Darius Rucker’s Tuesday News and Views

Today's birthday honoree comes from a band that has become easy to scorn, but that I will proudly say that I do like, Hootie and the Blowfish. Darius Rucker is the lead singer of the Flying Hooties and for a short time in the 1990s, Hootie and the Blowfish were the biggest thing in music. Their debut album "Cracked Rearview" was at one time the highest selling debut album of all time (surpassed later by Alanis Morisette) and there was a two-year period where they found themselves on every talk show/media outlet in America. Over time, their popularity faded as they were deemed too dorky to be cool and they found themselves living out their career by playing to college crowds, spending their obscene amounts of money and playing golf…..not a bad lifestyle. While many are no longer fans, I still own all of Hootie's albums and challenge anyone to say that they didnt at one time either like "Hold My Hand", "Time", "Only Wanna Be With You", or "Let Her Cry." Darius is 41 today and somewhere is likely hitting a golf course as we speak. more...