'Idol' rocker returns

Finishing fourth in the fifth sounds like a losing outcome in a Hot Springs horse race, but it proved to be anything but for musician Chris Daughtry, who famously finished fourth on American Idol’s fifth season, writes Jack W. Hill in Tuesday’s Style section.

Rocker Daughtry, who went on to found a band that uses his last name, has stayed in the running, becoming the third most successful former Idol contestant, trailing only Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.

He’s now on the road and will be performing at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Music Hall Wednesday.

“It’ll be the biggest-looking production we’ve done, with a fantastic light show and other visuals,” says Daughtry from a rehearsal in El Paso, Texas.

Read more of this interview in Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

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