Darius Rucker Shares The Secret To Country Music
. Rucker knows this firsthand, as he grew up entrenched in country music and is releasing his third country album, True Believers, today (May 21). In our Radio.com Essentials profile, Rucker broke down country music stereotypes and explained the stories behind many of the songs on his new album, while Entertainment Weekly's Grady Smith provided some back story on the former Hootie & the Blowfish singer. It's a common answer to the question, "What type of music do you like?": "I like everything but country." But Rucker, who himself encountered great success in the mainstream with rock before segueing to country, pleas with music fans who respond this way. As for those who claim country music is all about the same tired lyrical themes of Southern living, Rucker counters that he sings about what he knows. "For me, I don't sing about pickup trucks and stuff like that because that's not a life I lived," he said. "Clich�s are clich�s, there are a lot of guys that don't write about that stuff but there are a lot of guys that do and it works." More including a stream of the special. Radio.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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