Darius And Friends Raised Over $95,000 for St. Jude

Fourth
Annual “Darius And Friends” Benefit Concert and Celebrity Golf
Tournament Raised Over $95,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
 

L
to R: Joel Crouse, Mallary Hope, Darius Rucker, Sam Bush, Radney
Foster, Jessa and Randy Houser, and John Cowan with Rucker’s band for
“Family Tradition.” 
 

Credit: Randi Radclif

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Darius Rucker lit up the stage at the Wildhorse Saloon in downtown Nashville on June 3 for his fourth annual “Darius And Friends”
concert to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital presented by
Transitions® lenses and Visionworks®. The concert, auction and golf
tournament raised $95,260 to help St. Jude provide the best care
possible to children with cancer at no cost to their families.
 
The benefit concert line-up included an introduction from GAC’s Suzanne Alexander and performances from Luke Bryan, Sam Bush, John CowanRadney Foster, Mallary Hope, Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch and Justin Moore. Joel Crouse,
who is opening 16 stadium dates for Taylor Swift this summer, was a
surprise guest. The artists treated the audience to a few of their own
hits before singing a cover duet with Rucker – all backed by Rucker’s
band, the Carolina Grey Boys. Rucker then invited all of his friends on
stage for a group rendition of Hank Williams, Jr.
classic “Family Tradition” before he closed out the night with an encore
performance of his two-week No. 1 hit single “Wagon Wheel” from his
chart topping May 21 album, True Believers. 
 
“I
look forward to this event all year long,” shared Rucker.  “I get to
share the stage with some of my favorite artists, friends and musical
influences.  As much fun as it is,” continues Rucker, “it’s all in the
spirit of raising support for St. Jude’s, an organization very dear to
my heart.  Getting to sing with Sam Bush and John Cowan
from New Grass Revival, one of the bands that made me want to be a
country singer, made the night even more amazing for me.” Rucker joined
Bush and Cowan for a performance of New Grass Revival’s “Callin’ Baton
Rouge.” 
 
The June 4 celebrity golf tournament portion of this year’s “Darius And Friends,” included Nashville Predator J.P. Dumont, country artists Dierks Bentley, Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts), Colt Ford, JT Hodges, Charles Kelley (Lady Antebellum), Dustin Lynch, Justin Moore, David Nail, Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flatts), Chuck Wicks, NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip and more.
 

Rucker is currently out on the road for his True Believers Tour with special guests Rodney Atkins and Jana Kramer.

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