After coming to prominence as the frontman of Grammy Award-winning roots rockers Hootie & the Blowfish in the mid-'90s, Darius Rucker has since embarked on a successful solo career. Following the band's 1998 hiatus, the singer, guitarist, and songwriter applied his versatile baritone to acclaimed R&B and country efforts like the platinum-selling Learn to Live (2008) and True Believers (2013), and 2023's Carolyn's Boy, which featured the massive hit "Beers and Sunshine."
Growing up in Charleston, South Carolina, Rucker was exposed to the sounds of Otis Redding, Al Green, and G...