“‘Wagon Wheel’ did OK, that was a big hit. I’m waiting for the Grammy nomination, because I haven’t had one of those in a long time,” he said in a November 13 interview on The Dan Patrick Show. “If ‘Wagon Wheel’ doesn’t get nominated for a Grammy, country music is screwed. It’s as simple as that. I’m not saying I should win it, but it should be nominated.”
In an earlier interview with Radio.com, Rucker explained what made him want to cut the song. “When I heard ‘Wagon Wheel’ at my daughter’s high school talent contest, I don’t know what it was about the song, because I had heard the song before. But when I heard it there I just thought, ‘Man some day I’m going to cut the song for a record,’” he said. “It was really one of those lightning bolt things that I can’t even explain. I‘ve said that a lot but never cut the song, but with that I just really wanted to cut the song. I didn’t know how big it was until after it came out and then I realized on college campuses a lot of people knew it.”
You can catch Darius Rucker performing "Wagon Wheel" and other hits live on his True Believers Tour, which kicks off January 29 in Champaign, Illinois.
Click here to watch the "Wagon Wheel" music video. Would you like to see "Wagon Wheel" get some Grammy love?
"Wagon Wheel" can be found on Darius Rucker's latest album True Believers. Click here to read our review of that album.
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