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DARIUS RUCKER SAYS THE RADIO IS THE KEY TO HIS SUCCESS. (AUDIO)

DARIUS RUCKER SAYS THE RADIO IS THE KEY TO HIS SUCCESS. (AUDIO)

Darius Rucker attributes his success in both the country and pop music worlds to the radio. The South Carolina native would listen to everything from Kenny Rogers to Boston and everything in-between. “I was always a radio kid,” says Darius. “That’s the reason I’ve had success in rock and pop and now in country, ‘cause it was always just music to me. It was never hip hop or country or rock, it was just music. It was people playing the same notes, just saying different words, and so I always looked at it that way. That’s why I’m sitting here right now, I think.”

Darius’ latest Top 5 single, “Radio,” is from his current album, True Believers.

He’ll kick off his True Believers Tour, with special guests Eli Young Band and David Nail in Champaign, Illinois January 29th.

Audio / Darius Rucker (what he listened to on the radio)

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AUDIO: Darius Rucker talks about what he listened to on the radio.

Darius Rucker (what he listened to on the radio) OC: …I think. :29
“I was always a radio kid, you know. It was everything from Boston to Kenny Rogers to I guess since I was 17, it was a little bit of everything, whatever I liked on the radio. That’s the reason I’ve had success in rock and pop and now in country, ‘cause it was always just music to me. It was never hip hop or country or rock, it was just music. It was people playing the same notes, just saying different words, and so I always looked at it that way. That’s why I’m sitting here right now, I think.”