You're probably wondering what my title is about. If you don't know, those are lyrics from a Darius Rucker song. If you don't know Darius, he was the lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish. And, you want to know something else?
That's him. Taken with my camera. Not zoomed in.
Okay, so I know what you're thinking. Big deal. You paid for some concert tickets to go see him and had great seats, right? Nope, not so much. It was totally a surprise.
Yesterday WEG and I went to a benefit concert for Chase Towne, a little boy that was diagnosed with neuroblastoma 4 months ago at the young age of 9 months. The concert was at Music Farm in Charleston and there were 3 bands playing. The last band was Occasional Milkshake and consisted of the guitarist from Hootie, bassist from Blue Dogs, and drummer from Cravin' Melon. We were standing in the back of Music Farm when they took the stage and out walks that guy in the picture up there. We couldn't really see that well, and WEG asked the question "Who's the lead singer of this band?" And then he started singing, and all doubt of who he was suddenly was erased. It dawned on us- DARIUS RUCKER! we both exclaimed and off I went to the front to get some footage.
The most touching part is that this man took time out of a busy, busy schedule to be there for a little boy and his family to make their day special. It was truly amazing, and the best part was that the 800 people that showed up weren't there for Darius Rucker. Nobody knew he would be there. The tickets weren't bought with the promise of seeing a celebrity (I mean, after all, our hometown hero Darius weighed in this week at #2 on the Billboard country music charts). Those tickets were bought because a little boy with a huge heart is fighting a nasty disease. Darius was just a bonus yesterday.... a pretty awesome one.
So with that, I'll use the phrase that has become the mantra of the Towne family. A phrase coined by Dabo Swinney, none other than my bitter rival, Clemson's head coach. (Sometimes you have to put aside your differences).
CHASE- BEAT IT!
I'm pprroooobbbbbbably obsessed with that song...and Darius!!!
ReplyDeletelove darius. saw him in charlotte a few weeks ago with rascall flatts. heard the concert was awesome in charleston.
ReplyDeleteAWWW How awesome!!! I love Darius...he's awesome!
ReplyDeleteGlad you are back :)
And I just said "awesome" twice in a row. lol
ReplyDeleteOh Music Farm...brings back memories! Glad you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteHow sweet of him to do that! Really cool you got to be there :)
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! I'm a big fan of Darius Rucker. This makes him even more likeable.
ReplyDeletethat is so awesome! i love hearing about celebs doing something totally selfless. LOVE darius btw!
ReplyDeleteThat is so great! Glad you're back!
ReplyDeletethat's so cool that he did that! and how fun that you guys got to be there and support too!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a good time, and even better for a good cause!! I've been loving Darius (not that I didn't love Hootie and the Blowfish too) now that he's gone country. "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" is a really good song.
ReplyDeleteWe still need to get together!
How exciting!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great thing to see! I LOVE the Blue Dogs. Darius seems like he would be great guy. He is a friend of a friend and I've never heard anything bad about him. I am so very jealous of your evening.
ReplyDeletein college, my brother's fraternity hired hootie and the blowfish (way before they were big) to play at one of their fraternity parties... they paid them like $150 for the whole night... had no idea they were going to end up being so huge...
ReplyDeleteand i love darius' new country music!!!