After the 55th annual Grammys, Southern fried country-folk rocker Zac Brown Band now boasts three gold trophies (2012’s
Uncaged nabbed the Best Country Album award), and its burly bearded namesake can claim in all honesty that he’s played with Elton John and Mavis Staples. The seven-piece – which also encompasses a percussionist, fiddler and multi-instrumentalist who juggles organ, pedal steel, mandolin and guitar – hit the thankfully re-named amphitheatre to play for fans who loved them pre-Grammys. If the nine No. 1 singles on the
Billboard Country charts are any indication, the place will be packed.
— Leilani Polk