Darius Rucker Heeds His Own Advice
Taking Time “For the First Time”
In Darius Rucker’s new song, “For the First Time,” he asks, “When was the last time you did something for the first time?”
And in real life, when Rucker asked that of himself and ended up on a fishing excursion with his family.
“I went fly fishing a few weeks ago for the very first time,” Rucker told Billboard Country Update.
“Loved every minute of it. I’m out there with my kids, and my middle
daughter — who was the one who didn’t want to go — she’s catching seven
fish, and she’s excited and saying, ‘Dad, when can we go fly fishing
again?’
“It was really rejuvenating and really fun, and it was perfect
because it was something that I always wanted to do but never took the
time to do,” he said of his last first time.
Rucker added that it’s common for people to get in a rut in their
lives, and he hopes that this song may be just what they need to get out
of it.
“For me, (going) deeper, this song is about ‘take a chance,’ you know –gi do something you haven’t done before,” he said.
When it came time to mix the song after he’d recorded it, Rucker said
liked the intro (with its reference to R.E.M.) and the outro (with the
mandolin at the end.) And everything in between, especially when he
started including the song in his live shows.
“I started playing that song months ago, and by the time I sing (the
chorus) the second time, everybody knows it,” he said of the fan
response. “Everybody has got the hook.”
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