Darius Rucker
Darius Rucker
Darius Carlos Ruckeris an American singer and songwriter. He first gained fame as the Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning rock band, Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carolina along with Mark Bryan, Jim "Soni" Sonefeld and Dean Felber. The band has released five studio albums with him as a member, and charted six top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Rucker co-wrote the majority of the band's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth13 May 1966
CityCharleston, SC
CountryUnited States of America
I work hard to let my wife know how much I love her. I try to do that every day.
One of the things that I'm dying to do is to sing the hook on a big rap song. No one's ever called me to do that.
I have major respect for Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. They are wonderful. They're superstars in the music business.
When I was in high school, I read all of Neil Simon's plays.
I just wanted to go out and make a record that Ive always wanted to make since I was a kid.
We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.
It's hard to be married to me, and it was a lot harder when I was younger!
My family lives a pretty normal life.
Remember the Stax label and how if you liked one record, you liked all the others as well? You don't talk to a lot of people who tell you how much they love their record label. I don't care how many records they sell.
It was important to me to find a label that wouldn't back out after a first single. Everyone's so used to hearing me with Hootie, they're going to be skeptical.
Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.
I am honored that they would include me in the Cabinet as a member and contributor.
I expect to make a career out of country music.
I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It's hard for me to be away, but I know my home life is fine because my wife is there.