| On May 10 the Zac Brown Band and Ram Truck | | | | to rally a movement of support for our brave service |
| Brand officially launched their Letters for Lyrics | | | | members abroad," said the band's namesake. |
| campaign. Created to rally country music fans to write | | | | Fans will have plenty of occasions to drop off letters |
| one million letters for servicemen and women | | | | to the troops, as the Zac Brown Band is currently on |
| stationed abroad, the Letters for Lyrics campaign took | | | | tour and has dates lined up through September. Fans |
| off at a Ram dealership near the Zac Brown Band's | | | | can get Zac Brown Band tickets from <a |
| home base in Marietta, Ga. In return for writing a letter, | | | | rel="nofollow" |
| each writer will receive a special compilation CD | | | | onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' |
| featuring three new Zac Brown Band songs as well | | | | outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" to see the |
| as music from Southern Ground artists (Zac's label) | | | | country-fried band perform solo shows as well as |
| Sonia Leigh, Nic Cowan and Levi Lowrey. | | | | dates with the Dave Matthews Band this summer. The |
| The letters will be collected at U.S. Ram Truck | | | | Zac Brown Band will play several festival gigs in the |
| dealerships (which will also serve as letter-writing | | | | coming months as well, such as the BamaJam Music |
| stations) and fans with <a rel="nofollow" | | | | and Arts Festival (in Enterprise, Ala. on June 3), the |
| onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' | | | | CMA Music Festival (in the country music capital of |
| outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" Brown Band | | | | Nashville on June 12), the Bonnaroo Festival (in |
| tickets</a> can drop letters off at concerts. The | | | | Manchester, Tenn. on June 13), at Country USA (in |
| letters will be delivered to U.S. troops abroad by | | | | Oshkosh, Wis. on June 22), the Kingsport Fun Festival |
| Soldier's Angels, a volunteer-led organization that | | | | (in Kingsport, Tenn. on July 24) and at the Hullabalou |
| provides aid and comfort to the men and women | | | | Festival (in Louisville, Ky. on July 25). |
| enlisted in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and | | | | The Boot reports that over Labor Day weekend |
| Coast Guard (as well as veterans and their families). | | | | (Sept. 2–6) the Zac Brown Band will set for the high |
| Speaking of the troops receiving the postcards, Zac | | | | seas with the Sailing Southern Ground cruise. The |
| told Atlanta's WGCL-TV, "A lot of them are over | | | | Carnival Inspiration cruise will travel from Tampa, Fla. to |
| there for long periods of time, away from home, away | | | | Grand Cayman, and fans will be able to take in |
| from loved ones, away from all the things we take for | | | | headlining performances by the Zac Brown Band as |
| granted. There's a lot of really good people. A lot of | | | | well as by artists like Michael Franti & Spearhead, |
| young family people, a lot of folks that are over there | | | | Gaelic Storm, Sonia Leigh, Levi Lowrey, Oakhurst and |
| serving our country. They're willing to fight for it and die | | | | Blackberry Smoke. Speaking about the four-day cruise, |
| for it." After performing for the troops several times in | | | | Zac said, "There will be awesome food and awesome |
| the past year, the Zac Brown Band was inspired to | | | | music. The collaborations are going to be insane. We're |
| start the Letter for Lyrics campaign. "Our hope is that | | | | going to be really involved with the activities that are |
| by combining our experience overseas, our music, and | | | | going on board. |
| the good people at Ram Truck Band, we will be able | | | | |