Pop music spotlight: Zac Brown Band

November 3, 2012 at 8:44PM
Zac Brown performed with the Zac Brown Band at Target Center in Minneapolis last November.
Zac Brown performed with the Zac Brown Band at Target Center in Minneapolis last November. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

ZAC BROWN BAND

Saturday: Jason Mraz, Trombone Shorty and Amos Lee may be the guest stars on ZBB's "Uncaged," but there's no question who is Brown's chief influence here: James Taylor. There are sweet vocals and a gentle and gentlemanly Southern-ness, complete with harmonies that evoke the group Alabama. However, get Brown and the boys onstage and they're likely to transform into a human jukebox that bursts into hits by Bob Marley, Aerosmith, Nirvana, Van Morrison or John Mayer. To be sure, in concert ZBB will also serve up its own country hits, including the Jimmy Buffett-soaked "Toes," the Alan Jackson-assisted "As She's Walking Away" and the ever-tasty "Chicken Fried." (7 p.m. Sat. $31.50-$69.50. Target Center, 600 N. 1st Av., Mpls. 1-800-982-2787.)

about the writer

about the writer

Jon Bream

Critic / Reporter

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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