Watch Zac Brown Band Perform Moving, Fiddle-Heavy Hit ‘Free’
The first-ever career-spanning collection of Zac Brown Band‘s hit singles is officially being released today (November 10th). Greatest Hits So Far… is a 14-track collection that spotlights 11 of the Georgia group’s chart-topping country singles, from their first, 2008’s “Chicken Fried,” to their most recent, “Sweet Annie.”
“It was six and a half years ago that we started on the radio, and it’s amazing that we had 11 Number One songs [since then]. That’s why we put out Greatest Hits… So Far,” Brown tells Rolling Stone Country. “It’s awesome that it can come out, and it’s a good placeholder until we put out a big record next year.”
Among the tracks on the greatest hits collection is “Free,” which hit Number One in 2010 and was nominated for two Grammys. A live performance of the tune captured on video makes its exclusive online premiere at Rolling Stone Country. (Watch above.) Distinguished by a cool (and lengthy) fiddle intro from the band’s Jimmy De Martini, the performance was filmed by AXS-TV at the group’s Southern Ground Music and Food Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, last month.
On Tuesday, November 11th, Zac Bown Band will be among the performers at the first-ever Concert for Valor, on the Mall in Washington D.C. The three-hour show in commemoration of Veteran’s Day, will also feature Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna, among several others, and will broadcast live on HBO.
Zac Brown Band‘s Greatest Hits So Far… Track List:
“Chicken Fried”
“Whatever It Is”
“Toes”
“Free”
“Highway 20 Ride”
“As She’s Walking Away” (featuring Alan Jackson)
“Colder Weather”
“Knee Deep (featuring Jimmy Buffett)
“Keep Me in Mind”
“No Hurry”
“The Wind”
“Jump Right In”
“Goodbye in Her Eyes”
“Sweet Annie”