Saturday 9: Wagon Wheel...Darius Rucker

Saturday 9: Wagon Wheel (2013)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

This is such a happy and sweet song.  This is my kind of "Country".... 💓💓💖💗💘

1) This week, Darius Rucker sings about hitching a ride to reach his lady love. Have you ever thumbed a ride?  Never have I ever had to.  I’ve given a lot of rides in the past before it was insane to do it.  

2) Along the way, he loses his money in a poker game. Successful poker players are good at bluffing, or misleading others about their cards. Are you good at bluffing, whether at cards or in life?  Not that I know of. 

3) Darius began has career as the lead singer of 90s soft-rock band Hootie and the Blowfish. Today he's a country singer. Let's say you're stuck in traffic and only one radio station comes in clearly. Would you prefer it play soft rock or country? What?  No iPod ?!?!!  I'd listen to Country, probably, because it’s peppier. 

4) Darius Rucker will be on tour throughout 2023, playing dates all over the country and making a couple stops in Cancun. Have you ever visited Mexico? If so, where did you go?  We used to go very very often when hubby was surfing and the two older girls were little. 

Rosarita Beach was a tiny fishing village in those days, and hubby’s sister and BIL had a little trailer there.  A big group would go down…

Then, Alas…. began the great migration of Americans Snow bird retirees.  We used to go to Tijuana all the time, though.  It was fun. Now it’s just far too dangerous. I’ve never been to Cancun.  It seems alright.  But nothing like the 60's.  That was sort of like heaven.  Before the big drug lords and such.  Ahora, es muy Malo y peligroso. 

5) Darius has lent his talents to fundraising for The First Tee, a non-profit that teaches children "life lessons, self-confidence, and resilience through golf." Did you participate in organized sports as a youngster? If yes, what did you play?  I was on teams for basketball, archery, volleyball, tennis, and badminton. This was in the G.A.A. tourneys. I earned my certification as a basketball referee at that time, too. I loved it all. 

6) A big sports fan, he has six TVs in his home so he can watch several games at once. His largest set is 70". When it comes to TV screens, do you believe bigger is better? Or are you just as comfortable watching from your laptop or phone?  My eyes need a bigger screen.  I could watch from this desk top, or our big screen, which is not small but not big enough for me. I’d actually like to have a 55", like my sister's.  Lol...

7) In 2013, when "Wagon Wheel" was popular, fans were flocking to the movie theater to see Catching Fire, the second in the Hunger Games series. Are you a Hunger Games fan?  Actually, I haven’t watched any of them. I think it’s because the title turned me off.  Hunger is no joke.  Ask any poor kid. I’m sure it has nothing to do with hunger but there’s a lot of happier stuff to watch. 

8) Also in 2013, the word "selfie" was added to the Oxford Dictionary. Do you take a lot of selfies? No.  A few have made it through the process of learning my phone camera.  I don’t like Selfies of me.  I’d rather live in blissful ignorance of my now wizened, Eighty year old countenance.  😁🤣

9) Random question: If we paid you $5,000, would you get Saturday 9 tattooed on your right forearm?  Not unless I was drunk out of my mind, and even then I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t happen. Try a couple of million $$$ ; I might bite… A butterfly on my ankle might be tempting....

Thank you, Sam!  This is always a lot of fun!  💕🙏🏼

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