Regular Randi Resolves readers know that my big mouth ruined my chance to see Darius Rucker in the 1990s. I did get to see him open for Brad Paisley in February, but last Thursday night, my friend Elizabeth and her husband Joe went to see Darius' headline show at the N.C. Music Factory.
The Music Factory's amphitheater is a nice new facility without a bad seat in the house. We were in the seventh row. We managed to make it through Frankie Ballard's opening act. I will just say, it was bad, you guys. It was bad.
Then Rodney Atkins was next up. He was awesome. And hot. He really interacted with the crowd, shooting out t-shirts from a t-shirt gun. He did something I have never seen before, which was toss the mic, stand and all, out into the audience to give us a chance to sing. There weren't any aspiring Kelly Clarksons in the house, but it was a great way to interact with the audience and get everyone revved up for Darius.
Darius was, of course, amazing. While a lot of focus was on his current country music, which I also love, he did manage to work in a few Hootie hits, which made me very happy. Darius managed to work in a lot of local elements. He said in his early days he played at Amos'. During a few songs, he worked in slideshows of Carolina teams and even gave Cam Newton a shoutout for his outstanding rookie performance in the NFL.
The crowd was hyped, the margaritas were huge and it was a beautiful Southern fall night as Darius brought the house down with his encore performance of Purple Rain.
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