Grammy winner appointed artist-in-residence at Kennesaw State University

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Georgia (Feb 13, 2013) — Zac Brown bassist John Driskell Hopkins will work with students in the University’s Joel A. Katz Music & Entertainment Business Program

KENNESAW, Ga (Feb. 13, 2013) ― John Driskell Hopkins, bassist and songwriter for the Zac Brown band, has joined Kennesaw State University’s Joel A. Katz Music & Entertainment Business Program as an artist in residence.

Hopkins, the programs’ first artist in residence, is conducting lectures on songwriting, publishing, copyright, and recording. Students in the spring 2013 MEBUS classes will also work with Hopkins to promote his new solo record, Daylight, featuring Zac Brown and Jerry Douglas.

Full article: http://news.kennesaw.edu/stories/2013/Grammy-winner-appointed-artist-in-residence-at-Kennesaw-State-University.php

ZAC BROWN BAND INTERVIEW PART 2: JOHN DRISKELL HOPKINS SAYS BAND WILL ALWAYS BREAK THE RULES AND PUSH THE LIMITS

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By Billy Dukes

Zac Brown Band
Kevin Winter, Getty Images

(Continued From Part 1)

When you’re putting together new albums like ‘Uncaged,’ do you make a conscious effort to include songs that are going to appeal to fans that are a little more mainstream?

Yeah, we certainly know where we eat. We wanna keep it clean where we eat. If we find that we have songs that lend themselves to a certain radio sound, than we’ll nurture those for country radio a little bit. The great thing about this band is that it doesn’t matter what we play, it always sounds like us. I feel like our personality really comes through even if we’re doing ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb.’

Read More: Zac Brown Band Interview Part 2: John Driskell Hopkins Says Band Will Always Break the Rules and Push the Limits | http://tasteofcountry.com/zac-brown-band-interview-john-driskell-hopkins-push-limits-part-2/?trackback=tsmclip

FULL ARTICLE: http://tasteofcountry.com/zac-brown-band-interview-john-driskell-hopkins-push-limits-part-2/

Runaway Train feat. Jerry Douglas

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Well, I started in the coal mine turning up the ground Tryin’ to power up my engine tryin to conjure up a sound When the fire started burning ‘til the furnace glowed red I could feel the tracks crawling
Toward the bridges up ahead

When the rattle starts rolling and the humming turns to whine There’s no sleeping in the cabin through the storming outside You can buckle up your belt, put a helmet on your head,
But there’s no slowing down ‘til you’re broken or you’re dead

It’s a runaway train
A wrecking ball of disaster
I can’t explain it
Just keeps on Rollin faster
The turns keep me up all night
So I lock it down and hold on tight Good God Almighty
It’s a runaway train

You know the boys in the band they can understand Cause we built this rig with our own two hands
It’s all about the people, all about the crowd
Makes us get up in the morning and sing it out loud

I got my woman waiting for me slinging babies all day
Trying to keep her composure with another on the way
You know the lovin’s strong when I’m with ’em at home
But the suits keep blowing up my phone it’s so hard to stay gone

When the good lord tells me it’s time to come home When the rails get busted and and the wheels won’t turn Set at coal scuttle down next to my stone
And remember my drive when my drivin’s done

WRITTEN BY JOHN DRISKELL HOPKINS