Like with Brooks and Dunn, I'm not much of a fan of Darius Rucker. But also like with Brooks and Dunn, I know there are plenty of people who are fans of his music, and I'm trying to post all the at least decent Storytellers albums I can find.
Rucker first hit it big with his band Hootie and the Blowfish in the 1990s. Their 1994 album "Cracked Rear View" went on to sell more than 22 million copies worldwide! But by the end of the 1990s, the band faced declining sales. None of their albums went gold (meaning selling half a million copies) - a far cry from their earlier success.
Starting in 2001, Rucker began transitioning into a solo career in country music. He never entirely gave up Hootie and the Blowfish, and still occasionally performs with them, but his solo career soon became his main focus. That's because he's found a lot of commercial success with that too. For instance, he's had nine Number One songs on the U.S. country singles chart. One song, a cover of "Wagon Wheel," sold about four million copies in 2013.
Here's his Wikipedia entry if you want to know more:
This concert has him mainly in country mode. However, he played a couple of his biggest hits with Hootie and the Blowfish too: "Let Her Cry" and "Only Wanna Be with You."
I had to make a lot of edits to make this sound like one coherent concert. I faced the usual problems of the applause getting cut off too early and having to get rid of snippets of songs from later in the show, meant to keep people watching right before going to commercials. But it should sound good now, I hope.
Note that as I write this in December 2024, there have been four additional episodes of "CMT Storytellers," three in 2023 and one in 2024. They featured:
Kelsea Ballerini
Kane Brown
Dierks Bentley
Little Big Town
I don't think I'm going to find and post any of those shows. None of them really interest me. For instance, a couple of them fall into the "bro country" sub-genre, which I try to avoid. Plus, I don't think they're nearly as popular as either Brooks and Dunn or Darius Rucker. But if anyone thinks I'm wrong, let me know. I have to admit I didn't look into them very closely either.
This album is 43 minutes long.
01 talk (Darius Rucker)
02 Let Her Cry (Darius Rucker)
03 talk (Darius Rucker)
04 Alright (Darius Rucker)
05 talk (Darius Rucker)
06 For the First Time (Darius Rucker)
07 talk (Darius Rucker)
08 It Won't Be like This for Long (Darius Rucker)
09 talk (Darius Rucker)
10 This (Darius Rucker)
11 talk (Darius Rucker)
12 Wagon Wheel (Darius Rucker)
13 talk (Darius Rucker)
14 Only Wanna Be with You (Darius Rucker)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/R9gyTeMa
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/GYjc8z8ZvthFHHh/file
The cover photo is from this exact concert.
Only posting these two is fine for me, I just can't do country music. But thanks for your hard work, G.
ReplyDeleteThank you Paul for sharing.
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