niko Moon (formerly known as Nic Cowan), and Ben Simonetti.
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* ChartDisplacement: Their longest-lasting #1 hit is "Keep Me in Mind", which is nowhere near as famous as "Chicken Fried" (hands-down their SignatureSong), "Toes", "Colder Weather", "Knee Deep", or "Homegrown".
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* FanCommunityNicknames: "Zamily".
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* ThePeteBest: Very early in the band's history, Marcus Petruska and Joel Williams were the drummer and guitarist. This is the lineup credited on ''The Foundation'', but promotional material was already crediting Chris Fryar and Coy Bowles as members (along with Clay Cook in the then-new role of keyboardist).

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* ThePeteBest: Very early in the band's history, Marcus Petruska and Joel Williams Tim Ussery were the drummer and guitarist. This is guitarist, with Joel Williams soon replacing the lineup latter. Petruska and Williams are credited on ''The Foundation'', but promotional material was already crediting Chris Fryar and Coy Bowles as members (along with Clay Cook in the then-new role of keyboardist).Cook).
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* ThePeteBest: Very early in the band's history, Marcus Petruska and Joel Williams were the drummer and guitarist. This is the lineup credited on ''The Foundation'', but promotional material was already crediting Chris Fryar and Coy Bowles as members (along with Clay Cook in the then-new role of keyboardist).
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* ExecutiveMeddling: According to Brown, he gave The Lost Trailers permission to record "Chicken Fried" on the condition that they not release it as a single, but someone at the Trailers' label ignored his request, which promptly led to Zac demanding that the label pull it.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: According to Brown, he gave The Lost Trailers permission to record "Chicken Fried" way back in 2006 (before the ZBB broke out) on the condition that they not release it as a single, but single. But someone at the Trailers' label ignored his request, which promptly led to Zac demanding that the label pull it.



* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/AtlanticRecords picked them up for distribution rights partway through the run of "Chicken Fried". However, they later switched to RPM Entertainment, and reverted to just their own label for ''The Grohl Sessions'' before moving again to Big Machine for ''Jekyll + Hyde''.

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* NetworkToTheRescue: Creator/AtlanticRecords picked them up for distribution rights partway through the run of "Chicken Fried". However, they later switched to RPM Entertainment, and reverted to just their own label for ''The Grohl Sessions'' before moving again to Big Machine for ''Jekyll + Hyde''.Hyde'', and again to Elektra for ''Welcome Home''.
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* NetworkToTheRescue: Atlantic Records picked them up for distribution rights partway through the run of "Chicken Fried". However, they later switched to RPM Entertainment, and reverted to just their own label for ''The Grohl Sessions'' before moving again to Big Machine for ''Jekyll + Hyde''.

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* NetworkToTheRescue: Atlantic Records Creator/AtlanticRecords picked them up for distribution rights partway through the run of "Chicken Fried". However, they later switched to RPM Entertainment, and reverted to just their own label for ''The Grohl Sessions'' before moving again to Big Machine for ''Jekyll + Hyde''.
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* BlackSheepHit: "Heavy Is the Head", a collaboration with Music/ChrisCornell, became their first #1 on Mainstream Rock. It's also a great deal heavier than anything else in their already varied catalog.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: According to Brown, he gave The Lost Trailers permission to record "Chicken Fried" on the condition that they not release it as a single, but someone at the Trailers' label ignored his request, which promptly led to Zac demanding that the label pull it.



* NetworkToTheRescue: Atlantic Records picked them up for distribution rights partway through the run of "Chicken Fried". However, they later switched to RPM Entertainment, and reverted to just their own label for ''The Grohl Sessions''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ZBB very well could've never broken through had Zac not suddenly decided against letting The Lost Trailers continue to go forth with their version of "Chicken Fried".

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* NetworkToTheRescue: Atlantic Records picked them up for distribution rights partway through the run of "Chicken Fried". However, they later switched to RPM Entertainment, and reverted to just their own label for ''The Grohl Sessions''.
Sessions'' before moving again to Big Machine for ''Jekyll + Hyde''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ZBB very well could've never broken through had Zac not suddenly decided against letting The Lost Trailers continue to go forth with their Trailers' version of "Chicken Fried".Fried" not been pulled.
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** In 2015, a group named A Thousand Horses debuted on the charts. Their guitarist? ''Zach'' Brown.
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* CreatorBacklash: Zac Brown disliked the fact that "Toes" had to be censored for radio. [[ZigZaggedTrope His co-writer didn't mind]].

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* HilariousInHindsight: ZBB member Clay Cook was originally a songwriting partner of John Mayer. They split due to creative differences; John wanted to expand his horizons, while Clay wanted to do pop music. This makes the fact that Clay later joining up with ZBB funny due to the band being multi-genre.


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* NetworkToTheRescue: Atlantic Records picked them up for distribution rights partway through the run of "Chicken Fried". However, they later switched to RPM Entertainment, and reverted to just their own label for ''The Grohl Sessions''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: ZBB member Clay Cook was originally a songwriting partner of John Mayer. They split due to creative differences; John wanted to expand his horizons, while Clay wanted to do pop music. This makes the fact that Clay later joining up with ZBB funny due to the band being multi-genre.
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* NamesTheSame: Their song "Free" entered the country charts literally the same week that another song by Jack Ingram titled "Free" fell from the charts.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ZBB very well could've never broken through had Zac not suddenly decided against letting The Lost Trailers continue to go forth with their version of "Chicken Fried".

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