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 recognizebout 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 became the stuff of pop legend, rutgers is 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 rea 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 d't want anybody walking out saying that guy hootie sucks. >> reporter: rutgers admits today's country crowd is a lot d

darius rutger is his name, you may remember and we caught up with him at nissan pavilion.has gone country. some 15 years after releasing some of the biggest pop hits of the '90s, he's the opening act for the country group rascal flatts. he's sold 3/4 of a million copies. unassuming and laid back, he says he's thrilled to be back on tour. >> actually probably good to do it and have it roll o the way it has. last two numbe one, third one on the way. i just sit back and really i pinch myself because i go, who really gets a second chance at a career? >> recognize him? darius rutger says hooty and the blow fish will continue making music and touring in the future, but for now country music is his day job. he plans to release another country album last spring. >> right now spending tile in the big silver bus, looks like, doing the country thing. >> tom is here to talk about the weather. >> out in the country, a beautiful july morning is under way with low humidity. don't have any fog around this morning like we did yesterday morning. weather watchers are checking in in the rural