darius rutger is the front man for hootie and the blowfish. last year he launched a solo career. he is synonymous with 90s pop music but he only has had country in his heart. craig melon has his story. ♪ i left out in a cloud of tail lights and dust ♪ >> reporter: today the only thing you recognize about darius rutger is the trade mark voice that made hootie and the blowfish one of the most successful bands of the '90s. ♪ you got your feelings hurt his album is the 15th best-selling album of all time. now, 15 years after manufacture the songs becamehe stuff of pop legend, rutgerss going country. >> i just sit back and -- really, i pinch myself. who really gets a second chance at a career? >> reporter: rutgers new album, "learning to live," has sold three quarters of a million copies. we caught up with him recently at nissan pavilion getting ready to play an unfamiliar role. >> it's hard. you know, you're the opener. and i know i have to go up and get involved. i don't want anybody walking out saying that guy hootie sucks. >> reporter: rutgers admits today's country crowd is a lot

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as being a lot of old men named hootie.ything about how young people communicate and now they're taking it out on them. it's like i do declare, there's a phone in our stadium. it's not going to work. >> they're angering, as you pointed out, the fan base and the s.e.c. already has a reputation of being shall we say a little loose when it comes to grades for student athletes. this is just going to go right to the reputation that the s.e.c. is only concerned about money. >> and that's why student athletes should be paid. you're talking about $3 billion contracts. the ncaa still considers itself a nonprofit which is like, i don't know, sarah palin considering herself a college gradua graduate. just because you call yourself that, doesn't mean it means anything. >> dave, who writes for salon -- >> the nation. same thing. >> you should be writing for everybody else as well. great stuff. >> thank you. >> we appreciate it. monica, more proof that the big ten is the superior conference to the s.e.c. it's just that simple. >> i'm not