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Let\u2019s play a word association game! We\u2019ll show you a word, and then you say the first thing that comes to your mind. Ready? Here\u2019s your word:<\/p>\n

Hootie<\/h2>\n

So what did that make you think of? We\u2019re guessing it might have been any or all of the following:<\/p>\n

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• The Blowfish<\/li>\n
• Hold My Hand<\/li>\n
• Onlywannabewithyoo-ooo-ooo<\/li>\n
• That video with Dan Marino in it<\/li>\n
• College dorm parties<\/li>\n
• Greatest music of our generation<\/li>\n
• Cheesy 1990s pop garbage at its worst<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  We admit it. Hootie & the Blowfish can be a polarizing band.<\/p>\n

  You might love \u2018em. You might hate \u2018em. (But if you hate \u2018em, you\u2019re objectively wrong, because they had some seriously legit songs, end of discussion.)<\/p>\n

  These days, of course, it\u2019s been quite a while since Hootie & the Blowfish have released anything new. But frontman Darius Rucker is still cranking out the hits, only now he\u2019s doing it as a country artist. Remember how you couldn\u2019t get \u201cRock me mama like a wagon wheel, rock me mama any way you feel\u201d out of your head a couple of years ago? That was his fault.<\/p>\n

  But this review is all about Rucker\u2019s first<\/em> country album from way back in 2008, Learn To Live<\/a><\/em>. More specifically, it\u2019s about one single song on it, which the Dad happened to put on a super-romantic, old-school mix CD that he just gave to the Doctor as an anniversary present.<\/p>\n

  The song is called \u201cIt Won\u2019t Be Like This For Long,\u201d<\/a> and if you\u2019re a parent, it will<\/em> make you bawl your eyes out.<\/p>\n

  Seriously, grab a box of tissues before playing this thing:<\/p>\n