Learn To Live (CD)

The lead singer of the chart-topping 1990s act Hootie & the Blowfish, Darius Rucker started flirting with a solo career in the early 2000s, while still singing with the band. He first applied his distinctively deep, emotive vocals to R&B songs, and then, after the Blowfish broke up for good, Rucker defied F. Scott Fitzgerald's law against second acts, reinventing himself as a country star and as a successful one at that, his run of hits nearly rivaling his Hootie days.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  General Rock & Pop
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: September 16, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol/EMI Records
• UPC: 094638550624
• WAPI (Tower ID): 112372962
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Personnel: Phillip Stein, Melissa Fuller, Ann Inman, Waylon Weatherholt, Frank Randazzo, Sarah Ross, Brad Clark (vocals); Pat Buchanan (guitar); Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin); Ilya Toshinsky (acoustic guitar, mandolin); B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar, baritone guitar); J.T. Corenflos, Brad Paisley (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore (steel guitar); Ron Block (banjo); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Kristin Wilkinson, Monisa Angell (violin); Anthony LaMarchina (cello); Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Pamela Sixfin, David Davidson, David Angell (strings); Gordon Mote (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Jim "Moose" Brown (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Mike Brignardello, Michael Rhodes (bass instrument); Greg Morrow, Shannon Forrest (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Wes Hightower (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Justin Niebank.

Arrangers: John Hobbs; Kristin Wilkinson.

Although for the rest of his life, underinformed fans of 1990s pop will forever be calling Darius Rucker "Hootie," the former Hootie & the Blowfish singer-songwriter makes his solo debut with a perfectly credible take on mainstream contemporary Nashville country. The laid-back, largely acoustic folk-pop of Hootie & the Blowfish was never that far removed from contemporary country in the first place, so only the fact that Rucker is the first major African-American country star since the heyday of Charley Pride makes the stylistic crossover out of the ordinary. First single "Don't Think I Don't Think About It," a Top 5 hit on the Billboard country charts even prior to the album's release, makes clear how comfortable Rucker is with the blend of the Eagles and the Dixie Chicks that is contemporary country radio, and tracks like "History in the Making" and "Forever Road" are equally fine examples of the form.

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