Darius Rucker Refused The Star Treatment When He Switched To Country

Darius Rucker was a superstar with Hootie & the Blowfish when he transitioned to country music in 2008.

But instead of riding in like a big shot expecting special treatment, he did the opposite and paid his dues all over again.

He talked about it on Clint Black’s upcoming series “Taking In Circles”.

“[In] the very first meeting about the record I said ‘What do you do if you’re the low guy? What do you do if you’re the new guy? They were like, ‘Well, you do a radio tour. But we didn’t think you would do that.’ And I said, ‘Light it up.'”

Darius did a massive radio tour because he wanted to earn his way onto the airwaves like everybody else.

“[I] was like, ‘if you play my song, great. If not, hey man we had a beer, it was cool.’ We went around with that attitude, and people liked the song.”

That song was his first #1 country hit, “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It”.

Clint’s “Talking in Circles” episode with Darius debuts May 22nd on the Circle Network.

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This post was written by Cheryl Johnstone