Earlier than taking the stage at Purple Rocks Amphitheatre on Saturday, July 25, Darius Rucker and Outdated Crow Drugs Present’s Ketch Secor had been shocked with a Spotify Billions Membership plaque honoring “Wagon Wheel” after Rucker’s recording surpassed one billion streams on the platform. (If there was an award for many performed music on Broadway in Nashville it might be this music.)
The celebration continued later that night when the 2 GRAMMY winners carried out the beloved music collectively, giving the sold-out Purple Rocks crowd a memorable second because the songwriter and the artist who turned the tune into one among nation music’s greatest crossover hits shared the stage.
“You by no means know the place a music goes to take you, and I don’t suppose any of us may’ve imagined ‘Wagon Wheel’ would nonetheless imply this a lot to folks all these years later,” Rucker stated. “To rejoice a billion streams with Ketch proper earlier than we walked out at Purple Rocks made it much more particular. I’m grateful to all people who’s made this music a part of their lives, and I’ll preserve singing it so long as y’all let me!”
The music has one among nation music’s most unusual origin tales. Secor accomplished “Wagon Wheel” after listening to an unfinished Bob Dylan demo containing what would turn into its now-famous refrain. Outdated Crow Drugs Present launched the music in 2004, the place it shortly turned a fan favourite.
Rucker launched his model in 2013 on the album True Believers, and it turned a large hit, incomes a GRAMMY Award, RIAA Diamond certification, and now membership in Spotify’s unique Billions Membership.
“Songs have a humorous method of discovering their very own path, and ‘Wagon Wheel’ has had one unimaginable life,” Secor stated. “Watching Darius convey it all over the world over the past decade has been one of many biggest items a songwriter may ever obtain. Standing beside him at Purple Rocks to rejoice this milestone felt like watching one other stunning chapter get written.”
Spotify’s Billions Membership acknowledges songs which have surpassed one billion streams and has turn into one of many streaming service’s highest honors, celebrating a number of the most enduring and influential recordings in music.
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