'Darius And Friends' Raise $220K For St Jude

Darius Rucker

Darius Rucker’s sixth annual “Darius And Friends” benefit concert was held this past Monday night (June 8) at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville. It continued into Tuesday with the Celebrity Tee-Off sponsored by State Water Heaters.

At the Wildhorse, Rucker welcomed country starts such as Little Big Town, Brett Eldredge, A Thousand Horses, Brothers Osborne, Scotty McCreery and Steve Wariner to the stage.

On Tuesday, several of the same artists returned for an early tee time including Eldredge, A Thousdand Horses, and McCreery. They joined Vince Gill, Eric Paslay, JT Hodges, Jon Pardi, Joe Nichols, Cole Swindell, David Nail, Dustin Lynch, James Otto and Jana Kramer for a day of golf.

The two day charity campaign raised more than $220,000 for childhood cancer and other life threatening diseases at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “Darius and Friends” is sponsored by State Water Heaters, Intel, CDW, Two Bits and Humdingers.