“We’re going to bring a little Nashville to New York City,” Darius Rucker told a sold-out crowd at Housing Works Bookstore Café Tuesday night.
And that he did.
Darius took the stage, surrounded by bookshelves, shortly after 8:00 PM, sporting his signature baseball cap, t-shirt and blue jeans. The intimate benefit show with an audience of just around 200 raised $18,000, with all proceeds going to help end homelessness and AIDS in New York. For just over an hour, the singer/songwriter played a slew of his country hits, as well as Hootie & the Blowfish classics, to a thrilled crowd.
Darius took the stage to screams and quickly segued into ‘Love Will Do That,’ from his recent album, ‘Charleston, SC 1966.’ Complete with finger-picked guitar, wavering Dobro and fitting percussion, the music never overpowered the booming baritone. ‘Alright’ had fans clapping and singing along, especially during one specific line: “Don’t need no concert in the city.”
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