Hootie & the Blowfish weren’t keen on creating a country album. Lead singer Darius Rucker says the biggest hurdle has been getting radio stations to accept him as a country artist on his own without the association to his well-known group. “Once they started playing my single and people wanted to hear it, even the deejays who weren’t so fully on board really came on board because it’s all about the listener – the fan is what country music is all about,” he says.