Darius Rucker To Share Life Story In New Memoir ‘Life’s Too Short’

Country music sensation Darius Rucker will share his life story in his upcoming memoir, “Life’s Too Short.”

The memoir from the three-time Grammy Award-winning, multi-Diamond-selling lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish, will be released on May 28 via Dey Street Books. Copies are available to pre-order at https://dariusrucker.lnk.to/LifesTooShort.

Multiple decades into his illustrious career, Rucker tells the story of his life through the lens of the music that made him, including songs by everyone from Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder to R.E.M., KISS, Prince and his own music with Hootie and as a solo artist.

He recounts the unlikely ascent of his band and wild tales of his road-hardened life.

Rucker co-founded Hootie & the Blowfish with three classmates at the University of South Carolina in 1986. What began as a party band playing frat houses and dive bars quickly became a global rock pop phenomenon through their Double Diamond-certified debut album Cracked Rear View, featuring hit songs “Only Wanna Be With You,” “Let Her Cry” and “Hold My Hand.”

Rucker has to his credit as a solo Country music artist Diamond-certified hit “Wagon Wheel” plus timeless anthems such as “Alright” and “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It.”