Big & Rich

John Rich went to see Wyclef Jean, strictly as a fan, at the House of Blues in Los Angeles and wound up being pulled onto the stage. "The crowd had no idea who Big & Rich were," he says, "but Jean told them, 'There are no boundaries. They tell us there are boundaries just so we don't run past them.' Then he starts free-styling about Nashville and Charlie Daniels and us, and how it's all the same." Wyclef then indicated to John: Your turn. Rich froze for a moment, and then, over the reggae beat, went into Folsom Prison Blues, followed by Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy). Suddenly, the House of Blues audience was his.