Rucker didn’t let the travel derail his performance with his band, Hootie & the Blowfish, at his yearly curated Riverfront Revival in Charleston, South Carolina.
In a fan-shot video, the 58-year-old musician had barely started to sing the 2009 smash song “Alright” when he seemed to clip a monitor with his foot and tumble forward into the stage.
A LONG-TERM PRODUCTION MANAGER’S DEATH “DEVASTATED” DARIUS RUCKER: “HE WAS OUR BROTHER.”
Rucker remarked without taking a beat, “I’m old as f—.”.
The vocalist of “Wagon Wheel” addressed the issue later in the performance and made light of his on-stage gaffe.
“This is what we’ve been doing all summer,” he continued. “I had never fallen. But I did a fucking job in my hometown.
