Darius Rucker performing in 2004

Darius Rucker (born May 13, 1966 in Charleston, South Carolina) is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the band Hootie & the Blowfish. He is a graduate of Middleton High School (class of 1984) in Charleston. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2100x1391, 289 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Darius Rucker ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2100x1391, 289 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Darius Rucker ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat (She cares for her temples, customs, and rights) Location of Charleston in South Carolina. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... Hootie & the Blowfish are an American pop-rock band, originally formed at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Soni Sonefeld and Mark Bryan. ... Middleton High School is a high school located in Middleton, Wisconsin, and serves more than 1,900 students in the Middleton-Cross Plains area. ...

Musical career

Rucker has been a member of Hootie & the Blowfish since their original formation in 1990. He met fellow band members, Mark Bryan, Jim "Soni" Sonefeld, and Dean Felber, while attending the University of South Carolina. He is a brother of Mike Rucker, who attended Nebraska but now plays for the NFL Carolina Panthers. Also, he hates the name Hootie. Mark Bryan (born May 6, 1967) is the lead guitarist for the band Hootie & the Blowfish. ... Jim Sonefels Soni Born October 20, 1964. ... Dean Felber (born June 9, 1967) plays the bass guitar, helps with background music, acoustic guitar, in the band Hootie and the Blowfish. ...

In 2001, he made his solo debut album The Return of Mongo Slade for Atlantic Records. Because of contractual changes, it was never released.^{[citation needed]} Rucker then signed with Hidden Beach Recordings and released Back to Then, an R&B album, in July 2002. Mongo may refer to subjects within the following categories: A city in Chad; see Mongo, Chad. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... Hidden Beach Recording is an American soul record label. ... Back to Then, first album released by singer/songwriter Darius Rucker. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ...

In March 2005, Rucker portrayed a singing cowboy in a Burger King commercial for the Tendercrisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch sandwich. While humorous in tone, the ad showcases Rucker's love of country music. The song sung in the commercial was a parody of "Big Rock Candy Mountain". For other uses, see Cowboy (disambiguation). ... Burger King (often abbreviated to BK) is a large international chain of fast food restaurants, predominantly selling burgers, french fries, soft drinks, desserts, and various sandwiches. ... The Tender Crisp Bacon Cheddar Ranch is a sandwich introduced by Burger King in early 2005. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Big Rock Candy Mountain is a song about a hobos idea of paradise. ...

He recently made an appearance at the 42nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards as a presenter along side country singer Terri Clark. He is also featured on Jill Scott's new CD 'Collaborations'.

Darius sung on a track entitled "God's Reasons" for the film The Still Life set to be released in 2007. The song was co written by Dean Dinning, of Toad the Wet Sprocket. He also makes a guest appearance on the CD Between Friends by Paul Sanchez. Members of Toad the Wet Sprocket on the cover of Acoustic Dance Party. ... Paul Sanchez is a New Orleans-based American guitarist, a Singer-songwriter, best known as a member of cowpunk band Cowboy Mouth from 1990- 2006. ...

Darius is working on a country album that is due to be released on the Capitol Records Nashville label in the early part of 2008. The first single from this record should be out in September of 2007.

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