Darius Rucker Releases ’Carolyn’s Boy’, Observe ‘By no means Been Over’

Darius Rucker has debuted a tune with a very private inspiration as the following emphasis observe from Carolyn’s Boy, his new and long-awaited album which is out immediately (6). “By no means Been Over” is a tune he co-wrote with John Osborne of Brothers Osborne and Lee Miller, and accommodates direct references to Rucker’s current amicable divorce after 20 years of marriage to his spouse Beth. The observe had its premiere on Backyard & Gun.

“Writing that was very cathartic,” the nation favourite and someday Hootie & the Blowfish frontman instructed G&G of “By no means Been Over.” “It was virtually like remedy for me. It’s so trustworthy and one in every of my favourite songs I’ve ever written.” The tune accommodates such lyrics as “We’ve by no means been splitting up pals, splitting up data/Placing up partitions, burning our letters/Grass is greener as a result of there’s one thing higher/Ready down the road/We’ve been loads of issues, however we’ve by no means been over.”

In an interview with Style of Nation, he added: “That was the primary time I wrote a tune about it and it was actually – yeah, that was a troublesome tune to put in writing. It’s a troublesome tune to sing. I adore it.”

On namechecking his late mom for the album title, and taking her as an ever-present affect, he added: “I nonetheless miss her so much. I nonetheless take into consideration her on a regular basis, however again within the ’90s, lacking her was ache and ‘I can’t consider my mother’s gone.‘ Now it’s extra, I miss her and I’m hoping I develop into the person she wished me to be. It’s a bit completely different, a bit extra mature now.

“When individuals say I’m a pleasant man, that comes straight from my mother. She instructed me so many occasions it’s a lot simpler to be good than to be an a-hole. She instructed me that 1,000,000 occasions, and I dwell by that. And my charitable work, straight from my mother. These are issues she taught me as a child and I nonetheless attempt to do immediately.”

This weekend, Rucker celebrates the discharge of the album by headlining the second 12 months of his self-curated Riverfront Revival Music Competition, going down tomorrow and Sunday (7/8) in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. Along with his set, there are performances by Turnpike Troubadours, Lainey Wilson, Niko Moon, Band of Horses, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Elvie Shane, Megan Moroney, and lots of others names. Remaining tickets are here. 

Purchase or stream Carolyn’s Boy.