Darius Rucker: Songs Inspired His Book
Darius Rucker says that the songs he grew up with and his own music influenced his new book the most.
Darius told us in a recent interview, “Those songs that we chose for the book, you know, from ‘Beth’ from KISS, which was an enormous song for me as a kid. The REM songs we chose, Nanci Griffith, those songs were moments of my life where I listened to those songs every day, multiple times a day.”
He added, “So, you know, when we decided to name the chapters after songs that meant something to me, that was perfect for me because music is, brings back all the memories I have coming back with music, so that was a good way to tell it, tell the story.”
Now, multiple decades into his illustrious career, the three-time Grammy Award–winning, multi-Diamond-selling artist tells the story of his life through the lens of the music that made him, including songs by everyone from Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder to R.E.M., KISS, and Prince, and, of course, his own music, both with Hootie & the Blowfish and as a solo artist.
Darius Rucker: Life’s Too Short is out now.
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Meanwhile, Rucker has broken his silence on his arrest from February 2024 on misdemeanor drug charges outside of Nashville. This week, while promoting his new book, Darius broke his silence on the Today Show.
Darius said that it “went down” and that “we handled it.” He added that his lawyers are taking care of it.
He described the situation before he was pulled over by police, noting, “It was funny because I was going to a friend’s house. They were moving and asked me to take some stuff.” After he was pulled over, they let him go.
Rucker explained, “And it was a year later that I get a phone call that said there was a warrant for my arrest. So I went down. Fifty-seven years, I’ve never seen the inside of a jail cell.”
The charges are still pending. He was booked on two counts of simple possession/casual exchange of a controlled substance and one count of violating the state’s vehicle registration law.
His attorney told Today in February that the singer “is fully cooperating with authorities related to misdemeanor charges.”
