zak brown band Expanding group!
on thursday caroline jones She became the first and only woman to announce she would be joining the Grammy Award-winning band — one she frequently collaborates with — full-time.
With her addition, the singer will join the band for tours, performances in the studio — and she will keep up with her solo career.
“Being an official member of the Zac Brown Band is the greatest honor of my career so far,” Jones, 32, said. entertainment tonight“To be recognized not only as a singer-songwriter, but as a musician and as a family member means more than words to me.”
Zac Brown told the outlet, “I feel like Caroline has been part of the Zac Brown band for years.,” he said. “She sings great and she works hard.”
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Earlier this year, Jones released his sophomore album antipode“So Many Skies,” a track Jones wrote for her love-struck husband, was co-produced by the Zak Brown Band.
Jones opened for the band on their 2017 tour and was asked for the next two consecutive tours. Then, in 2021, the band asked her to join her comeback tour as a member of her special guest Her Band Her, and has done the same with her current Out in the Middle Tour.
Earlier this month, the Zac Brown Brand did not perform in Vancouver after some members were denied entry into Canada at the border. In a statement shared with PEOPLE, the group said they were forced to cancel hours before their scheduled start.
“We are sorry to announce that we will not be able to perform in Vancouver tonight. Our Canadian fans are unbelievable. We just want to share a night of music together,” they said.
They added, “Some crew members were charged with a record that was over a decade old and then dropped. Our team has been a regular in Canada for 10 years, including two performances this year alone. I have been playing.”
A source shared details of what happened at the border, telling PEOPLE: He loves his fans, so he’s very upset about it, but he always says his crew – they’re like family.
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Meanwhile, band member John Driskell-Hopkins also spoke to PEOPLE in May about him. Diagnosis of ALS“All my life I’ve been scared, angry and stressed,” Hopkins said of his diagnosis.
He also said that despite his weaknesses and balance issues, he managed to maintain a demanding schedule.
“I’m singing as well as I’ve ever sung. I never have A good player,” he said jokingly. When I told them about my diagnosis on a Zoom call, Zach said, “You’re a banjo player, so you’re making all this up?” ”
The band, which includes Jones, will perform at the CMA Awards in Nashville on Wednesday.