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"Cracked Rear View"

This is a lyric from John Hiatt's  "Bring The Family" lp, circa 1987. A song off of this lp entitled "Learning How To Love You", has this very phrase in it. So, inevitably, I saw the comparison to the Hootie and the Blowfish lp, "Cracked Rear View".

Has this ever been discussed before? Wondering if there was a connection or a copy right violation?
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bdp24
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Absolutely in the very top tier of working singer/songwriters today.
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tomic601
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Caught him live with just him and Lyle in Charleston..two of the very best IMO...
Slow Turning is a true Masterpiece...
jafant
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Yep, love Slow Turning.
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I actually consider the Slow Turning album superior over-all to Bring The Family. But they're both fantastic!
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Those two albums are JH’s grand slam, but Slow Turning is seminal as a turning point off the booze.

I was gonna get up off that bar stool
Just as soon as I could figure it out
Why I was overlooked at the car pool
Stood up at the dance with no twist and shout

When you’re burnin’ with your last desire
And every memory haunts you
You write it down in alcohol fire
’Cause that’s the only flame that wants you

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