• September 3, 2009

Cracker Barrel is joining forces with country music recording artist Zac Brown.

Starting Sept. 7, the Lebanon, Tenn.-based restaurant chain will offer an exclusive new version of Brown's CD, "The Foundation." In addition to featuring new artwork and two of Brown's hits -- "Chicken Fried" and "Whatever It Is" -- this disc includes three previously unreleased recordings, live versions of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "Martin," and "I Shall Be Released."

Cracker Barrel will also offer "Southern Ground Grub," a rub and a sauce for cooking meat that is Brown's own recipe, as well as a cookbook of his recipes. --Tanya Irwin