were more of a hootie?rent. but at one point, my band, we were doing this residency in north carolina and i started singing this mahalia jackson song. it just sounded better. and then i kind of just like didn't go back. >> jimmy: she had like a higher octave voice. it's just beautiful, just awesome. you have a new album out "bon iver, bon iver." so nice, you said it twice. [ laughter ] >> it's really more of like, a selling point. >> jimmy: so they know who's what's up. yeah, exactly. look at this. you're blowing up, my friend. this is this month's billboard mag. look at you there. [ cheers and applause ] and then, look at this. from the future, here is "spin" magazine. look at this. [ cheers and applause ] you're blowing up, buddy. >> from the future. >> jimmy: from the future. it doesn't come out for a while. >> if my mom sees it, it's not going to come out at all. >> jimmy: oh, no. oh, my gosh. this is gigantic. you have come far since that frozen cabin. >> yeah. >> jimmy: but that was the thing about th

one of the hottest stars in country music right now is darius rucker, former front man of hootie and rucker's success moving from pop to country has surprised a lot of folks but not the artist himself. he's got as much confidence in his music as his golf swing. we sat down for lunch at his charity golf tournament in myrtle beach. ♪ >> so you and your band mates from hootie and the blowfish became known as the golf guys. >> yeah. >> how was that and how was that strategic so you could end up playing anywhere you wanted. >> nothing we ever did was strategic. there was never a moment we sat down and said, we're going to do this so this would happen. we weren't that smart. our band wasn't that smart. and we -- and so it just happened. you know it just happened because we played a lot of golf. we play a lot. and it really happened -- ♪ >> that all came about just because i wanted to meet dan marino. and they asked me -- they said -- we made a couple of videos. they asked what i wanted to do. i said i want to do something where i can meet dan marino. it was awesome for us. we became the go

now, in his defense, that was the year the first hootie & the blowfish album came out.hter) i think we all prayed the end was near. (laughter) and this time camping's definitely probably got it right. here's how he does the math. noah's flood occurred 7,000 years ago and at the time god told noah that he had seven days before the flood would start. then in second peter it says "with the lord, a day is like a thousand years." and i'm sure in his job it is. you think creating spreadsheets is tedious? imagine coming up with a third kind of owl. (laughter) so let's see. let's check his numbers there. let's see. okay. seven days, seven days times 1,000 carry the cubit equals... (laughter) may 21. yup. (cheers and applause) and, folks, that worked out great for me, because on may 21, i will be leaving port in the on-deck charleston to bermuda race sailing my boat the audi." (laughter) so while sinners are boiling in their own juices here on solid ground, i'll be safely in international waters where god does not have an extradition treaty with nuclea neptune. (applause) well,

you may remember him from his former group, hootie and the blowfi blowfish.ker's success moving from pop to country has surprised a lot of people, but not the artist himself. he's got as much confidence in his music as his golf swing. he recently sat down with lindsay czarniak at his charity golf tournament in myrtle beach. >> so you and your band mates from hootie and the blowfish became known as the golf guys. >> yeah? >> how did that happen and was that strategic so you could play wherev wherever you wanted? >> nothing we ever did was strategic. there was never a moment we sat down and said, we're going to do this, so that's what happened. we weren't that smart. our manager wasn't that smart. and we -- so it just happened. you know, it just happened, because we played a lot of golf. golf was something we play a lot. ♪ sometimes you're crazy, and you wonder why ♪ ♪ i'm such a baby >> that all came about because i wanted to meet dan marino. and they asked me what, you know, what -- we had made a couple of videos they had done and i said, what do you want to