03382cam a2200481 i 4500 1501918596 TxAuBib 20240712120000.0 230922s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063238749 hardcover $29.99 0063238748 hardcover $29.99 (OCoLC)1398463886 TxAuBib rda Rucker, Darius, author. Life's too short [Book] : a memoir / Darius Rucker with Alan Eisenstock. Life is too short. First edition. New York : DeySt., an imprint of William Morrow, [2024] ©2024. 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Introduction ("Pieces of my life") -- "Drowning" -- "For the good times" -- "I want to hold your hand" -- "Ships" -- "Love's in need of love today" -- "Walk on the wild side" -- "Honesty" -- "So, central rain" -- "She talks to angels" -- "I wish it would rain" -- "Detroit rock city" -- "Crazy over you" -- "The bird" -- "The lady is a tramp" -- "Big poppa" -- "Come together/The end" -- "Speed of the sound of loneliness" -- "Beth" -- "Louisiana blue" -- "Don't think I don't think about it" -- "Need to know" -- Epilogue: "Life's too short". "Raised by a single mother in Charleston, South Carolina, Darius Rucker founded Hootie & the Blowfish with three classmates at the University of South Carolina in 1986. What began as a party band playing frat houses and dive bars quickly became a global rock pop phenomenon through their Diamond-certified debut album Cracked Rear View. ... Later, Darius would also chart a pioneering path as a solo country music artist, with the Diamond-certified hit 'Wagon Wheel, ... while sharing the stage and a mic with the likes of David Crosby, Al Green, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Adele, Taylor Swift, and more. Nearly 40 years into his illustrious career, Darius tells the story of his life through the music that made him, including songs by everyone from Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder to R.E.M., KISS, Prince, and, of course, his own music with Hootie and as a solo artist"-- Provided by publisher. 20240712. Rucker, Darius. Hootie & the Blowfish (Musical group.) Singers United States Biography. African American rock musicians Biography. Rock musicians United States Biography. African American country musicians Biography. Country musicians United States Biography. Autobiographies. Autobiographies (literary works.) Eisenstock, Alan, author. RV8