Hit Parade: A Little Love and Some Tenderness Edition Part 1

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🗓️ 11 February 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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One of the most improbable blockbuster successes of the ’90s was Hootie and the Blowfish: a South Carolina bar band fronted by a Black lead singer that played jangly alt-pop. That singer, Darius Rucker, built a career that’s one of a kind. Rucker’s tastes growing up were eclectic, as were the influences on his young bandmates. Their Cracked Rear View album took a year to catch on, but then it dominated the charts. The story gets more interesting after Hootie fell off: Darius Rucker’s career is a prime example of how chart success is a product of musical trend. First, Rucker tried to become a neo-soul star. Then he tried his hand at country music, even though Nashville had not produced a major Black solo star since Charley Pride. Join Chris Molanphy as he traces this improbable journey—the role Rucker’s band played in mainstreaming alt-rock, Rucker’s effort to find a genre to call home, and how he finally became a chart-conqueror again.. Podcast production by Kevin Bendis. Make an impact this Black History Month by helping Macy’s on their mission to fund UNCF scholarships for HBCU students. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up guys, I am Ashley Gavin, and I am your father.
0:03.1	I'm Elena Joy, I am Mommy, and I'm Mackin from your hot teenage brother.
0:08.4	Baby, Mack is baby.
0:09.7	We are your chosen family, because you don't have a gay family, and you need a gay family.
0:14.3	Every week, we bring a topic to the family dinner table from gender dysphoria,
0:17.9	to monogamy, to how to figure out if someone is into you.
0:20.5	Listen to Chosen Family every Wednesday on your favorite podcast app,
0:24.0	or watch full episodes on YouTube to get the full family experience.
0:27.8	Chosen Family is a part of the Forever Dog podcast network.
0:36.1	If you're looking for a new podcast, might I recommend our podcast?
0:40.5	Hi, I'm Gabe Dunn, and I'm Allison Raskin.
0:43.6	We have a weekly show called Just Between Us, where we explore every kind of topic out there,
0:49.4	from mental health to sexuality, to animal behavior, to science.
0:55.7	We love to interview fascinating people about their various expertise.
1:00.0	We also answer listener questions, and play a very silly game called hypotheticals.
1:05.4	You're not going to want to miss it, it's unhinged.
1:08.3	And if you don't want to trust our word for it, because it's our show,
1:11.3	you should know that the iHAR podcast awards nominated us for Best Ensemble for 2023.
1:17.9	That means that we are good at our jobs, or we have good chemistry?
1:23.0	Wooo!
1:24.7	So check out Just Between Us every Wednesday.
1:52.5	Thanks, and now, please enjoy Part One of this Hit Parade episode.
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