From Hootie to Making History!

Posted on September 23, 2008 by GingerSnaps

I simply must give a shout-out to the amazing Darius Rucker — front man of Hootie & the Blowfish — who, on this day, has made American recording history by being only the third African American to have a #1 Country song (the first since 1985) along with Ray Charles and Charlie Pride.

I absolutely love his performance on the song, too…what a deep, rich, velvety voice!  The song is called “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It”…check it out…

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10 Responses

  2. Eric "Speedcat Hollydale", on September 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 pm Said:

    OOOPS!!! ha haaa! … That name was from my last comment :-)

    Of course, I am a “Cat”

  3. monstermash40, on September 24th, 2008 at 5:29 am Said:

    I’ve been loving this song, too. Glad he’s doing well.

  4. kapgar, on September 24th, 2008 at 6:06 am Said:

    I started listening to this album a bit last week. Haven’t bought it yet, but I like what I’ve heard. Rucker does country well. But, then again, Hootie’s sound was never all that far removed from a sort of country twang, so it should be no surprise.

  5. Country Music = MOR « Heartbreaktown, on September 24th, 2008 at 6:29 am Said:

    [...] music and I wanted to ventit with you.  And then this morning in my Google Reader I see that Ginger’s pretty psyched about the Darius Rucker thing.  So now, of course, I feel bad because I’m pretty psyched about the Ginger thing!  Ginger [...]

  6. Ms. Florida Transplant, on September 24th, 2008 at 9:08 am Said:

    I didn’t realize who he was, but I LOVE this song. It’s one of my favs.

  7. Coincidence or The sincerest form of flattery… « Design Drama, on September 24th, 2008 at 12:31 pm Said:

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  8. LeBlanc, on September 24th, 2008 at 5:35 pm Said:

    I have never heard this track before or knew that Darius was doing country. I am not one that usually follows country music. Actually, I wasn’t a fan of Hootie until AFTER everyone else had bored of them but I really really like this song. Hopefully the hits will keep rolling for him. I may have to check the whole record out.

  9. Lacey, on September 27th, 2008 at 9:27 pm Said:

    Hi Ginger,

    I enjoyed your post about Darius Rucker. Thanks for making it known that there are black artists in country music and that Darius Rucker is not the first to have a no. 1 hit. I am a black woman who is an aspiring country music songwriter and I hope one day one of my songs will be on the charts. I recently started a blog called Black and Country on wordpress.com. Please check it out.

    Thanks again,

    Lacey

  10. GingerSnaps, on October 2nd, 2008 at 11:37 am Said:

    Hi Lacey!
    Thank you so much for stopping by, and I am looking forward to checking out your blog and your music! Best of luck to you!
    Ginger

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