00:01The underlining story of my life.
00:03Every time I want to do something, somebody tells me I can't do it.
00:07People would tell me all the time, why you want to sing the white boy music.
00:11He could just be listening to a Barry Manilow song and be like,
00:15dude, what are you crying about?
00:17Mom said, leave him alone.
00:18You like what you like.
00:20Because I got a hand for you.
00:23The rock group is Hootie and the Blowfish.
00:25We were four dorks who told the world to hold my hand
00:28in the middle of their depression, and they said, OK.
00:32All of a sudden, we had way more success
00:34than we could have ever hoped for.
00:36We sold a million records in a week.
00:37I thought, wow, we made it.
00:40And that's what life changed for me.
00:42I think we've smoked about 100,000 joints together.
00:45We were warned there's only three things that'll break up a band.
00:48Women, drugs, and money.
00:49I walked to the back, and two of the guys
00:50was lining up some cocaine.
00:52We went from bestie party buddies to he shaved all his hair off,
00:55and he's the stepfather of my kids.
00:56We were slipping.
00:57It's easy to hate on the people at the top,
01:00and we're at the top.
01:02And then you have the inevitable backlash.
01:05It hurts.
01:06You're feeling the failure.
01:07This guy's down, and I got to help him.
01:10I had almost died several times.
01:12I wasn't going to let that happen.
01:14He looked at me, and he giggled and said, not on my watch.
01:16That would have been the end of my career.
01:19That wasn't going to have just been the guy
01:21killed Darius Rucker.
01:22That wouldn't have been fun.
01:24I knew what I needed to change.
01:26No one saw country star Darius Rucker coming.
01:29And now south to the land of the pines.
01:32Imagine the barrier that he has to break.
01:34People at the label told him they would be a laughing stock.
01:37That's the second time I was called a laughing stock before I went out and did something.
01:41So rock me mama like a wagon wheel.
01:44I was like, holy crap.
01:46I can't believe he's doing this.
01:47This is a guy that uniquely is qualified to melt hearts.
01:50Rock me mama like a southbound train.
01:54Rock me mama rock me.
01:57Best revenge to be successful.
01:59Let me them all.
