If at first you succeed, then do it again.
Singer Darius Rucker earned a legion of fans with the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. Most performers would be happy with success in one genre, but Rucker has lead the charts not just in rock 'n' roll but also carved out a second chart-topping career in country music.
Rucker first rose to rock 'n' roll fame and earned a Grammy as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Hootie & the Blowfish. With Rucker the band had six Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and their debut album "Cracked Rear View" became the 16th best-selling album of all time. Their hits "Only Wanna Be With You," "Let Her Cry" and "Hold My Hand" became part of the soundtrack to the mid '90s.
Hootie & the Blowfish's amazing popularity opened up solo opportunities for Rucker. After a short period as an R&B artist, he surprised many with a complete switch in genres to country in 2008, releasing the album "Learn to Live," which spawned the No. 1 country hit "Don't Think I Don't Think About It." With that song, Rucker became the first African-American recording artist since Charley Pride in 1983 to have a No. 1 country song.
That was just the beginning of Rucker's country success. There were two more No. 1 songs in 2009 -- "It Won't Be Like This for Long" and "Alright." That year Rucker also won the Country Music Association's New Artist of the Year Award. Then 2010 saw a second country album "Charleston, SC 1966" and two more No. 1 hits -- "Come Back Song" and "This."
Darius continues to break records as he pursues his country music career. In 2012 he became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. In May 2013, his cover of Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel" from his album "True Believer" hit No. 1. The song has also earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Country Solo Performance. Rucker won the Grammy becoming only the third African-American recording act to win a vocal performance Grammy Award in a country music category.
Asked if he ever believed he'd be so successful as a country artist, Rucker said, "From where I was five years ago to the Grand Ole Opry, why would I believe that? I didn't even know if country radio was going to play my song, but you can't think about things like that."
| Show Times: 8 p.m. on Oct. 18, 2014. |
| Show Length: 90 minutes |
| Location: The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel |
| Age Restriction: 6+ |
| Prices: General Admission (standing room only) (red) - $55.00 Orchestra seating (red) - $89.50 |
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