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101-595: In 1996, Patrick Murphy and Steve Wehmeyer joined with Steve Twigger, drummer Shep Lonsdale, fiddler Samantha Hunt, and Uillean piper Brian Walsh to perform at O'Brien's Irish Pub and Restaurant in Santa Monica , California , of which Murphy was the manager. This led to a number of pub performances for the next year. In 1997, Gaelic Storm appeared in the film Titanic as the steerage band, performing "Blarney Pilgrim" ( Jig ), "John Ryan's Polka ", "Kesh Jig" and "Drowsy Maggie" ( Reel ). The first two were published on

202-507: A cease and desist letter and the single was pulled from the radio. A few months later The Zac Brown Band was booked to perform at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville and producer Keith Stegall came to watch their performance. Stegall and Brown had drinks later that night and Brown recalled Stegall stating, "I just had to meet the kid that told Joe Galante to fuck off!" Brown credits this incident and his meeting and collaboration with Stegall as

303-619: A different harmonic structure, sounding sweeter and quieter than many other bagpipes, such as the Great Irish warpipes , Great Highland bagpipes or the Italian zampognas . The uilleann pipes are often played indoors, and are almost always played sitting down. Uilleann is a genitive form of the Irish word for "elbow”, uillinn . The Irish term for uilleann pipes is píb uilleann (alt. píob uilleann ), which means "pipes(s) of

404-561: A digital four-song EP titled The Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1 , produced by Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters . It was later given a physical release featuring a 45-minute DVD on the album's creation. " All Alright " was released as a single from the EP, charting at number 17 on Country Airplay . On January 1, 2014, Zac Brown Band performed the National Anthem during the NHL's Winter Classic between

505-633: A good deal louder, though by no means as loud as the Highland pipes of Scotland. They were developed by the Taylors to meet the requirements of playing in larger venues in the United States; today they are the most common type of uilleann pipes encountered, though many players still prefer the mellower sound of the earlier style narrow-bore pipes, which exist in pitches ranging from D through D ♭ , C, and B down to B ♭ . Pipemakers before

606-496: A half set with the addition of three regulators. These are three closed pipes, similar to the chanter, held in the stock. Like the drones, they are usually given the terms tenor, baritone, and bass, from smallest to largest. A regulator uses keys (five on the tenor and four on both baritone and bass) to accompany the melody of the chanter; these keys are arranged in rows to give limited two-note "chords" or, alternatively, single notes for emphasis on phrases or specific notes. The notes of

707-414: A half set, but also to allow playing the chanter by itself. The drones use a single-bladed reed (the actual part creating sound), unlike the double reed used in the chanter and the regulators. These drone reeds were generally made from elderberry twigs in the past, while cane began to be used in the late 19th century. A full set , as the name implies, is a complete set of uilleann pipes. This would be

808-566: A mutual friend recommended him to Brown, who was in need of a new drummer for the band. Fryar, who in turn had just finished a stint with a previous band, subsequently auditioned and shortly afterward became the Zac Brown Band's newest member. The Zac Brown Band's debut single, " Chicken Fried ", was originally recorded in 2003 and included on the Home Grown album, but later re-recorded and released to country radio in 2008. This song

909-464: A national nonprofit that works to restore and revitalize music education programs in disadvantaged U.S. public schools, by donating items for auction to raise money for the organization. On January 16, 2013, Zac Brown, Clay Cook, and David Ryan Harris played a benefit with John Mayer for the firefighters and the residents of Pine Creek in Park County, Montana , who fought a fire that swept through

1010-596: A permanent member of the Zac Brown Band. In 2008, the Zac Brown Band signed to Live Nation Artists Records, in association with Brown's own Home Grown label, after Chris Fryar became an addition to the band. An Alabama native, Fryar attended the University of North Texas and the Mississippi University for Women , and made a name for himself in the Birmingham music scene. According to Fryar,

1111-627: Is available in keys ranging from the "concert pitch" D chanter in half-note steps downward to a B ♭ chanter, the latter being regularly referred to as a "flat set" (as are any sets below the key of D). To play the uilleann pipes effectively, students must learn to pump the bellows steadily while controlling the pressure on the bag and playing the chanter simultaneously. So beginners often play on practice sets until they become comfortable with those basic mechanics. Despite their name, however, practice sets are used not only by beginning players but also by some advanced players when they wish to play just

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1212-410: Is closed before the next one is opened, a staccato effect can be created, because the sound stops completely when no air can escape at all. The three drones are simple open pipes; they constantly play three notes spread an octave apart. The three regulators are closed pipes. Untouched, they do not sound, but they have keys that can be opened by the piper's wrist action (or hand, if they take one hand off

1313-417: Is made possible by a key connected to the stock. The original design of the stock was a hollow cylinder, with two metal tubes running through it to both hold the regulators and independently supply air to them. Thus the regulators could be played with the drones silenced. In the late 19th century it became more common to build the stock from a solid piece of wood, with five holes bored through it end-to-end. This

1414-544: Is the dream team for Zac Brown Band's evolution ... We're excited to reach new music fans worldwide. The band signed to Big Machine Records in 2015 and released its sixteenth single, " Homegrown ", in January. The song, co-produced by Jay Joyce , was the lead single to an album, titled Jekyll + Hyde , which was released on April 28, 2015. Despite being a country album, Jekyll + Hyde features prominent styles from other genres in several of its tracks including rock ( Heavy Is

1515-424: Is the part of the uilleann pipes that is used to play the melody . It has eight finger holes (example given of a D pitched chanter): bottom D, E ♭ , E, F ♯ , G, A, B, C, C ♯ , high D (also called "back D"). To achieve the bottom D (D 4 ) the chanter is lifted off the knee, exposing the exit of the chanter's bore, where the note is produced. The chanter is set on the right knee thus closing off

1616-759: The Billboard Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay chart, of which 13 have reached number 1. Their first album, The Foundation , is certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America , while its follow-ups, You Get What You Give and Uncaged , are certified platinum. Artists with whom they have collaborated include Alan Jackson , Angie Aparo , Jimmy Buffett , Kid Rock , Jason Mraz , Dave Grohl , Chris Cornell , Brandi Carlile , Avicii , Los Lonely Boys , Sara Barellies and John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival . In 2002, Brown

1717-430: The 1800 Act of Union ; however, this is incorrect as Breandán Breathnach points out that a poem published in 1796 uses the term 'union'. The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a small set of bellows strapped around the waist and the right arm (in the case of a right-handed player; in the case of a left-handed player the location and orientation of all components are reversed). The bellows not only relieve

1818-596: The Detroit Red Wings & Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, home of the Michigan Wolverines football team. In April 2014, the band announced its summer tour schedule, which included Kacey Musgraves as an opening act, and the addition of Matt Mangano as an eighth member. Mangano previously performed live with Zac Brown Band when they performed "Blackbird" on

1919-652: The Van Morrison classic "Into the Mystic"). The track features Clare Bowen and precedes their January 22 appearance on the ABC TV show Nashville . The song(s) were recorded at the 2013 Southern Ground Music & Food Festival in Nashville . In 2016, Zac Brown formed a side-project, Sir Rosevelt, that released several singles and announced an album that was released December 15, 2017. Zac Brown Band re-recorded

2020-422: The tenor drone, as the highest sounding pipe, which is pitched the same as the lowest note of the chanter; the baritone drone pitched one octave below that; and the bass drone, as the lowest sounding pipe, two octaves below the bottom note of the chanter. The Pastoral pipes had four drones: these three plus one more that would play a harmony note at the fourth or fifth interval . These drones are connected to

2121-485: The " Great Irish Warpipes ". In Irish and Scottish Gaelic , this instrument was called the píob mhór ("great pipe"). While the mouth-blown warpipe was alive and well upon the battlefields of France and other parts of Europe, it had almost disappeared in Ireland. The union or uilleann pipe emerged during the early 18th century around the same time as the development of the bellows-driven Northumbrian smallpipes and

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2222-588: The " Pass The Jar " live album. Mangano assumed the role of bass guitarist , while original bassist John Driskell Hopkins began adding other instruments in his arsenal such as standard six-string guitar, seven-string guitar, baritone guitar, ukulele, double bass, and banjo. The Zac Brown Band announced on January 12, 2015, that it had finalized a four-way strategic partnership involving the Southern Ground Artists record label, Big Machine Label Group, Republic Records, and John Varvatos Records for

2323-563: The 2009 CMA Awards: New Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Single of the Year, and Music Video of the Year for their No. 1 single, "Chicken Fried". That same year, they received three Grammy nominations for Best Country Album, Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals and Best New Artist. On January 31, 2010, the band won the Grammy award for Best New Artist, making them the only country group to win this award. The Zac Brown Band

2424-628: The Act of Union. It was however shown by Breandán Breathnach that it would be difficult to explain the anglicization of the word uilleann into 'woollen' before the 16th century (when the instrument did not exist as such) and then its adaptation as 'union' two centuries later. The first bagpipes to be well attested for Ireland were similar, if not identical, to the Scottish Highland bagpipes that are now played in Scotland. These are known as

2525-523: The Fellowship in 2004. Two years later, Bowles decided to reconnect with Brown. Through mutual friends, he learned that the Zac Brown Band was scheduled to perform in Atlanta one evening. Bowles and Brown spent the afternoon prior to the performance reacquainting with each other, which ended with Brown inviting Bowles to sit in with his band at that night's performance. To return the favor, Bowles invited

2626-580: The Head ), EDM ( Beautiful Drug ), celtic (Remedy), reggae ( Castaway ) and traditional pop/jazz (Mango Tree). On Saturday, March 7, 2015, the band made their Saturday Night Live debut, performing "Homegrown" and "Heavy is the Head". The band contributed vocals on the Avicii song " Broken Arrows ", released in September 2015. Jekyll + Hyde is the first album that ZBB recorded when they weren't on

2727-606: The Irish Uilleann pipes). Geoghegan's tutor of the 1740s calls this early form of the uilleann pipes the "Pastoral or New bagpipe". The Pastoral pipes were bellows blown and played in either a seated or standing position. The conical bored chanter was played "open", that is, legato , unlike the uilleann pipes, which can also be played "closed", that is, staccato . The early Pastoral pipes had two drones , and later examples had one (or rarely, two) regulator(s). The Pastoral and later flat set Union pipes developed with ideas on

2828-482: The Irish word for "elbow". He cited to this effect William Shakespeare 's play The Merchant of Venice published in 1600 (Act IV, sc. I, l. 55) where the expression "woollen pipes" appears. This theory originated in correspondence between two earlier antiquarians, and was adopted as gospel by the Gaelic League. The use of uilleann was perhaps also a rebellion against the term union , with its connotations of

2929-533: The Lake Oconee area of Georgia, called "Zac's Place" where the fare was southern-style cooking. A developer bought the restaurant and, in turn, the Zac Brown Band bought a tour bus and began touring full-time, playing rock and country clubs, as well as folk and jam band festivals. The release of the Zac Brown Band's first independent album, Home Grown , occurred during the same year. Also in 2004, Brown added violinist/fiddler and tenor vocalist Jimmy De Martini to

3030-549: The Lost Trailers recorded the song. Some months later the Lost Trailers landed a deal with Sony Nashville, and when they submitted the tracks for their album, they included "Chicken Fried". Joe Galante , then the Chairman of Sony Music Nashville, heard the tracks and chose "Chicken Fried" as the single that the label wanted to promote. Brown described hearing his song on the radio: "The first time I hear 'Chicken Fried' on

3131-934: The National Anthem at the 2013 BCS National Championship Game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Sun Life Stadium in Miami. Just two weeks later on January 20, 2013, the band performed the National Anthem during the NFC Championship Game between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers at the CenturyLink Field in Seattle. In December 2013, the band released

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3232-572: The Pastoral pipes (Border pipes, Northumbrian pipes, Scottish smallpipes) and gained popularity in Ireland within the Protestant Anglo-Irish community and its gentlemen pipers, who could afford such expensive hand-made instruments. The Irish uilleann pipes are far more elaborate in their design, and their development is likely to have occurred among the well-to-do. Certainly many of the early players in Ireland were Protestant, possibly

3333-466: The Taylors had, however, built concert pitch pipes using the narrower bores and smaller fingerholes of the flat pipes. Some of these instruments seem to have been designed with lower pitch standards in mind, such as A 4  = 415 Hz. The Taylors also built many instruments with higher pitch standards in mind, such as the Old Philharmonic pitch of A 4  = 453 Hz that

3434-651: The Year. Along with recent commercial success, the band has made appearances at The Hangout Music Festival, Hullabalou Music Festival and the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2006, 2009, and 2010 along with an opening slot for the Dave Matthews Band during their 2010 Summer Tour. Also, after several years as perennial favorites on the annual The Rock Boat theme-cruise, the Zac Brown Band has been elevated to hosting their own theme-cruise, Sailing Southern Ground, in September 2010. In Fall of 2009,

3535-527: The Zac Brown Band headlined the 2013 Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California. Zac Brown Band completed a three-night, headlining stint at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, Thursday, May 9, 2013, and Friday, May 10, 2013. All three performances were sold out. On September 6, 2013, Zac Brown sat in with The String Cheese Incident and performed as the Zac Brown Incident during

3636-819: The album to be the best country album of 2012 as of its release. " Goodbye in Her Eyes " reached Number One on the Country Airplay chart in 2013. The album's third single, " Jump Right In ", was released to country radio on February 25, 2013. It peaked at number 2 on the Country Airplay chart in August 2013. The album's fourth single, " Sweet Annie ", was released to country radio in August 2013, and rose to number 1 in January 2014. The music video for this track features footage of band member Coy Bowles’ actual wedding. On January 7, 2013, Zac Brown Band performed

3737-461: The album, "Leaving Love Behind" was released on July 26, 2019. Brown describes some songs on the album as "personal" and "pretty heavy." Concurrently, Brown released a solo album called Controversy , accompanied by a new single called "Swayze". On October 15, 2021, the band released their 7th album The Comeback. The first single from the album, "Same Boat", was released on June 11, 2021, by Homegrown Music and Waner Music Nashville. The song became

3838-431: The bag to the chanter, drones, and regulators. The chanter is played with the fingers like a flute. The chanter has a range of two full octaves , including sharps and flats (because, unlike most bagpipe chanters, it can be overblown to produce the higher octave ). The chanter is often played resting on the piper's thigh, closing off the bottom hole, so that air can only escape through the open tone holes. If one tone hole

3939-462: The band after their third album "Tree", and drummer Shep Lonsdale left, leaving only Murphy, Wehmeyer, and Twigger as the original members. Their sound engineer at the time, Tom Brown, was also a bagpiper and whistle player and began playing at periods in their show. Ryan Lacey was recruited on drums. This quintet recorded three new tracks for their fourth album, Special Reserve , also a compilation album of their previous three albums. Deborah Clark Colon

4040-463: The band at the club, Brown asked De Martini to become a permanent member, to which De Martini gladly obliged. Brown met John Driskell Hopkins in 1998 when Hopkins was hosting an open mic night at CJ's Landing in Buckhead, Georgia. Hopkins later recorded Home Grown in his music studio, Brighter Shade Studios. The two remained friends, and in 2005, Hopkins stepped in as bass guitarist while helping

4141-555: The band began offering fan-club members the ability to purchase tickets to VIP Eat & Greet experiences before the majority of their tour appearances. These events afford fans the opportunity to share a meal with band-members before the show, and have become an integral part of the overall Zac Brown Band live experience. In 2011, the Zac Brown Band and Blackberry Smoke held a concert tour at venues and amphitheaters including Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. On April 28, 2013,

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4242-427: The band for three years, and you know, it's been a journey, but I always knew [he could make us better]. I'm a harmony fanatic. I love big harmonies and things, and we didn't have a high tenor, and Jimmy [De Martini], my fiddle player, sings a lot of the high stuff now, but havin' somebody that can actually sing on top of that, we've added a four-part harmony now that's searing, and the guy's a monster player, too." With

4343-536: The band released their first DVD , Gaelic Storm: Live In Chicago , filmed live at the House of Blues in Chicago. In early 2006, founding member Steve Wehmeyer retired full time from the band and became a college professor. As of 2022, he still co-writes the music with Murphy and Twigger, and makes occasional appearances with the band. He is the only member that has not been replaced. After Wehmeyer's full time departure,

4444-474: The band to attend his own gig with the Fellowship a couple of months later, which in turn resulted in Brown and his band sitting in at that gig. This turn of events continued for eight months until Bowles concluded that it was too overwhelming to balance his time with Brown's band and his own band, in addition to other activities; he therefore made a decision to put the Fellowship on an indefinite hiatus, and became

4545-523: The band's first number one single on the Country Airplay chart since 2016's " Beautiful Drug " and their fourteenth overall. The album's second single " Out in the Middle " was released in January 2022 and reached number thirteen. A deluxe edition of the album was released in September 2022 and features several tracks reimagined as duets featuring Blake Shelton , Ingrid Andress and Jamey Johnson , Cody Johnson and Jimmy Buffett . On November 3, 2022, it

4646-725: The band's membership stabilized and remained largely unchanged with the exception of the position of fiddler, which has since changed hands numerous times. The band's sixth album, Bring Yer Wellies , was released in July 2006 and debuted at #2 on the Billboard World Chart, #16 on the Internet Sales Chart, and #31 on the Independent Album Chart. Gaelic Storm's next album, What's the Rumpus?

4747-465: The band, joined by Ryan Lacey (since 2003), Pete Purvis (since 2005) of Merrickville, Ontario, and Natalya Kay (since 2022). As of 2024, Gaelic Storm has announced their new tour, “The Mighty Tour 2,” in which the band High Kings will accompany them. Gaelic Storm also announced in March, that lead guitarist Steve Twigger will not be attending the tour due to health concerns that have led to his absence from

4848-689: The band. Parker Hastings has joined the band to fill the position of guitarist. The current tour, scheduled until April of 2025, features Parker Hastings and the current lineup of Peter Purvis, Patrick Murphy, Ryan Lacey, and Natalya Kay. They will be playing a New Year’s Eve show in Atlanta with the Zac Brown Band . Current members: Former members: Uilleann pipes The uilleann pipes ( / ˈ ɪ l ə n / IL -ən or / ˈ ɪ l j ə n / IL -yən , Irish: [ˈɪl̠ʲən̪ˠ] ), also known as Union pipes and sometimes called Irish pipes, are

4949-478: The beginning of his success in the music business. In October 2008, Atlantic Records acquired distribution of "Chicken Fried" after Live Nation Artists closed. The band's album The Foundation was released under Atlantic Records' newly re-established country division in association with the Home Grown/Bigger Picture label on November 18 of that year. "Chicken Fried" reached No. 1 on

5050-399: The bellows-driven Scottish Lowland bagpipes . All three instruments were far quieter and sweeter in tone than their mouth-blown predecessors. Essentially their design required the joining of a bellows under the right arm, which pumped air via a tube to a leather bag under the left arm, which in turn supplied air at a constant pressure to the chanter and the drones (and regulators in the case of

5151-465: The best known being the mid-18th-century piper Jackson from Co Limerick and the 18th-century Tandragee blind pipemaker William Kennedy. The famous Rowsome family from Co. Wexford were also Church of Ireland until the mid-late 19th century. The Uilleann pipes were often used by the Protestant clergy, who employed them as an alternative to the church organ. As late as the 19th century the instrument

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5252-406: The bottom hole. Many players use a strip of leather placed over the knee, called a "popping strap", which provides for an airtight seal. More rarely, a simple gravity- or spring-operated flap valve attached to the bottom of the chanter achieves the same end. Generally, for all other notes (except for special effects, or to vary the volume and tone) the chanter stays on the knee. One characteristic of

5353-432: The chanter is that it can produce staccato notes, because the piper seals it off at the bottom; with all of the finger holes closed, the chanter is silenced. This is also necessary for obtaining the second octave; the chanter must be closed and the bag pressure increased, and then fingered notes will sound in the second octave. A great range of different timbres can be achieved by varying the fingering of notes and also raising

5454-417: The chanter off the knee, which gives the uilleann pipes a degree of dynamic range not found in other forms of bagpipes. Pipers who use staccato fingering often are termed "closed-style" pipers. Those who use legato fingering more predominately are referred to as "open-style" pipers. Open piping has historical associations with musicians (often Irish travelling people ) who played on the street or outdoors, since

5555-443: The chanter with other musicians, either live or in recording sessions. In these instances, the practice sets can be tuned to equal temperament if needed. A half set is the next stage up from a practice set. As with other forms of bagpipes, uilleann pipes use " drones ", which are most commonly three pipes accompanying the melody of the chanter with a constant background tonic note. The pipes are generally equipped with three drones:

5656-414: The chanter). Each regulator key sounds a different note when opened. The regulator keys are aligned so that several may be pressed simultaneously. These enable the piper to play simple chords, giving rhythmic and harmonic accompaniment as needed. There are also many ornaments based on multiple or single grace notes . The tone of the uilleann pipes is unlike that of many other forms of bagpipes. They have

5757-812: The chanter. Notes Bibliography Zac Brown Band Zac Brown Band is an American country music band based in Atlanta, Georgia . The lineup consists of Zac Brown (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy De Martini ( fiddle , vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, guitar, baritone guitar , banjo , ukulele , upright bass , vocals ), Coy Bowles (guitar, keyboards), Chris Fryar (drums), Clay Cook (guitar, keyboards, mandolin , steel guitar , vocals), Matt Mangano (bass guitar), Daniel de los Reyes (percussion), and Caroline Jones (guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals). The band has released seven studio albums along with two live albums, one greatest-hits album, and two extended plays. They have also 16 singles on

5858-462: The chanter. Chanters of around 362 mm ( 14 + 1 ⁄ 4  in) in length produce a bottom note on or near D 4 (D above middle C ) where A 4  = 440  Hz , i.e. modern "concert pitch". Such pipes are a relatively recent invention pioneered by the Taylor brothers. They typically have wider bores and larger tone holes than the earlier "flat" pitch sets, and as a consequence are

5959-469: The characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms píobaí uilleann (literally, "pipes of the elbow"), from their method of inflation. There is no historical record of the name or use of the term uilleann pipes before the 20th century. It was an invention of Grattan Flood and the name stuck. People mistook the term 'union' to refer to

6060-427: The country charts that same month, making them the first country band to reach No. 1 with a debut single since Heartland did so in 2006 with " I Loved Her First ". In January 2009, two months after "Chicken Fried" went to No. 1, Atlanta native Clay Cook joined the Zac Brown Band as its multi-instrumentalist and high tenor vocalist. Cook had previously collaborated with John Mayer and Shawn Mullins , and

6161-475: The elbow(s)”. However, the first attested written form is "Union pipes", at the end of the 18th century, perhaps to denote the union of the chanter, drones, and regulators. Another theory is that it was played throughout a prototypical full union of England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. This is definitely untrue, because this name for the instrument predates the Act of Union , which took effect in 1801. Alternatively,

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6262-427: The fine tuning allowed by the use of a player's lips; only bag pressure and fingering patterns can be used to maintain the correct pitch of each note. It is for this reason that making uilleann-pipe chanter reeds is a demanding task. Uilleann pipe reeds are also often called "the piper's despair" for the immense difficulty of maintaining, tuning and especially making the double reed of the regulators and, most importantly,

6363-591: The group finish what became their number-one single "Toes". "Toes" was the second single from the band's major-label debut, The Foundation , which was partially recorded in Hopkins' studio. You Get What You Give was also partially recorded in Brighter Shade Studios. Coy Bowles transferred to Atlanta's Georgia State University to study music. He subsequently became involved in Atlanta's various music scenes, and eventually formed Coy Bowles and

6464-477: The group's second album. The group has released 14 albums since its inception, including two compilation albums. The band is known for their energetic renditions of traditional Irish music and Scottish traditional music , and for their albums which consistently top the Billboard world music charts. From 2002 to 2006, the band's membership underwent a transition period. The second fiddler, Kathleen Keane, left

6565-616: The inaugural Lockin' Festival in Arrington, VA. On November 6, 2013, Zac Brown Band performed at the 2013 CMA awards with Dave Grohl on drums, debuting their new song "Day for the Dead". On November 24, while being interviewed at the American Music Awards , Grohl revealed that he recently produced the band's new EP. On January 21, 2014, Zac Brown Band released a live version of their 2010 #1 hit "Free" (transitioning into

6666-493: The instrument being traded back-and-forth between Ireland, Scotland and England, around the 18th and early 19th centuries. The earliest surviving sets of uilleann pipes date from the second half of the 18th century, but it must be said that datings are not definitive. Only recently has scientific attention begun to be paid to the instrument, and problems relating to various stages of its development have yet to be resolved. The Uilleann pipes or union pipes might have originated from

6767-407: The late 19th century. Canon Goodman played a Taylor set. Up to then, most pipes were what would be termed as "flat sets" in other keys, such as D ♭ , C, B and B ♭ , tunings which were largely incompatible with playing with other instruments. The chanter length determines the overall tuning; accompanying pieces of the instrument, such as drones and regulators, are tuned to the same key as

6868-476: The lineup. According to an interview with De Martini, he explained that Wyatt Durrette, Brown's frequent songwriting collaborator, was working as a bartender at Sidelines Sports Bar in Kennesaw, Georgia , at the time, where the Zac Brown Band frequently performed. Durette suggested De Martini to Brown, who was wanting a "lead instrument" in his band, as well as a harmony singer. After doing several performances with

6969-405: The new Zac Brown Band lineup completed, the band released its second single, " Whatever It Is ", which went to No. 2. In October 2009, a third single, " Toes ", became the band's second Number One. The album's fourth single, and third No. 1, was " Highway 20 Ride ". " Free " was the album's fifth single and on the week of August 21, 2010, it also peaked at Number One. On April 25, 2012, it

7070-426: The open fingering is somewhat louder, especially with the chanter played off the knee (which can, however, lead to faulty pitch with the second octave notes). A type of simultaneous vibrato and tremolo can be achieved by tapping a finger below the open note hole on the chanter. The bottom note also has two different "modes", namely the "soft D" and the "hard D". The hard bottom D sounds louder and more strident than

7171-440: The pipe bag by a "stock". This is an intricately made wooden cylinder tied into the bag (as any other stock) by a thick yarn or hemp thread. The drones connect to the stock, as do the regulators (see full set below). The stock and drones are laid across the right thigh. This is distinct from other forms of bagpipes, in which the drones are usually carried over the shoulder or over the right arm. The drones can be switched off. This

7272-468: The pipers club in Cork in the 1890s) had Goodman's pipes recovered from Creagh cemetery. They were later donated to Cork piper Michael O'Riabhaigh, who had re-established the (by then extinct) pipers club in Cork in the 1960s. The instrument is most usually (nowadays) tuned in the key of D, a tradition begun by the Taylor brothers (originally of Drogheda , Ireland, and later of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) in

7373-417: The player from the effort needed to blow into a bag to maintain pressure, they also allow relatively dry air to power the reeds, reducing the adverse effects of moisture on tuning and longevity. Some pipers can converse or sing while playing. The bag which the bellows fill is clamped under the other elbow, which squeezes the bag to control the flow of air to the reeds (which make the notes). The air goes from

7474-399: The radio and it wasn't us singing it. It was a nightmare." Brown then called his lawyer to have the song pulled from the radio immediately. Brown's lawyer warned him that because of Galante's power in the Nashville music scene that pulling the song could essentially have him blackballed in Nashville. Brown was insistent that his agreement with the Lost Trailers was violated, so his lawyer issued

7575-463: The regulators is to play what are referred to as "hand chords": when the melody (usually in a slower piece of music such as an air ) is being played on the chanter exclusively with the left hand, the right hand will be free to create more complex chords, using all three regulators at once if so desired. Many airs end a section on a G or A in the first octave, at which point a piper will often play one of these hand chords for dramatic effect. The chanter

7676-402: The regulators, from highest to lowest (given a nominal pitch of D) are as follows: tenor: C, B, A, G, F ♯ ; baritone: A, G, F ♯ , D; bass: C, B, A, G. The tenor and baritone regulators fit into the front face of the stock, on top of the drones; the bass regulator is attached to the side of the stock (furthest from the piper), and is of complex construction. Another method of using

7777-513: The release of its fourth studio album. The terms of the deal state that the Zac Brown Band will work with Big Machine Label Group for marketing and distribution, while Southern Ground Artists will work on radio promotion, Republic will provide support in the area of non-country radio formats and international promotion, and Varvatos will oversee branding and styling. Brown stated in a press release: Southern Ground Artists together with John Varvatos Records, Big Machine Label Group, and Republic Records

7878-408: The road. On January 30, 2017, the band previewed cover art for a new album titled Welcome Home produced by Dave Cobb, was released on May 12, 2017. The first single from the album, " My Old Man ", was released on February 3, 2017. Their latest song "Roots" was released on May 3, 2017. The band performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 29, 2017. In September 2018, it

7979-633: The second soundtrack album as "An Irish Party in Third Class", while the band's second album, Herding Cats , featured "Blarney Pilgrim" and "Drowsy Maggie" as "Titanic Set (Medley)". After this film appearance, Gaelic Storm started touring, and have performed in the United States , Canada , the United Kingdom , France and Japan . Brian Walsh left the band before the first album was recorded in 1998. Samantha Hunt left in 2000 after

8080-461: The semitones which would otherwise require a chromatic key to be installed. The exception to this is the C 6 (C ♮ in the second octave), which cannot be cross-fingered or half-holed, and requires the key. This is the most commonly fitted key. The chanter uses a double reed , similar to that of the oboe or bassoon . Unlike most reed instruments, the uilleann pipe reed must be crafted so that it can play two full octaves accurately, without

8181-492: The soft D and is accomplished by applying slightly more pressure to the bag and flicking a higher note finger as it is sounded. Pipemakers tune the chanter so the hard D is the in-tune note, the soft D usually being slightly flat. Many chanters are fitted with keys to allow accurate playing of all the semitones of the scale. Four keys will give all the semitones: F ♮ , G ♯ , B ♭ , C ♮ . Older chanters usually had another key for producing D 6 (D in

8282-415: The song "From Now On" from The Greatest Showman , as part of a compilation album, The Greatest Showman: Reimagined . The album was released on November 16, 2018. Brown performed "Colder Weather" at the 2019 Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum Concert and Induction Ceremony. In 2015, Forbes estimated that Zac Brown Band's annual income was $ 32 million. The band has also supported Little Kids Rock ,

8383-467: The third octave), and often another small key for E 6 , and another for D ♯ 5 (as opposed to the E ♭ fingerhole, which could be slightly off-pitch). Most uilleann chanters are very responsive to "half-holing" or "sliding", which is the practice of obtaining a note by leaving a fingerhole only half-covered. This is why many chanters sold in Ireland are sold without keys. With this technique and some practice, many pipers can accurately play

8484-494: The tuning of the pipes. A full set of uilleann pipes includes a chanter, drones, and regulators. A half-set lacks the regulators, and a practice set lacks both regulators and drones. All three are used in professional performance. Because of the instrument's complexity, beginning uilleann pipers often start out with partial sets known as practice sets . A practice set consists of only the basic elements of pipe bag, bellows and chanter , with no drones or regulators. The chanter

8585-479: The uilleann pipes were certainly a favourite of the upper classes in Scotland, Ireland and the North-East of England and were fashionable for a time in formal social settings, where the term Union pipes may also originate. The term "uilleann pipes" is first attested at the beginning of the 20th century. William Henry Grattan Flood , an Irish music scholar, proposed the theory that the name " uilleann " came from

8686-486: Was also a member of the Marshall Tucker Band for two years prior to joining the Zac Brown Band. Cook explains how he first met Brown: We ran into each other (in) 2003 in a club scene in Atlanta, where my band opened up for his band ... ever since then, we've been friendly ... and I think he just thought I was a singer-songwriter for a long time; and then we were on a (music) cruise ship together ... and I

8787-404: Was also nominated in 2009 for three ACM awards, "Album of the Year", "Vocal Group of the Year", and was one of eight contenders for "Entertainer of the Year". The Zac Brown Band led the nominees for the 46th annual Academy of Country Music Awards 2011, with a total of nine nominations including: Vocal Group of the Year, Album of the Year, Single Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Vocal Event of

8888-435: Was also recorded by The Lost Trailers , whose 2006 recording was released as a single but withdrawn after Brown decided that he wanted to release it himself. Brown also co-wrote "Simple Life", a song recorded by The Lost Trailers on their 2006 self-titled album . In the third episode of HBO's music documentary series Sonic Highways , Brown was a featured interviewee and explained why Lost Trailer's version of "Chicken Fried"

8989-490: Was announced that Caroline Jones had joined the group as an official member after having opened for and toured with the band since 2017 becoming the band's first female member. Since 2009, the Zac Brown Band has earned 55 award nominations from the Grammys , Academy of Country Music , American Music Awards , Country Music Association and Country Music Television , and has won 8. They have received four nominations for

9090-399: Was announced that Zac Brown Band would make their second appearance of CMT Crossroads along with Shawn Mendes , which was televised on October 24, 2018. The band released their sixth album The Owl on September 20, 2019. The album includes collaborations with Skrillex , Max Martin , Ryan Tedder , Benny Blanco , Andrew Watt , Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd , and others. A digital single from

9191-405: Was announced via the Zac Brown Band's website that percussionist Daniel de los Reyes had joined the band on a permanent basis. De los Reyes had previously performed with the band as a touring musician and participated in the recording of their album Uncaged . De los Reyes has also performed with artists and groups such as Earth, Wind and Fire , Jennifer Lopez and Sting . Billboard considered

9292-404: Was commonplace in late 19th-century America. The D pipes are most commonly used in ensembles, while the flat-pitched pipes are more often used for solo playing – often fiddlers will tune down their instrument to play with a piper's flat set, but the inflexibility of other instruments used in Irish music ( accordions , flutes , etc.) does not usually permit this. It is noteworthy that Irish music

9393-589: Was hired as full time fiddler. Gaelic Storm's fifth album, How Are We Getting Home? , was released in August 2004 and debuted at #3 on the Billboard World Music Charts, #10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart, and re-entered the September 2005 World Albums Chart at #3. By 2005 Tom Brown had left the band and Peter Purvis was brought in to play bagpipes, uilleann pipes, deger pipes, and whistle. In January 2006,

9494-416: Was less susceptible to damage than the earlier design. The piper is also able to switch on and off various drones individually (applying slightly more pressure to the bag and tapping the end of a drone), which is generally used to aid in tuning (a technique used in almost all bagpipes that have drones) or all of them at the same time using this key. This makes the instrument more versatile and usable not only as

9595-490: Was playing with the Marshall Tucker Band at the time, and (Brown)'s band (also participated in the cruise) ... and he actually got to see me play the guitar ... and then he realized, 'I need this guy in my band,' I guess. Brown himself admitted his strong desire to add Cook to the lineup, for he believed Cook's musicianship would enhance the Zac Brown Band's overall musical style: I'd been tryin' to get him in

9696-436: Was predominantly solo music until the late 19th century, when these fixed-pitch instruments began to play more of a role. Like some older pipe organs, uilleann pipes are not normally tuned to even temperament , but rather to just intonation , so that the chanter and regulators can blend sweetly with the three drones. Equal temperament is almost universal with the fixed pitch instruments used in Irish music, which can clash with

9797-412: Was pulled from the radio. Brown stated that after six years of touring that he was broke and sleeping in his tour van. In 2005 the Lost Trailers contacted Brown and expressed interest in recording "Chicken Fried". Brown stated he agreed under the condition that the song would only be an album cut and not a single as he still had hopes of releasing the song as a radio single himself. Both parties agreed and

9898-558: Was released in 2008 on the band's own label, Lost Again Records. It reached #1 on the Billboard World Chart. A Simlish version of the song " Scalliwag ", from the album Bring Yer Wellies , was recorded and featured on the World music channel in the expansion pack, The Sims 2: Bon Voyage , for the PC game The Sims 2 . As of June 2022, original members Murphy and Twigger are still in

9999-548: Was still commonly associated with the Anglo-Irish, e.g. the Anglican clergyman Canon James Goodman (1828–1896) from Kerry, who had his tailor-made uilleann pipes buried with him at Creagh (Church of Ireland) cemetery near Baltimore, County Cork . His friend, and Trinity College colleague, John Hingston from Skibbereen also played the uilleann pipes. Another piping friend of Canon Goodman, Alderman Phair of Cork (founder of

10100-458: Was the fiddler on the three new tracks, "Courting in the Kitchen," "Schooner Lake Set", and "Nancy Whiskey." Chinese-born Shasha Zhang toured with them on fiddle for several months in 2002. For a brief time in approximately 2003, the band recruited their, to date, only male fiddler, Bob Banerjee. Teresa Gowan was also the group's fiddler during this transitional period. Finally by 2004, Ellery Klein

10201-399: Was traveling with a heavy tour schedule of approximately 200 dates a year. The initial Zac Brown Band lineup consisted of Brown, on acoustic guitar and lead vocals, backed by drummer Marcus Petruska and bass guitarist Jacob Lawson. In 2003, Brown started his own label, called Home Grown—it was later renamed "Southern Ground". In 2004, Brown opened a music club and restaurant with his father in

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