~If Hootie & the Blowfish came out today, Darius Rucker tells Billboard they’d have no choice but to be a country band. He says, “We would have to change the instrumentation on a few songs and rewrite a few songs. I thought we were as close to country music as you could be then. That’s why I thought when I started doing my country records that I wasn’t doing anything different.”  Darius says his upcoming release is "Best record I've ever made" Check out the complete interview. Here's a flashback from those great Hoottie days! ~ Dan