Wednesday, October 17, 2012

COUNTRY CHURCH MEMBER


OCTOBER 17, 2012 - COUNTRY CHURCH MEMBER 
A NEW MEMBER OF COUNTRY MUSIC'S CHURCH
Last night at the Grand Ole Opry marked a milestone for Darius Rucker who officially became a member of the organization after an induction from Vince Gill. During the show, several friends of Rucker including Brad PaisleyJason AldeanAlan Jackson, golfer Tiger Woods and Keith Urban shared their congrats through video. Urban's video claimed he was in Las Vegas and couldn't make it in person for the event, but suddenly Keith walked out onto the Opry stage and hugged Darius while the crowd screamed.
Before the show got under way, Rucker expressed what it meant to him to become a member: 
"There's not many genres of music that have their church the church of country music is the Grand Ole Opry. It's one of those things that meant so much to me because I knew if I could ever be a member it wasn't…there's no more conversation about me being accepted or anything… I'm in. And you look at the names of the people that have been inducted and they're legends. They are legends… they're modern day legends and old time legends and for me to now be, you know, right next to them standing shoulder and shoulder to them that was something I dreamt about and now it's a dream come true." -Darius Rucker

Darius says that he will fulfill his member duties and play the Opry stage as much as he can:
"I play the Opry a lot now, but you know I like playing the Opry it's easy I live in South Carolina it's easy to get in the bus, drive overnight play golf all day, play the Opry, drive back home. You know, that's something that I do a lot. You know I've made my commitment to them and I plan to hold up to it." - Darius Rucker

Congratulations again to Darius Rucker!

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