Three-time Grammy winning and multi-platinum selling artists, musicians of the Zac Brown Band, will make an appearance at the CFSB Center Feb. 8 at 7 p.m.

Zac Brown, lead vocals, along with band members Coy Bowles, Jimmy De Martini, Chris Fryar, Clay Cook, Daniel de los Reyes and John Driskell Hopkins will perform along with opening acts Levi Lowrey and the AJ Ghent Band.

Levi Lowrey is a singer and songwriter with a unique country vibe from Dacula, Georgia. Lowrey began as a fiddle player and has several nominations from the Country Music Awards and co-wrote “Colder Weather,” “Day for the Dead” and “The Wind” with the Zac Brown Band. Lowrey’s self-titled album features 13 new songs and debuts on Feb. 25.

The AJ Ghent Band composes soul, funk and country songs. Along with the Zac Brown Band, Levi Lowrey is a part of the same label company, Southern Ground. AJ Ghent, lead vocals, has performance in his blood. His grandfather and father were guitarists for their church.

The band toured with the Zac Brown Band in 2013 and continues to tour now.

Though the Zac Brown Band has a southern rock vibe, it is still one of the most popular country groups in the world. In 2013, the band performed more than 70 headline dates for more than 1.3 million fans and appeared in more than a dozen festivals.

Now, it has released the most recent four-song EP album, “The Grohl Sessions Vol. 1.” Dave Grohl, lead singer of the Foo Fighters, is collaborating with the band by playing drums for “Let It Rain” and “Day of the Dead” to give the band a new sound.

The band gave its fans some insight about the album and what it has to offer.

“We are at a brand new beginning with our sound. It is still us, but it is pushed to another limit,” Brown said in an interview with LiveNation.com.

Students Kendall Young, senior from Evansville, Ind., and Michael Adams, graduate student from Paducah, Ky., have seen and heard about their favorite band coming to Murray and are excited to see them again.

“I saw Zac Brown two years ago over Winter Break in Evansville,” Young said. “It was a great experience and I plan on seeing them again.”

“I saw the band before at the Country Music Awards in Nashville three summers ago,” Adams said. “It wasn’t a long performance, but it was still fun.”

Young and Adams explain their favorite songs and why they love Zac Brown so much.

“One of my favorite songs is ‘Keep Me In Mind’ because it is just a song that makes me smile from how fun it is,” Young said. “Unlike some performers, they don’t use autotune, which is refreshing.”

“My favorite song would have to be ‘Natural Disaster’ off of their ‘Uncaged’ album,” Adams said. “Their songs have a lot more in common with old-school country music, and I think that gives them an authenticity that a great majority of country music lacks today.”

The staff at the CFSB Center is proud and excited for the band to perform in front of Murray’s community. Shelley Todd, director of the CFSB Center and Lovett Auditorium, admits how chaotic this show will be.

“We have 11 trucks and buses coming in with Zac Brown with all of their equipment, lighting, instruments, etc. and we couldn’t be more excited for them to perform in Murray thanks to routers and the success of other shows in the past,” Todd said. “We expect the show to be sold out because the band has sold out other cities.”

Ticket prices range from $45 for upper level seating to $74.50 for floor seating.

Story by McKenzie Willett, Staff writer