Darius Rucker Does Double Duty at the Sugar Bowl
Rucker, a a diehard football fan, which makes will perform the national anthem at the Sugar Bowl after throwing a free, pre-game concert in downtown New Orleans.
"We're going to do a concert for the Allstate Fan Fest about 6:15 PM in the middle of the French Quarter," Darius told The Boot. "It's a concert for everybody ... We're welcoming Arkansas and a lot of Ohio State fans. We're going to get about 400 volunteers and go down to the Ninth Ward and just clean up," Darius says of the neighborhood hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina. "That's something I'm really looking forward to being a part of. "
Rucker is a Charleston native who made it big with the rock band Hootie and the Blowfish only to later turn his focus to country music where he has become a platinum-selling solo singer.
"This game is probably the one that, out of all the games, the one I look forward to, because it's going to be a shoot out with Arkansas and Ohio State," he predicts. "I look forward to the Sugar Bowl the most!"
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The Allstate Fan Fest will be January 3 one day before the Sugar Bowl. Darius Rucker will resume his 2011 road tour in a few months.
Published by Jeffrey Weeks
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Sweet, HNY, Jeffrey!
Thanks for the great article ♥ Happy New Year!
great report
Mr. Rucker sounds like a wonderful guy. And I loved him as Hootie. Very distinctive voice. Nice report.
Good report.
We liked him in Hootie and in CW music now.
Sounds like a good game, cheers ;)