Learn to Live by Darius Rucker (CD, Sep-2008, Capitol/EMI Records)

Album Features
UPC:	094638550624
Artist:	Darius Rucker
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2008
Record Label:	Capitol/EMI Records
Genre:	Contemporary Country, Country

Track Listing
1. Forever Road
2. All I Want
3. Don't Think I Don't Think About It
4. Learn to Live
5. If I Had Wings
6. History in the Making
7. Alright
8. It Won't Be Like This for Long
9. Drinkin' and Dailin'
10. I Hope They Get to Me in Time
11. While I Still Got the Time
12. Be Wary of a Woman

Details
Producer:	Frank Rogers
Distributor:	EMI Music Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Phillip Stein, Melissa Fuller, Ann Inman, Waylon Weatherholt, Frank Randazzo, Bradley Clark, Sarah Ross, Brad Clark (vocals); Pat Buchanan (guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, mandolin); B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar, resonator guitar); Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin); Ilya Toshinsky (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Brent Mason (electric guitar, baritone guitar); J.T. Corenflos, Brad Paisley (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore (steel guitar, dobro); Mike Johnson (steel guitar); Ron Block (banjo); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Kristin Wilkinson, Monisa Angell (violin); Anthony LaMarchina (viola, cello); Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, Pamela Sixfin, David Davidson , David Angell (strings); Gordon Mote (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Jim "Moose" Brown (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Michael Rhodes , Mike Brignardello (bass instrument); Greg Morrow, Shannon Forrest (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Wes Hightower (background vocals).Audio Mixer: Justin Niebank.Recording information: Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TN; The Castle, Franklin, TN; The Sound Kitchen, Franklin, TN.Photographer: Russ Harrington.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.