Thank You Darius Rucker

I want to thank Darius Rucker. His #1 Country single, the first for a black man since 1985, and the first solo since 1983, is actually a good song. The reason I want to thank him is that he didn't do it by going the novelty route. "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" could have been done by any Country artist, so let's be grateful that it turned out to be a good single. Actually what Rucker does here, and on his rather uneven album, isn't that different than some of Hootie's songs. Being from South Carolina, there was always an underlining of Country roots in Hootie's heartland Rock.