14 Facts About Zac Brown

In 2019, Brown released a pop surprise album titled The Controversy.

Zac Brown was raised on Lake Lanier by his mother, Bettye, and stepfather Dr Jody Moses, a dentist in Cumming, Georgia.

The eleventh of twelve children, Zac Brown attended Mashburn Elementary School in Cumming; Lakeview Academy in Gainesville, Georgia; and South Forsyth High School in Cumming.

Zac Brown later moved to Dahlonega, Georgia, at age 17, where he graduated from Lumpkin County High School.

Zac Brown was given his mother's guitar at age 8, and one of his stepfather's patients was enlisted to teach him classical guitar.

Zac Brown completed two years of lessons, but soon after developed a love for bluegrass music while playing with his father and brother on weekend visits.

Zac Brown attended the University of West Georgia, where he became a member of the Zeta Kappa chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.

Zac Brown was a camp counselor at Camp Mikell in Toccoa, Georgia, and Camp Glisson, a United Methodist summer camp and retreat center located in Dahlonega.

Zac Brown later founded Camp Southern Ground, a 501c3 non-profit camp in Fayetteville, Georgia.

In 2017, Brown made an investment into the Stillhouse Creek Distillery in Lumpkin County, Georgia, which was later rebranded the Z Brown Distillery.

Zac Brown appeared in a 2016 episode of Treehouse Masters on Animal Planet.

In 2019, Zac Brown appeared on the Lil Dicky charity single "Earth".

Zac Brown founded Southern Grind Knives, a knife company based out of Peachtree City, Georgia.

In 2016, Zac Brown was involved in an early morning drug bust at the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts in Palm Beach, Florida.