Tag: Zac

Zac Brown & Eric Church Vacation

Zac Brown & Eric Church Vacation

| January 19, 2014

Picture this for a moment: Zac Brown, Eric Church, and their families on beach vacation together.  Sound impossible?  When Eric co-hosted the Countdown last month, he told Lon that  Zac and his family came down to Eric’s Florida beach house last summer.  The really strange part, according to Eric, was that Zac wanted to go spear-fishing!  Eric […]

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Zac Brown Explains “The Hug”

Zac Brown Explains “The Hug”

| January 18, 2014

It was one of those “moments” during the opening segment of the CMA Awards in November.  Hosts Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood sang “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” and invited Luke Bryan and Zac Brown  to hug.  Earlier in the year, Zac had criticized Luke’s song “That’s My Kind of Night” in a Canadian interview.  So was […]

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Zac Brown Co-Hosts 1/19-20

Zac Brown Co-Hosts 1/19-20

| January 14, 2014

Zac Brown co-hosts this week.  His current Top 5 hit is “Sweet Annie.”  Zac & Lon look back on an exciting year, when Zac won a Grammy, headlined a two-day music festival in Nashville, released an album with Foo Fighter’s Dave Grohl, and found out he was going to be a dad again!  Whew!  Plus, […]

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Zac Brown’s Music & Food Fest

Zac Brown’s Music & Food Fest

| September 28, 2013

Zac Brown had an idea: Create a music festival where the food is as good as the music.  That’s the basis of his Southern Ground Music & Food Festival.  The two-day event took place this weekend in Nashville, and will be repeated next month in Charleston SC. No funnel cakes or corn dogs at this festival.  […]

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Zac Brown Meets Springsteen

Zac Brown Meets Springsteen

| July 17, 2013

Zac Brown was one of a select group of artists asked to perform on the Grammy Tribute to Bruce Springsteen earlier this year.  He talked about the experience with Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I hung out with my whole CD collection that night.  Everybody that was in my CD collection was wandering around there.  On […]

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Zac Brown: Follow Your Arrow

Zac Brown: Follow Your Arrow

| July 17, 2013

Zac Brown is a huge fan of Kacey Musgraves.  In fact, he calls her debut album, “Same Trailer, Different Park,” his favorite CD of the last ten years. He explained why to Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton: “I’ve been listening to that record non-stop.  I even called her yesterday and said, ‘I’m listening to your record right now.’  […]

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Zac Brown Co-Hosts 7/13-14

Zac Brown Co-Hosts 7/13-14

| July 8, 2013

Zac Brown co-hosts the Countdown this week.  We did the show at Zac’s Southern Ground Studio in Nashville.  His current Top 5 is “Jump Right In.”  He performed at the Grammy Awards, and also did a benefit the night before with Bruce Springsteen.  Then a couple months later, while performing in Australia, he ran into […]

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Jason, Luke, & Zac Karaoke Party

Jason, Luke, & Zac Karaoke Party

| January 20, 2013

Ever wonder what country stars do when they’re not on stage singing?  For some, the answer is they sing karaoke!  Last week, Zac Brown told us about attending a karaoke party at Jason Aldean’s house.  So Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton played that story for Jason Aldean, and this is what he said: “I remember […]

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Zac Brown’s Homegrown Video

Zac Brown’s Homegrown Video

| January 12, 2013

On the surface, Zac Brown’s video for his hit “Goodbye In Her Eyes,” might seem pretty simple.  It was shot in a field with a small traveling circus.  But there’s more to the story.  Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton spoke to Zac about the making of the video: “That was set up in my front […]

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Zac Brown New BFF: Keith Urban

Zac Brown New BFF: Keith Urban

| January 12, 2013

One of the highlights during the CMA Awards show back in November was Keith Urban’s performance of “Georgia Woods” with Zac Brown.  But the real story happened before the two got on stage.  Country Countdown USA’s Lon Helton asked Zac about the rehearsal: “We actually had a rehearsal a couple week’s before the show, and […]

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