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Darius Rucker
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The next Darius Rucker concert is scheduled for Monday, June 2, 2025 at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN, United States. See all 42 upcoming concerts
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![Watch If I Can Dream (From the NBC Elvis All-Star Tribute) [Vertical Video] music video by Elvis Presley, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton & Carrie Underwood](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video114/v4/b3/1e/9e/b31e9e28-7862-ac5a-e1d9-f7ce22cdfc79/8864475700740101.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch If I Can Dream (From the NBC Elvis All-Star Tribute) [Vertical Video] music video by Elvis Presley, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton & Carrie Underwood")
About Darius Rucker
Hometown
Charleston, SC, United States
Born
May 13, 1966
Genre
Country
Darius Rucker’s evolution from frontman of beloved ’90s rock band Hootie & The Blowfish to modern country star was completely seamless. In fact, there is a straight line between many of the group’s songs—including the easygoing folk-rocker “Only Wanna Be With You” and the rustic ballad “Let Her Cry”—to Rucker’s solo hits, especially his fiddle- and pedal-steel-heavy 2013 cover of Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel.” Unsurprisingly, the Charleston, SC, native’s formative musical tastes also crossed genres: Born in 1966, he grew up listening to Buck Owens, Charley Pride, and Dolly Parton on the Grand Ole Opry’s radio show but also loved gospel great Al Green and rockers R.E.M. Rucker deftly weaves all of these influences into his country work, in the form of funky blues vibes (“Radio”), soulful vocal touches (the banjo-heavy “Homegrown Honey”), and intimate lyrics about small-town living (the smoldering, harmony-driven “Southern Style”). But even as Hootie & The Blowfish toured and released a new album in late 2019, Imperfect Circle, Rucker maintained his country career. In 2020, he collaborated with two other Black country stars, Pride and newcomer Jimmie Allen, on the powerful political statement “Why Things Happen.”
Darius Rucker has also released music as a member of Hootie & The Blowfish.
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