Darius Rucker released his second album for Capitol Records last October.
The title, Charleston, SC 1966, is inspired by Radney Foster's debut album, Del Rio, TX 1959.
Rucker first gained fame as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, of which he has been a member since the band's founding in 1986. The band has released five studio albums with Rucker as a member.
In 2008, Rucker signed to Capitol Records Nashville as a country music artist, releasing his first solo album, Learn to Live, that year. Its first three singles – “Don't Think I Don't Think About It,” “It Won't Be Like This for Long” and “Alright” - all reached number one on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart, followed by the number three song “History in the Making.”
On his debut album, Rucker's rich baritone, sentimental ballads and bright hooks made him the most successful African-American country singer in recent history. Rucker amps up that formula on this album, delivering a swaggering honky-tonk frat-boy duet with Brad Paisley, “I Don't Care”; a cutesy tale of domestic bliss, “Might Get Lucky”; and a road song that finds him longing for sweet tea and chivalry, “Southern State of Mind.”
The most successful track on the album is “Come Back Song,” which has already made it to number two on the U.S. Country charts so far. The song is a heartfelt apology to a girl with whom he ended the relationship, and now reaches out to her for forgiveness.
Overall, the album is a great example of Rucker's talent as a solo country artist. While people may call Hootie & and the Blowfish mediocre, Rucker's new career as a country singer is without a doubt his true calling. Charleston, SC 1966 is a truly enjoyable country music album, one that everyone should get to listen to sometime.
The title, Charleston, SC 1966, is inspired by Radney Foster's debut album, Del Rio, TX 1959.
Rucker first gained fame as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, of which he has been a member since the band's founding in 1986. The band has released five studio albums with Rucker as a member.
In 2008, Rucker signed to Capitol Records Nashville as a country music artist, releasing his first solo album, Learn to Live, that year. Its first three singles – “Don't Think I Don't Think About It,” “It Won't Be Like This for Long” and “Alright” - all reached number one on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart, followed by the number three song “History in the Making.”
On his debut album, Rucker's rich baritone, sentimental ballads and bright hooks made him the most successful African-American country singer in recent history. Rucker amps up that formula on this album, delivering a swaggering honky-tonk frat-boy duet with Brad Paisley, “I Don't Care”; a cutesy tale of domestic bliss, “Might Get Lucky”; and a road song that finds him longing for sweet tea and chivalry, “Southern State of Mind.”
The most successful track on the album is “Come Back Song,” which has already made it to number two on the U.S. Country charts so far. The song is a heartfelt apology to a girl with whom he ended the relationship, and now reaches out to her for forgiveness.
Overall, the album is a great example of Rucker's talent as a solo country artist. While people may call Hootie & and the Blowfish mediocre, Rucker's new career as a country singer is without a doubt his true calling. Charleston, SC 1966 is a truly enjoyable country music album, one that everyone should get to listen to sometime.
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