coming up next, darius rucker tells harry smith about his new music and special performance in nashvilleroud by presented to you by citi. >> and this morning on our citi music series, grammy winner darius rucker. >> harry smith chatted with him and he joins us now from nashville. hey, harry. >> reporter: the music must go on in nashville. it is music city after all. brad paisley and then darius rucker on sunday. we had a chance to catch up with the superstar. ♪ >> that was right where to hit it. >> reporter: no warm-up, no anything. >> i got my routine during the day. hit golf balls. >> reporter: darius rucker fans are ready for a show. how hungry are you to get back on stage? >> i love playing live music for people. i'm missing it so bad. >> reporter: do you have a little bit of butterflies? >> absolutely. especially now that i haven't played. i'm old now. i might forget the words to the songs. i mean, it's going to be -- and you're nervous. it's a different animal. going to try to change the set list and everything. i can't stop thinking about it, actually. ♪ beers and sunshine >> repo

. >> - hey, i'm darius rucker. ming up onreel south. - join the crowd as we move forward, demanding justice! join the crowd! - [man] ladies and gentlemen, at this time i'd like to discuss confederate monuments. - [darius] in new orleans, reckoning with the past ain't always easy. - this guy right here, he fought to keep it that way. - [darius]s] in the year o of tumultlt, the e citizens o of the bg easy stand their ground in the face of monumental controversy. - [man] this is a battle for the public spaces.s. - [darius] a "divided city" cries out. this time, on reel south. - [female narrator] support for this progrgram is provided by south arts, sponsors of the southern circuit tour

. - hey, i'm darius rucker. coming up onreel south. miguel i is a dedicateted family man. he works hard, goes to church, serves his community. but as an undocumented immigrant, an unexpected traffic stop lands him in deportation proceedings. [indistinct chatter] after over a decade living in the us, he faces an agonizing decision. go back to mexico, or become a fugitive in his adoptive homeland. next on "120 days" onreel south. - [femalale narrator] support for this program is provided by south arts, sponsors of the southern circuit tour of independent filmmakers, with funding from the national endowment for the arts.

. - hey, i'm darius rucker. ng up onreel south. - - [darius] from mobile to birmingham, alabama's gay community is no longer silent. - [searcy] you know, my roots are definitely southern. - [darius] and the s struggle to c change state laws and attititudes has gained grou. - [patricia] for somebody like me who's a politic junkiee anand an activivist, thiss is thehe fnt linines. - [darius] but in many cases, families' lives have been upended. - [k[kinley] once ain, our lilife is put t on hold. - this is about the whole state. this is about t every single gayay person who's been denied rirights. - [d[darius] wititness "alabama bound" onreel south. - [female narrator] support fofor this program is provided by south arts, sponsors of the southern circuit tour of independent filmmakers, withth funding from the natiol endowment for the arts.

. ♪ - hey, i'm darius rucker. ming up onreel south. - ♪ jump up outcha chair, holla ba ♪ - [darius] in bessssemere, alabama, it's the blulues that put this small town on the map. [harmonica] but whwhen this iciconic juke joint faces troubled waters is music enough to bridge the divide? - you cacannot decidide that we're going to obesosome lawss anand not other laws. - thiss your house, hi hoe, m my use, h h house, and everybody come here. - [darius] the blues play on at "gip's place" on reel south. - [female narrator] support for this program is provided by south arts, sponsors of the southern cirircuit tour of independent filmmakers, with funding from the national endowmenent for the arts.

it's called "why things happen" starring darius rucker.er the kobe bryant death in january. take a listen. ♪ tell me why things happen, things happen like they do ♪ tn before you know it ♪ ♪ hits you out of the blue >> that's just ten seconds of it after watching the "today" show, go listen to the whole thing it's off allen's new album "betty james" named for his grandmother and father >>> chptevn america thanks to "e avengers" movies bridger walker has become internet famous as he jumped in between a charging dog and his sister he needed 90 stitches. when word spread, some of the avengers assembled to leave him a message. including good old cap >> captain america here. how you doing, buddy so i read your story, saw what you did. i'm sure you've heard a lot of this, but let me be the next one to tell you, pal, you're a hero. i'm going to send you an authentic captain america shield because you deserve it keep being the man you are we need people like you. >> how great is that i need that speech in my life. that's pumping me up >> i have ch

charlie pride is on there, darius rucker, a young artist, mickey giten, a young -- >> we just had herickey? >> we just had her on. i don't know if it's about covid or just going through hard times. one lyric says, i hope these hard times make me better, not just older, when this is over. when we introduced you earlier, you said actress, singer, covid survivor. so, i really want to bring people up to date about how you're feeling. because you've been through it. you've been through it. >> well, i am a covid survivor. yes, i'm very, very, very happy. and very healthy, thankfully. i think that part of the thing that i feel so grateful for is that we still have antibodies. eyre testing it. study at bloo what i have learned is even though we have antibodies, that they will diminish over time. so, you don't know if you're going to be contagious again or you can even get the virus again. there's still so much to figure out. but right now we're still kind of -- we have some immunities and we're doing okay. we still practice what we would practice wearing a mask even though we are maybe safer

other performers who also took part in the event -- darius rucker, nelly, john party, the event was theation, gayle. >> i don't know, do you remember drive-ins? i used to love drive-in theaters. you could eat in the car. it was one of the rare times we could sit on the hood of the car or the trunk of the carme. i just love it. you can all be together. i love a good drive-in. this is a good thing. >> i think it's a great thing. i would add if this is one of those changes that the virus leads us to that then becomes permanent, i'm on board with that. i like the idea of having air conditioning there. you can bring your own cooler, your own lawn chairs. >> you basically get a parking space and another one alongside it, and you can hang out in. roughly a space about the size of a two-car garage. but i mean, the limit was -- i think it was 600 vehicles, up to four people in each one. i don't know if they're making much money, but at least they're putting on on concerts which we like. >> we like that. we like that. >> can i say -- >> people streamed it -- >> yeah. and can i say the roof of the

and indianapolis thousands of fans pulling up to see some of their favorite artists live like darius ruckerback on stage. >> the response has been great people, you know, with the social distancing, people will be excited to see live music >> reporter: brad paisley hitting the stage in all three cities ♪ way back when we couldn't get underwood for a virtual duet live music will live on. we will beat this virus. organizers offering fans lots of room with nine feet of personal take gate space next to your parking lot spot then another nine feet of buffer space between you and the next group. concert goers not required to wear masks outside their cars unless mandated by local laws o the individual venues. encore live planning an all new virtual performance with blake shelton, gwen stefani, and trace adkins after a virtual concert in june drew astonishing numbers with 350,000 people going to more than 300 drive-in theaters to watch the country megastar. >> for now it's at least some kind of return to normalcy, you know, for the industry which has just seen, you know, its revenue go to zero >> r

. >> that's right, we can't wait for the weekend, it's almost darius rucker will take the stage in nashville wondering what concert will happen. he's kicking off a drive-in concert series again, that's tomorrow. >> before that and before we get to our plaza crowd, let's get to mr. roker for the weather. >> that's right, we can't wait for the weekend, it's almost here, as craig said friday eve we're expecting to see plenty of sunshine it looks like we've locked up. there we go. heavy rain unfortunately up and down the east coast as that system starts to push north. record highs through texas valleys. record highs through the southwest. it will be nice and mild in the pacific northwest. that's >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. temperatures today will reach into the mid 90s in the inland areas. you notice a little bit hotter compared to yesterday. in the south bay, we're reaching up to 89 degrees in san jose and morgan hill 92 and concord reaching 95. it does stay mild in oak lland with upper 60s and 70s near the coast. the inland temperatures will continue to stay hot as we know i