Hour 2 – Golden Boot Odds, Darius Rucker

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 2: Golden Boot Odds, Darius Rucker
Date: July 17, 2026
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show – iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

This episode features Dan Patrick and the Danettes in classic form—blending sports talk, humor, and banter with live music and celebrity guests. They jump into the ongoing World Cup, dive deep on “smoking in golf,” debate the Golden Boot odds, and share anecdotes with country music star and former Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker, who also performs his new single live on air.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Meat Friday and Menu Highlights

(02:33 – 03:47)

• Chef Greg from Rec Tech joins for “Meat Friday,” grilling up loaded “Italian meat fatty,” low country shrimp and grits, Jersey Shore stromboli, and “smoked shotgun shells” (pasta stuffed with sausage, wrapped in bacon).
  • Dan asks: “An Italian meat fatty?”
  • Dylan: “It’s like a giant penne shell stuffed with sausage and wrapped in bacon.”

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2. Poll Question: Smoking on the PGA Tour

(03:45 – 08:05)

• The show debates whether golfers should be allowed to smoke during tournaments.
  • Poll options: Yes; Yes (but not in majors); Absolutely not.
• Notable Quote:
  • Dylan (04:10): “Yeah, nicotine boy. Put the cigarette down. You’re playing in a major.”
  • Dan (05:18): “John Daly did it all the time. Go back to Arnold Palmer. Arnie was smoking on the course.”
• Context: Daniel Brown and Charley Hull (LPGA) both smoke during play. Dan expresses concern over fire risk at dry courses.
• Paulie (06:51): “There is no language that prevents golfers from smoking on the course… PGA Tour encourages players that smoke to do so off camera or away from tee boxes.”

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3. The Culture of Smoking—On and Off the Course

(08:15 – 10:43)

• Dan and the Danettes reminisce about smoking culture: cigar bars, designated smoking spots, and the rare “cigs inside bar.”
• Dylan (08:58): “When you find like a cigs inside bar now, it’s such a luxury… even in other countries, it’s more common.”

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4. Golden Boot & Bronze Boot World Cup Odds

(12:35 – 13:21)

• Dan discusses the oddity that three of the four Golden Boot front-runners (Mbappé, Messi, Kane, Bellingham) are not playing in the World Cup final, but can still pad stats in the third-place “Bronze Boot” match.
• Breakdown of Golden Boot tiebreakers:
  • Paulie (12:38): “If two or more players finish level—first most assists, second fewest minutes played. Penalty kicks don’t count.”

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5. Fan Calls: Sportsmanship and Motivation in Third-Place Matches

(13:21 – 16:37)

• Callers and Dan debate:
  • Is there any motivation for top players to try in consolation matches?
  • Dan: “I don’t think anybody proudly displays their ‘third place at the World Cup’ banner, but I could be wrong.”

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6. Messi & Rarity of True Sports Icons

(16:37 – 17:41)

• Caller Lucas points out Messi’s impact: “It feels like whenever Messi touches the ball, the temperature in the stadium rises… like Tiger in the early 2000s. It’s rarer than you think.”

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7. Parenting Moment: Ear Piercing Stories

(17:41 – 18:58)

• Lighthearted segment on the family drama when children want pierced ears.
  • Dan: “It was a big deal. We all went. And then she started crying and ran away.”

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8. Bad Tattoos & Sports Fandom

(19:16 – 20:20)

• Funny anecdote about Dan’s producer’s friend (American, not English) who got an “It’s Coming Home” England tattoo… right before England lost.

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Celebrity Guest: Darius Rucker

In-Studio Interview and Live Performance

9. Wedding Stories and Life Updates

(24:27 – 26:07)

• Dan recalls crashing Darius’s first wedding; Darius confirms he’s getting married again, this time officially inviting Dan.
• Dan (25:04): “We land [in Bermuda], I ask the cab driver, ‘What’s the biggest hotel?’…and walk in and say, ‘Darius Rucker, wedding?’”

10. Rockstar Tales: Touring, Drinking, and Control

(27:01 – 30:27)

• Darius reflects on band stereotypes, wild years touring with Hootie & the Blowfish; the “danger cities” (New Orleans, Las Vegas); and quitting excess “overnight.”
  • Darius (27:46): “New Orleans and Las Vegas...two days, three days tops. If not... you end up doing stuff in New Orleans.”
  • On quitting: “It was truly overnight when I stopped really partying hard.”

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11. Retirement Talk: Both Dan & Darius

(30:36 – 31:20)

• Darius hints at retiring from touring in two years after “one more big Hootie thing,” ideally finishing at Williams-Brice Stadium, South Carolina.

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12. Band Dynamics & Favorite Covers

(31:34 – 35:29)

• Dan asks who’d win a Hootie & the Blowfish fight; Darius votes himself or Sony (“Sony from Chicago used to fight in the streets”).
• Darius wants to cover “Detroit Rock City” by Kiss.

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13. Stage Collaborations & Meeting Heroes

(35:31 – 38:45)

• Darius on highlights of performing with artists like Public Enemy (“Stagecoach with Public Enemy was one of the greatest moments in my career”) and meeting Paul McCartney:
  • Darius (38:43): “As we’re taking a picture, my daughter goes, ‘Dad, are you crying?’...Yeah, I was. I couldn’t believe I met Paul McCartney.”

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14. LIVE PERFORMANCE: “I Believe” (New Single)

(38:50 – 41:55)

• Darius debuts his new single “I Believe” live in studio.
  • Darius: “I call that my love letter to America. But you know—just where the world is right now, man, you know? I believe in us.”

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15. Classic Hits, Audience Requests, and the Power of “Wagon Wheel”

(42:13 – 43:02)

• Discussion of must-play hits: Darius loves performing his biggest songs for fans, not just new material.
  • Darius: “The second you hit that note and that crowd…I love it, man. I’ll play them the rest of my life and be happy about it.”
  • On “Wagon Wheel”: “It would be a riot if I didn’t play it.”

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16. Unique Voices in Country Music

(43:24 – 44:29)

• Darius singles out Chris Stapleton, Randy Travis, and Lauren Alaina as distinctive voices who “sound like themselves.”

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17. Dolphins Prediction & South Carolina Hopes

(45:13 – 45:21)

• Darius predicts the Miami Dolphins will be in the Super Bowl and the South Carolina Gamecocks will win their first national title.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Smoking in Golf:

  • Dan (05:18): “John Daly did it all the time. Go back to Arnold Palmer... Arnie was smoking on the course.”

• On Being a Rockstar:

  • Darius (27:14): “We fought that our whole careers…that we weren’t that cool… The reason we were going so hard is because we could.”

• On Sobriety:

  • Darius (28:11): “It was overnight. It was truly overnight when I stopped really partying hard.”

• On Meeting Paul McCartney:

  • Darius (38:43): “Dad, are you crying?—Yeah, I was.”

• On Cover Songs:

  • Darius (35:08): “The first song that comes to mind is ‘Detroit Rock City’ by Kiss … It’s so high. We’d have to change the key.”

• On Performing Hits:

  • Darius (42:39): “I love it, man. I’ve worked my whole life to have hits and to have hits that are that big...I’ll play them the rest of my life and be happy about it.”

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Important Timestamps

• 03:45 – Poll: Should golfers smoke on the course?
• 05:18 – History of smoking in golf
• 12:35 – World Cup Golden Boot odds discussion
• 24:27 – Darius Rucker joins, wedding story
• 27:14 – Darius on fighting band stereotypes and partying
• 30:40 – Darius considers retirement from touring
• 31:34 – Band fight hypothetical
• 35:08 – Dream cover song (Detroit Rock City)
• 38:43 – Meeting Paul McCartney, “Dad, are you crying?” story
• 38:50 – 41:55 – Darius sings “I Believe” live
• 42:13 – “Wagon Wheel” and why artists have to play the hits

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Tone and Style

Lively, humorous, and fast-paced, with a warm camaraderie that lets celebrity guests like Darius Rucker open up candidly. Music and sports are blended with irreverent banter and recurring in-jokes.

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For Listeners Who Missed It

This episode captures the Dan Patrick Show at its playful, insightful best—touching on controversial topics (like smoking in sports), deep-cut sports trivia, and music industry tales, all topped by a heartfelt and rousing in-studio performance by Darius Rucker.
Recommended for: Sports fans, music lovers, and anyone who appreciates unfussy but thoughtful conversation.

Transcript

[Dan Patrick]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Caller/Listener]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Dylan]

All right, we got the loaded Italian meat fatty.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Dylan]

Yum. Low country shrimp and grits.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Dylan]

Jersey Shore Italian hoagie stromboli.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Dylan]

And smoked shotgun shells, which is hot pork sausage stuffed manigot wrapped in bacon and smoked.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know if I've had any of these. An Italian meat fatty?

[Dylan]

Never.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't think so. Low country shrimp and I've had. I've had shrimp and grits.

[Dylan]

Yeah, I was gonna say, if you've had any of them, that would be it.

[Dan Patrick]

Jersey Shore Italian hoagie stromboli. Okay. And smoke shotgun shells. What's that?

[Dylan]

It's basically so manicotti or manigot, which will probably get yelled at for either one. It's like a giant pen pasta shell stuffed with sausage and wrapped with bacon.

[Dan Patrick]

If you're. If you're watching on Peacock right now, that's a great shot there. Out on the grill. I don't know what's dripping from. Is that a fatty or is that a shotgun? Yeah.

[Paulie]

Up top are the fatties.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, those are fatty. So it looks like kind of a

[Paulie]

roll of meat with meat inside it. And more meat.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Dylan]

With cheese coming out of the tip.

[Dan Patrick]

Who has it better than we do? Poll question for hour two, Dylan.

[Dylan]

All right, we've got some important ones to get through. Dan. Should golfers be permitted to smoke cigarettes during an event? This is another Todd one. Yes. Yes, but not while playing in a major or. Absolutely not. That's unprofessional. Show some class, nicotine boy.

[Guest Singer/Musician]

What?

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah, nicotine boy. Put the cigarette down. You're playing in a major.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Smoking cigarettes is allowed on the PGA tour and during major championships. Daniel Brown is a guy from England who kind of surprising people that had a really good first round. Charlie hall on the LPGA Tour. We love Charlie. They fire up heaters. They smoke mid round. Well, here's Daniel Brown at the Open championship talking about smoking.

[Darius Rucker]

I believe you're partial to a cigarette

[Paulie]

when you're out on the fairway, given

[Darius Rucker]

the conditions at the moment. Has anybody said anything to you? You still allowed to have a smoke while you're out there, or are you at a fire risk being told otherwise? But I've been making sure that they're. That they're out when you stop out on.

[Paulie]

Oh, right.

[Darius Rucker]

Okay.

[Paulie]

So you still.

[Darius Rucker]

You're still managing to have a smoke, Right? Okay. Hopefully for the rest of the week. There might be a big drop off by Sunday if I'm not allowed had today. Sorry, Mom. I'm probably unlike seven or eight around.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, seven heaters. John Daly did it all the time. Go back to Arnold Palmer. Arnie was smoking on the course. Angel Cabrera, Miguel Jimenez. Those are also some guys who smoke heaters there. Now, here's the problem I have. These conditions are really, really dry. At the Open Championship. I would hate if, you know, you think something's out and next thing you know, it's spread like wildfire. Yes. Dylan, if all of a sudden you're

[Dylan]

losing the lead, do you kind of

[Dan Patrick]

flick it like a diversion A little.

[Dylan]

Yeah, like, oh, no. The 11th fairway went up in flames. I guess we have to skip that hole.

[Dan Patrick]

I never dated anybody who smoked. I probably would make an exception for Charlie hall, but, yeah, like, she's out there firing up heaters now. I. Now she stopped.

[Dylan]

Yeah, she. I believe she said she just quit. She made like a ten thousand dollar bet with like one of her friends or something, and then she just, I think cold turkey. Did I. I love the. Like, I'll smoke a dart on the course from time to time.

[Dan Patrick]

I know, but I told you when we were playing in Tahoe, you. You can't smoke out there. You could vape if you wanted to. Vape.

[Dylan]

Yeah. And I was like, all right, that's fine.

[Dan Patrick]

But, you know, you'd see sometimes, you know, God, like, I've smoked a cigar on the golf course, but I don't do that anymore. I don't want to waste a good cigar while you put it down, you know, and who knows what's on the ground? Yes, Paulie.

[Paulie]

According to Golf Monthly, which comes out Every month, the 2024 PJ Player Tour Handbook is 159 pages. There is no language that prevents golfers from smoking on the course in any way. The only language is golfers. PGA Tour golfers cannot smoke in the locker room or family areas where there may be kids. Now, they did find out that the PGA Tour encourages players that smoke to do so if they can, off camera or away from the tee box. But that's not an official censure or anything like that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Because sometimes you can cup a cigarette so people aren't seeing it. Growing up in a family of smokers that, you know, be like, I'd say to my dad, were you not smoking a cigarette?

[Dylan]

No.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Certainly smells like cigarettes. Yep. Must be your brother. Yes, Dylan. Yeah.

[Dylan]

So kind of like what Paulie was saying. The. At the Players Championship this year, Colin Mora was paired up with Ludwig Oberg and Siwu Kim and morale with Drew. So they were. Ludwig and Siwu Kim were a twosome. So they got really backed up on the tee box. And at one point they panned the camera over and Si Woo Kim was like half in a bush lighting a cigarette, waiting for them, the tee off.

[Dan Patrick]

But it says I've got it official here. Smoking cigarettes is allowed on the PGA Tour, enduring major championships, especially if you're over. You know, in Great Britain, they. They smoke. Sun up, sundown. Yeah, Paulie.

[Paulie]

I'd like to even it out for the guys that do smoke. And maybe there's a tournament one week like the Honda Open, where you must smoke. It's a smoking only tournament. And then see who has the stamina there.

[Dan Patrick]

I've often said that they should have bars that are designated for smokers. That you just say if you go in there, you know people are going to smoke. Look, I'm not a smoker. I smoke cigars. But you know, when people drink, then they end up wanting to fire up a heater. And you could be in New York and you'll see all these guys on the outside of the bar smoking a cigarette, then going back in. They should be able to have smoking designated bars.

[Dylan]

Yes, Dylan, when you find like a cigs inside bar now, it's such a luxury. Like they don't really exist anymore. So when you do stumble upon, like, even in other countries, it's more common. Like, I know, I remember like in Prague, I was like, every single bar is everyone smoking. And then you feel kind of obligated to do so as well because it's fun. But like here in the. I think in the States now, if it's like a private club, technically you can still allow smoking inside. And when you pop in one of those, it's like, this is.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I mentioned there's a place and it's in the West Village. And I can go in there and smoke cigar. They sell cigars and you can go in there and smoke a cigar. And it's a bar, but it's kind of a club that's been grandfathered in. And it's. I don't know the name of it. Paulie, do you have that place?

[Paulie]

There's one called Hudson Bar and Books.

[Dan Patrick]

There you go.

[Paulie]

That's the one we've been to.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, that's. Yeah, yeah, it's great. Yeah.

[Paulie]

Paulie, I did find a website, you could look it up where it has lists of bars that allow smoking to some level in big cities and other places. And cigar bars can also have people Smoking cigarettes if they choose to, in a few old school bars. Especially in Manhattan, if you're old enough, you can have a smoking room adjacent to the normal bar. So there's about a dozen in New York City you can fire up.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Deal. Yeah.

[Dylan]

Well, when we're at the. The drawing room in Pittsburgh for the draft, I know. It's obviously. It's like a cigar lounge. So you're smoking there, and our pal Jay, who works here in the back, went to light a cigarette, and they were like, sorry, you can't do that in here. And he was like, what?

[Paulie]

It's not fair.

[Dan Patrick]

I know, I know. Everybody's smoking cigars at this cigar lounge. And he fires up a heater, and they go, hey, you got to put that out. And he's like, why? You can only smoke cigars. Yes.

[Paulie]

Paul might be an unpopular cause, but stand up for smokers, I'd get behind.

[Dylan]

Yeah, yeah. I have to agree that's. I'm on Jay's side with that one. Like, that does seem. The distinction seems arbitrary.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. There's Jay. If you're watching on Peacock, that's not his first cigarette of the day, by the way.

[Paulie]

Not the hour.

[Darius Rucker]

That's the eighth.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. There he is.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Picture of health right there. Yes. Marvin.

[Darius Rucker]

He took the cigarette out of his ear.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh. Oh, he did. Yeah. That's great. Yeah. Deal.

[Dylan]

Who will smoke more cigarettes today? Daniel Brown or JJ? 11?

[Dan Patrick]

Jay. Yeah, Jay. Jay's not even golfing. He just. That's the big German's brother. Does a lot of work behind the scenes. Yes, Paulie.

[Paulie]

You know, it's a fun topic, but I was thinking a golfer like Daniel Brown or John Daly. I've never smoked, but I'm sure part of it is calming nerves and anxiety. And it's got to be way worse on the golf course. That's obvious.

[Dan Patrick]

And Daniel Brown said that, you know, as he plays better and, you know, the tension ratches up and he smokes a cigarette. All right, couple of phone calls in here. Once again, Darius Rucker will join us. Coming up. You know the. The consolation match coming up with France and England on Saturday? I guess they're calling it the Bronze Boot. So third place. Here's what I don't understand. If I look at the golden boot odds, three of the four players who have the best odds aren't even playing in the championship match. So it's Mbappe, it's Messi Kane, and Jude Bellingham. Now, this is just the top score. Correct. This isn't. You're the best player or the highest scorer for the team that won the championship. Right. So these guys can rack up three goals in this bronze boot game, and then it counts. Right? They can win the Golden Boot. Yes.

[Caller/Listener]

Paulie.

[Paulie]

Yeah. The rules for the Golden Boot, which we've all golden booted before, if two or more players finished level with goals scored in the World cup, the tiebreaker is most assists, and then the second tiebreaker is fewest minutes played to get those goals. What doesn't count as penalty kicks, you don't get those goals.

[Caller/Listener]

Yep.

[Dan Patrick]

Because. Will Argentina have the lead before the 90th minute? Because Argentina has not. I don't think Argentina's had a lead before the 90th minute in the tournament. Like, you want to talk about living on the edge. Let's see. Ben in South Carolina. Good morning, Ben. What do you have for me today?

[Caller/Listener]

Morning, Dan. Thanks for taking my call. Second time, long time. 5:11. Working in a sweatbox. 194. My wife and I are going to see Darius Rucker at Red Rocks this next Saturday. We're looking forward to the show. I realized when I called before, I flew a little too close to the sun, expecting Todd to have a chance to be back on stage with Darius. However, I'm sure Darius would like a chance to win back his money, as they say. So this is what I propose. NFL Week 14, Dolphins at Broncos. They could bet Todd and Darius could be a straight up win. I'll let you work out the detailed parameters. If Darius wins the bet, he gets to give Todd a pie in the face on stage at one of his concerts. But if Todd wins, then Darius performs an acoustic show at the Man Cave, backs up Todd on a song of their choice.

[Dan Patrick]

No, I can't do that to Darius. Darius has done enough. He has given back to the community and had Todd on stage for two songs. Todd has been. Todd has been begging me to sing a song with Darius. He wore a T shirt that we made up when Todd was on stage with Darius. And it's Darius when he's like, you know, eight years old playing football. You got your wristbands on, your red wristbands.

[Darius Rucker]

I do have my red wristbands, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know why, but you do.

[Darius Rucker]

In the picture, he has, like, reddish wristbands in the. In the photo, so I wanted to try to copy that part of it.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. All right. Well, Todd would like to sing a song with Darius. And he keeps saying that. He promises he'd only keep he. You know, he'd have One song.

[Dylan]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Once again, Todd is not injured while singing, but it sounds like that. And with his hands in his pocket. What a presentation.

[Darius Rucker]

And that was the number three song in 1981. And to listen to that, it's like, how could that have even been in the top 500 songs?

[Dan Patrick]

Alex in Utah. Hi, Alex. What do you have for me?

[Caller/Listener]

Good morning, gentlemen. I'm calling Good segue. Talking about the. I guess the bronze medal game. We have this debate in my office, and I'm wondering what you guys think. So if I'm Harry Kane, Mbappe Dembele, Drew Bellingham. I know a lot of people say this game on Saturday doesn't mean anything, but as an athlete, as a competitor, is there any part of you that is just wants to get the bad taste out of your mouth from the elimination game and just try to end the World cup on a win? I know, I know. I know. When I play pickup ball and I play a bad game, I just. I'm eager to get back out there.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I think that if you're a competitor once you get out there, but if I'm Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Mbappe. I want to get ready for a season that's coming up. I've given you everything I got, and this is a made for tv. We can make more money. Third place game. I don't think anybody proudly displays their, hey, we finished third place at the World cup banner, but I could be wrong. Luke in Texas. Hi, Lucas. Welcome back.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, Dan. Good morning.

[Dan Patrick]

Good morning.

[Caller/Listener]

I've got three things for you. I'll try to go quick. Number one, I can only assume that Will, Ferrell and Darius are going to be good guests and bring a six pack to the man cave. You know, it's typically the price of admission for something like meet Friday. We'd love to see how that turns out. Number two, the. The discussion around Messi. I just feel like he is a unique athlete when it comes to the level of fame, the greatness of his play. It feels like whenever he touches the ball, the temperature in the stadium rises. People get more excited. I feel like he and Shohei are really the current two athletes that are like that. And I was thinking through who are other athletes that get close to that. I think of, like, Tiger in the early 2000s. It's rarer than you think. The people have this outsized effect on their sports. And then third, I need a little dad advice here. I've got three boys and a girl. And my girl, my sweet little girl is wanting to get her ears pierced. And how was that conversation for you and you and the Danettes, whenever one of your girls wanted to get their ears pierced?

[Dan Patrick]

That was on my, my wife's watch that she, I think she had an age where she said to my daughters, you can get your ears pierced. It might have been like 11 or 12, something like that. But I remember my oldest daughter was going to get her ears pierced. It was a big, big deal. We all went. And then she started crying and she ran away. And so we were like, okay, let's go home. And then she eventually said, okay, I'll do it. And I kept saying, you don't have to do it for anybody but yourself. You want yours pierced, you can get yours pierced. But we went as a show of support, and I think we made her nervous, but I think she might have been 11 or something right around there. 12. Yes, Dylan, I think that's got to

[Dylan]

be an underrated, tough job being like the ear piercing lady at Claire's. Just a bunch of like 3 to 11 year old girls screaming and crying.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I met somebody whose baby was like one and they got the ears pierced. And I go, shouldn't you let the kid have a say? Yes. Marvin never had your ears pierced. I don't remember.

[Caller/Listener]

That's.

[Paulie]

That's a Commissioner Silver answer.

[Dan Patrick]

Not. Not ears. Oh, something else ear. No, no, one ear. I didn't do two. Nobody did two back in the day.

[Darius Rucker]

Oh, I did two.

[Dan Patrick]

You had two.

[Darius Rucker]

I did. Oh, I caught some flack from the home base.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Darius Rucker]

Because back in the day it meant something.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I was like, no, no, no. I swear. By the way, one of the back room guys, Jack, he has a friend who is not from England, but he got a tattoo before England played their last match and lost. And I think it says it's coming home. And it was for the World Cup. So he got an England tattoo and he showed me. It's on his thigh and I think it says it's coming home. And then they lost the match. Yes.

[Paulie]

Paul, can you go back and change it to they're going home? Okay. Do you respect the commitment to the team?

[Dan Patrick]

He's not even English. He's from here.

[Paulie]

Oh, no, he speaks English.

[Dan Patrick]

He's English. Yeah, he speaks English. That's as close. Yes.

[Dylan]

Dylan, I respect the commitment to getting a bad tattoo.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. You lead the league.

[Dylan]

Not anymore.

[Dan Patrick]

Let's take a break. Darius Rucker joins us. Next year. Dan Patrick Show. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern. 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the I Heart Radio app. Hey, it's Ben, host of the fifth Hour with Ben Maller. Would mean a lot to have you join us on our weekly auditory journey. You're asking, what in God's name is the fifth Hour?

[Dylan]

I'll tell you.

[Dan Patrick]

It's a spin off of the Ben Mather Show, a cult hit overnights on fsr. Why should you listen? Picture, if you will, a world where we chat with captains of industry in media, sports and more every week. Explore some amazing facts about human nature and more. Listen to the fifth hour with Ben Mather on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

[Castle 1021]

Right now, the greatest tournament on the planet is happening on home soil and the whole world showed up. Every match, somebody's dream ends and somebody becomes a legend. And if you're feeling all of it, the nerves, the heartbreak, the pure joy you need people to feel it with. That's us. I'm Castle 1021 and this is the 1021 podcast where the World cup meets the culture. We react to every twist, say the takes. Nobody else will. Play the games, call the shots and celebrate this beautiful game the way it's meant to be. Loud, proud and a little bit crazy. Upsets, penalties, the goat debate that never dies. We're in it with you all the way to the final, so don't watch it alone. Bring the passion, bring the hot takes. Listen to the 1021 podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Dan Patrick]

My first guest is Paris Hilton, Shakira, Luke and Yerin Samira e Gracie. I'm so excited. On the bouncy bed, you have surprises, many surprises. Welcome to Suite 305 where the group chat comes to life.

[Darius Rucker]

What up?

[Dan Patrick]

Hola, amiga. Hola, meja amiga.

[Dylan]

Hola.

[Guest Singer/Musician]

What up? Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Se mi amante. Oof.

[Darius Rucker]

Oof.

[Dan Patrick]

Punch Quebele ye la telenovela. You're the only person I know that loves a yellow Starburst. This is Lemonade. This is suite 305. Listen to suite 305 with Lele Pons as part of my Cultura podcast Network. On the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Fred Armisen]

I'm Jake Brennan and on my podcast Disgraceland, I tell the stories behind music's biggest names. The moments, rumors and real life events that help shape their legacy. Like the story behind Sonic Youth that starts with downtown New York. Cool. And ends with album art inspired by a true crime. Sonic Youth was not fronted by a groupy, hustling alpha like David Lee Ross. No, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore was an artist in love with a fellow artist who just happened to play bass in the same band with him and his other artist friends. Her name was Kim Gordon, and Thurston and Kim were every bit as cool as the couple on the COVID of Goo. The same couple involved in one of the UK's darkest true crimes. Disgraceland is part of the Exactly Right network. Listen to new episodes every Tuesday, bonus episodes Thursday, and rewinds on Sunday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Darius Rucker]

Queen Carvania stood haloed by the morning sun. An army hung on her every word.

[Dan Patrick]

My champions, I have sold my chariot on Carvana. Twas a lovely suv, an inexplicably queenly offer. They're even coming to the castle to collect it. Tonight we feast. An offer you can feast on. Sell your car today on Carvana. Pick up fees. Mayafai, formerly of Hootie and the Blowfish, now a country music star in his own right. Great to see you.

[Darius Rucker]

Great to see you. It's always great to see you.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, so I got a text message last night.

[Darius Rucker]

You're gonna get. You're gonna go right in. Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, so. Okay. Last time I saw Darius, I said, can I get a wedding invitation? Because your last. Your first marriage. I didn't get a wedding invitation. I was told to go to Bermuda.

[Darius Rucker]

This is your first story.

[Caller/Listener]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

But it's. But it's true.

[Darius Rucker]

That's true, right? That's true.

[Dan Patrick]

I say to my wife, we got invited to Darius's wedding. Where is it? Bermuda. Where?

[Darius Rucker]

I don't know.

[Dan Patrick]

We. We land. I asked the cab driver, I said, what's the biggest hotel? He takes me there. I walk in and I say, darius Rucker, wedding. Yes. What's your name? And I was like, oh, my God. So then I end up seeing you, and it's almost like you were like, damn, you found me. But this time around. Getting married.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

You and Emily.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Charleston.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

In February. Next February.

[Darius Rucker]

You just rat me up.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm not giving the hotel open bar.

[Darius Rucker]

Open bar. You know it.

[Dan Patrick]

Of course. Okay.

[Darius Rucker]

Of course.

[Dan Patrick]

So I'm. I'm happy for you. I got the official invitation. I even showed it to my wife because she said, yeah. She said, we're not doing this again. I go, no, we're not going to Charleston and saying, hey, Darius Rucker getting married. So congratulations.

[Darius Rucker]

Thank you very much.

[Dan Patrick]

She's a wonderful woman and very happy for you.

[Darius Rucker]

Thank you. I'm very happy, too. Life is good.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm retiring in a year and a half.

[Darius Rucker]

You keep saying that.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, I am okay. I am okay.

[Darius Rucker]

We talked about this the other day.

[Dan Patrick]

A year from your wedding. Are you February of 2028. Okay, I'll give you a save the date.

[Darius Rucker]

Okay. I will be. Yes. And you promised me, okay. That your last show, I'm going to come on and we're telling some stories. You promise me.

[Dan Patrick]

Do you even remember some of the things that happen on tour?

[Darius Rucker]

Absolutely. No, but I'm talking about some of the stuff that we've. That happened with you.

[Fred Armisen]

You.

[Darius Rucker]

We've. Man, we've done some fun stuff, but not today. Not the whole day. No, you get canceled

[Dan Patrick]

now. You guys did some damage, though, back in the day.

[Darius Rucker]

It was vicious. When I was writing that book and really starting to remember, it was vicious.

[Dan Patrick]

But do you. Do you think you had to go against the stereotype of you guys were just a nice, poppy band and you're not getting it, you know, behind the music, you know, nobody's getting in trouble. You're not Motley Crue.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah, I think we, you know, we fought. We fought that our whole careers. I mean, you know, we've. We're still fighting that. That we weren't that, you know, cool or anything like that. But for us, I think the reason we were going so hard is because we could, you know, we all. We had all going to the University of South Carolina. I had gone there because it was the biggest party school in the country. And, you know, we just had a blast. And when it really got bad, when it exploded, like when we could afford beer, it got bad, man. It got bad.

[Dan Patrick]

What was. Was there a dangerous city?

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah, New Orleans. Oh, New Orleans and Las Vegas. We had a rule, two days, three days tops. Because if not, you know, you know, you. You end up doing stuff in New Orleans. Did you. Like you could. That just didn't really happen, but it happened. So those two cities were like. We got to be in and out of those places.

[Dan Patrick]

Did you do rehab?

[Darius Rucker]

No, I didn't. I did. You better quit drinking or I'm gonna make you miserable. So I stopped partying.

[Dan Patrick]

That was it.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah, I. I mean, I. It was overnight. It was truly overnight when I stopped really partying hard. It was overnight.

[Dan Patrick]

You still get high?

[Darius Rucker]

I mean, I used to like to have a good time. I took some beers. We like the life is good.

[Dan Patrick]

No, you had one beer. When we went to dinner.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Like now you're health conscious. Like, I don't even know you anymore.

[Darius Rucker]

I am health conscious. You know, when your doctor's telling you about your health and you gotta get healthy, healthy. You know, you do. I want to live 20, 30 more years, you know, and. And have some fun and live healthy. So, you know. Yeah, but, you know, I'll still drink with you.

[Dan Patrick]

But how did this. How did Keith Richards do it? Like, I don't understand. How do you perform when you're.

[Darius Rucker]

I don't understand it.

[Dan Patrick]

Hammered.

[Darius Rucker]

I don't understand. I mean. I mean, I've done that. That I understand, but. But I don't understand the length of time he did it and to still be doing it at his level. Like, I was one of those Stones guys that were like, you know, I like the Stones, but I just, you know, why. Why is it so big? And about two tours ago, I go see him in Vegas with my buddies, and we go to see him in Vegas. And this is not an exaggeration. They hit the stage and I went, oh, that's why. The second they hit the stage, I got exactly what. And it was just pure rock and roll. I was like, this is one of the greatest things I've ever seen.

[Dan Patrick]

I just don't know if. If we look at Keith, with degree of difficulty of what he's done, what he's accomplished. He's still alive, and I think he kind of stopped everything. Maybe he smokes heaters.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah. I don't think he really. He definitely doesn't go the way he

[Dan Patrick]

used to, but these guys are doing. And then it set the stage for Motley Crue and Guns and Roses and you got to have Jack Daniels and Ozzy.

[Darius Rucker]

You know, all that.

[Dan Patrick]

Did you fall? Like, did you feel like if you're a rock and roll band, you got to be out there drinking?

[Darius Rucker]

Oh, yeah. Like, even. Like, I look back to our shows back in the day. Like, even on stage, you know, drinking that bottle of Jim Beam before the show' in the. I mean, what is that? I mean, and every night, and we're playing five nights a week, and I'm putting down a ball of Jim Beam before the show's over, you know, it's like, what are you doing with. To yourself? That. But that was. I'm sure that was part of it.

[Dan Patrick]

And Jagermeister.

[Darius Rucker]

Jagermeister bagers that you guys used to drink.

[Dan Patrick]

And it was Jim Beam and Jagermeister,

[Darius Rucker]

which is the dumbest thing. I can't believe you all drank that stuff.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, but you guys were trying to invent something to keep you.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah. Going at that point. Especially at that point. It was. It was. We gotta find something to.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I'm retiring in a year and a half.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

When are you retiring?

[Darius Rucker]

Two years.

[Dan Patrick]

Really?

[Darius Rucker]

I might. I. I've been really looking at it, and I played 110 shows last year. I mean, that's what. What am I doing? And, you know, I still like making records and playing and everything, but I'm really starting to like being home a lot. I like being home a lot. And so I'm looking at maybe doing a tour. One more big Hootie thing and.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, you're gonna do a Hootie thing?

[Darius Rucker]

If we call it. If we call it. I gotta do one more. One more hoodie thing, you know, because we have to finish in Williamsburg Stadium. Okay. I mean, it's just our last show. When we say we're done, it's got to be Williams Rice Stadium.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. So South Carolina.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, well, why don't you just do one show? You don't have to do a tour.

[Darius Rucker]

You just made four. Three guys very unhappy. You just made three guys very unhappy.

[Dan Patrick]

If there was a fight, we're talking to Darius Rucker. If there was a fight between all of the blowfish, who wins?

[Darius Rucker]

Between all four of us.

[Dan Patrick]

All four? Yeah.

[Darius Rucker]

I'd like to say I win, but it'd be me or Sony.

[Dan Patrick]

Sony.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah. Because Dean's the strongest, but Dean's the nicest.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Darius Rucker]

Sony from Chicago used to fight the streets.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Darius Rucker]

Mark and Dina from Gaithersburg. You know, I don't think. I don't know if they've ever really been in a fight in their lives. You know, I grew up in Charleston fighting, and so I think it'd be me or Sony, but it. It'd be a scrap at the end.

[Dan Patrick]

Todd has been begging me to sing another song with you. I'm not tonight.

[Darius Rucker]

I told you, I'm in no way. I'm in.

[Dan Patrick]

No way.

[Darius Rucker]

But we're not going to do this this time. We're doing. Never going to. We're going to do. Never going to give you up. Never going to let you down. Okay, we're doing that.

[Dan Patrick]

How about we just do a little bit of that, Todd? Is that okay with Rick Astley?

[Darius Rucker]

Rick Astley. Someone's going to get Rick Roll.

[Dan Patrick]

Who starts it? Always Todd. Okay.

[Darius Rucker]

We're no strangers to love.

[Guest Singer/Musician]

You know the rules and so do I. This old commitment's what I'm dreaming of. You wouldn't get this from any other guy and if you ask me how

[Darius Rucker]

I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too shy to see Never gonna give you

[Guest Singer/Musician]

up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and hurt you Never gonna make you cry. Let's finish it. Never gonna say you're gonna by Never going to tell a desert Never going

[Dan Patrick]

to give Never going to now that was good.

[Darius Rucker]

That was lovely. That's great. You just made my day. Performing with Darius is the greatest. I know he could sing, man. Stage we okay. I thought it was great. There were moments that weren't great, but there were moments that were.

[Dan Patrick]

Marvin let Darius hear just a little bit of when Todd joined. But he picked the song. Yeah, I felt it sounds like he's wounded.

[Darius Rucker]

He. I don't think he could hear himself really well.

[Dan Patrick]

We're fix that. I was.

[Darius Rucker]

Next time we're have some in ears for him so he can hear himself, because that's what that was. He couldn't hear himself on that stage because we don't have monitors.

[Dan Patrick]

Wait, so you'll have him on stage

[Darius Rucker]

when he comes back? Oh, absolutely.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. But not this time around. Not tonight, not tonight.

[Darius Rucker]

We have to practice.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, we're doing.

[Darius Rucker]

We're doing Rick Astley.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. So that, that'll be one song that, you know. I tried to talk him out of doing two.

[Darius Rucker]

I know, he told me.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm backstage, I'm dude, one. And. And your crowd is out there and all of a sudden they're going, wait a minute. Oh, okay, something. This guy's up there. Make a wish Kid is up there.

[Guest Singer/Musician]

Really?

[Darius Rucker]

They seem to enjoy it.

[Dan Patrick]

They're swaying and singing along.

[Darius Rucker]

That's harsh, man.

[Castle 1021]

That'.

[Dan Patrick]

And then all of a sudden he goes into the second one. Well, your audience is like, okay, okay, what. What's going on here? Then I think you went right into a hoodie song, like Let her Cry.

[Darius Rucker]

Oh, that's what you do. That's what you do. If you go to when that happens, you got to kill with a banger. You got to come back with a banger.

[Dan Patrick]

I gotta. I gotta bring him back. What's the COVID song that you. You want to do that you haven't done?

[Darius Rucker]

Oh, wow, great question. Cover song I want to do that I haven't done, honestly. And I. I don't know why I haven't done it. But the first song that comes to mind is Detroit Rock City by Chris. I've always wanted to sing that song, but it's so high, we'd have to change the Key and everything. But that is one of my absolute favorite songs of all time.

[Dan Patrick]

Detroit Rocks City by Kiss.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Did you ever meet Kiss?

[Darius Rucker]

Oh, yeah. They're my buddies. Those are my boys.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. But it feels like you got NWA and you got Flavor Flav.

[Darius Rucker]

And, dude, let me tell you, that moment at Stagecoach.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Darius Rucker]

When Public Enemy came out on stage.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Darius Rucker]

It was one of the greatest moments in my career. It was unbelievable. It was unbelievably great. It was unbelievably great. We're at Stagecoach. We're a stage coach, and we come out and do Flight to Power. Freaking genius. And they said yes. Public Henry said yes. Wow. Genius. Genius. I still can't believe people were talking about that the way they should be. It was genius.

[Dan Patrick]

Who haven't you played with?

[Darius Rucker]

Paul McCarty.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, he's the one. Can you broach that topic?

[Darius Rucker]

I broach it every time.

[Dan Patrick]

Have you met him?

[Darius Rucker]

I have. Oh, you love this story. He's playing Orlando.

[Dan Patrick]

Why don't you.

[Caller/Listener]

Why don't.

[Dan Patrick]

We'll tease that. All right, cool. Let me take a break.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

By the way, Chef Greg had some food just for us. Wait, you're on a diet?

[Darius Rucker]

No, I'm. Eat it.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

I. I don't know what it is, but he said, hey, you know, around 10:40 Eastern, I'll have something for you and Darius and the rest of the Danite. So we'll take a break. We'll come back. What song are you playing today?

[Darius Rucker]

My new single.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay. Awesome. And he's gonna retire in two years. He's getting married in February of 2020.

[Darius Rucker]

That's just gonna be the party. That's just the party.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, so I don't get to. I was at the ceremony when you got married the first time.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah, but no one's gonna be at the ceremony.

[Dan Patrick]

That's still one of the stranger ceremonies.

[Darius Rucker]

Every time you tell that story, I. Y', all, I'm in the bus, and I say to myself, I probably shouldn't have said my save the day before. I came on Dan Patric, and I prove he's proving me right.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, we'll come back. Darius will tell the Paul McCartney story, and he'll play his new single. We're back after this Dan Patrick Show. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app, search FSR to listen live. Have you played with Snoop Dogg?

[Darius Rucker]

I've actually, yeah. Snoop was on that r B record I did. So, yeah, yeah, yeah. That was a fun day, too. Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, so the. We're back with Darius Rucker. You met Paul McCartney. How did it go?

[Darius Rucker]

Oh, yeah. He's playing in Orlando, and I'm taking my kids and we go to the show. And, you know, Paul doesn't do a meet and greet, but we're managed under the same company. I was like, you got to get me a meeting. Says, all right, so I don't know how we're going to meet him. Shows about to start, and man tour manager comes up, grabs me, and we go in the back, and he's about to walk on stage, and he walks up with the Beatles jacket on and everything and says my name comes up and shakes my hand. I'm like, first of all, Paul McCartney knows my name. But we meet and he's got to go. And we talk real quick. Talk real quick. And we're taking a picture. And as we're taking a picture, my daughter Danny looks over me, goes, dad, are you crying?

[Guest Singer/Musician]

And.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Were you?

[Darius Rucker]

I was.

[Dan Patrick]

Pretty great moment.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes. I was crying. I couldn't believe I met. I met Paul McCarty.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, so this is a new single.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes, yes. I've been fighting for this one. It's called I Believe.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Darius Rucker]

When you see the train wreck coming. But you can't rebuild the tracks, Burn all the prayers, praying have no answer coming back. When you feel like a number at the bottom of a stack. Don't give up, don't turn. When all the lies you're hearing are

[Guest Singer/Musician]

louder than the truth.

[Darius Rucker]

You're scared to take a chance because you're too afraid to lose. When everything your feelings just a different shade of blue. Don't give up, give up on you.

[Guest Singer/Musician]

Cause I believe in love. I believe in truth. I believe that hope's the place you'll always come back to. I believe a lie. Cause I have seen the proof. And I believe the darkness is a place we battle through. I believe in you, oh Lord, this I pray.

[Darius Rucker]

And maybe you believe it, too. Someday. When the bad days feel like a river. And the good days fly on by. When all the things are big, Laugh now, just make you cry. You know something's missing, don't know why. Don't give up, stare inside.

[Guest Singer/Musician]

Cause I believe in love. I believe in truth. I believe it holds a place you'll always come back to. I believe a lie. Cause I have seen the proof. And I believe the doctors. There's a place we battle through. I believe in you, oh Lord, as

[Darius Rucker]

I pray hey, maybe you leave it to someday.

[Guest Singer/Musician]

Oh, we're gonna shine someday. I believe in love? I believe in truth? I believe in hopes of pleasure? Always come back to I believe in lies? Cause I have seen the proof? And I believe the darkness? There's a place we battle through? I believe in you? Oh, Lord, yes, I pray.

[Darius Rucker]

Hey, baby, you won't believe it too soon. Baby, you believe it too soon.

[Dan Patrick]

Nice. Nice. Now, are you playing that tonight?

[Darius Rucker]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, you are?

[Darius Rucker]

Oh, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Dylan]

Oh, yeah.

[Darius Rucker]

I call that my love letter to America.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah. And your fiance.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes, yes. But you know, you know just where the world. Where we are right now, man, you know?

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Darius Rucker]

I believe in us.

[Dan Patrick]

What if you don't play hold my hand tonight?

[Darius Rucker]

Hold my hand If I don't play hold my hand. I might get some DMS if I

[Dan Patrick]

didn't play Wagon Wheel.

[Darius Rucker]

All right. I would get some DMS if I didn't play wagon. We'll be a riot in an amazing. It would be a riot if I didn't play it.

[Dan Patrick]

I remember when. When it first exploded and I said, hey, congratulations. You get to sing that song the rest of your life. Yeah. I mean, it's a good problem.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah. Oh, I love it. I'm. I'm lucky. I'm one of those. I know artists who. Friends of mine who hate playing it. The hurts. They played it so much they hate it. And I'm just one of those guys. I love it. The second you hit that note and that crowd. I love it, man. I've worked my whole life to have hits and to have hits that are that big of that.

[Guest Singer/Musician]

Yes.

[Darius Rucker]

Undeniable, man. I'll play them the rest of my life and be happy about it.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Because, you know, just a note to an artist. We don't want to hear what you want to play. We want you to play why we're there.

[Darius Rucker]

Exactly. Don't get me wrong. We will listen to the album track. We'll listen to it. That. That new song. We're gonna listen to it. But you better play a song I want to hear. And I'm the guy. These people played their hard earned money. They've seen me play. I will play I love it every night.

[Dan Patrick]

Last concert you went to.

[Darius Rucker]

Oh, goodness gracious, good question. The last concert I went to. Oh, Randy Foster played the music hall in Charleston about a year and a half ago, and I went to see him there, and it was awesome.

[Dan Patrick]

You knew. He's got an unbelievable voice. Who, Randy Travis?

[Darius Rucker]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Like.

[Darius Rucker]

Like there's something that I'm Talking. It's so good, man. It's so good.

[Dan Patrick]

It is so rich.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes. And there's nobody. There's never, never been anybody like him.

[Dan Patrick]

But there's a couple. Like, who else stands out where you go? Nobody could sing like that.

[Darius Rucker]

Stapleton. Nobody could.

[Dan Patrick]

Chris Stapleton.

[Darius Rucker]

Stapleton. Who else? Randy Travis. Female wise. The new girl. Lauren Elena. Nobody.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah.

[Darius Rucker]

Nobody sings like her. So she's got her own thing going, you know. And that's something in our business. When you got that, it's so rare because there's a lot of people, you know, I'm not coming out of there, but a lot of people sound like somebody else or they sound like that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Darius Rucker]

And when you have that thing where you sound like you, that's something you got.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, you're lucky.

[Darius Rucker]

I am very lucky.

[Dan Patrick]

Nobody sounds like you.

[Darius Rucker]

Very lucky. And I'm at that point as if they do sound like people. People say they trying to sound like Dari and that's a good thing to have.

[Dan Patrick]

Who are you saying sounds like you?

[Darius Rucker]

Nobody.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay. I wonder if Demi Moore could be a great singer with that.

[Darius Rucker]

I bet you could.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I'm just curious about that.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah, I bet she could do whatever she'd like to. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Like my voice.

[Darius Rucker]

Yeah. You could be a good singer if you could sing. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow. All my friends love a low rider low.

[Darius Rucker]

You really should have been a rapper. You really should have been around. You don't even need a band.

[Dan Patrick]

Dolphins prediction this year. Super bowl attending Super Bowl.

[Darius Rucker]

And the Gamecocks will win their first national.

[Dan Patrick]

If Indiana could win a title that South Carolina can. By the way, Will Ferrell.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Once say hello.

[Darius Rucker]

I would love to meet.

[Dan Patrick]

So make sure you say hello.

[Darius Rucker]

Absolutely.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you again. I'll see you tonight.

[Darius Rucker]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

That's Darius Rucker. Will Ferrell in the studio. He'll join us coming up. Final hour. Fritzi is here, right? Todd? I'm right here. Yeah. You sounded great. Dylan, Marv, Paulie, yours truly. Final hour after this. This is an I heart podcast. Guaranteed human.