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GALLERY: Happy Birthday Zac Brown!

Zac Brown celebrates his 41st birthday today. So we celebrate with a look at the man in action doing what he loves best, performing for fans all over the world….

GALLERY: Happy Birthday Zac Brown!
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Zac Brown celebrates his 41st birthday today. So we celebrate with a look at the man in action doing what he loves best, performing for fans all over the world.

Brown resumes his "The Owl Tour" on Saturday (8/3) with a show in George, Washington at the Watershed Festival.

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Zac Brown (L) and Tom Morello perform a Paul Butterfield Blues Band song onstage during the 30th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall on April 18, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio.


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Zac Brown Band performs onstage during the 2015 CMT Music awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 10, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Zac Brown performs at Citi Field on August 21, 2015 in the Queens borough of New York City.


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Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band performs onstage at A+E Networks "Shining A Light" concert at The Shrine Auditorium on November 18, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.


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Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band performs onstage at the 49th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 4, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Zac Brown of Zac Brown Band performs on stage during the "Down The Rabbit Hole" Tour in Boston at Fenway Park on June 15, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts.


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Hunter Hayes and Zac Brown perform at Hunter Hayes 2nd Annual CMA Awards Week Street Party on November 2, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Zac Brown performs onstage during the 2016 at The Frank Erwin Center on April 30, 2016 in Austin, Texas.


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Zac Brown Has Some New Songs


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Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band performs at the 2019 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 05, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.