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Columbia, South Carolina, United States (1986 – present)

Hootie & The Blowfish is a band which formed in 1986 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States at the University of South Carolina. The band consists of Darius Rucker (vocals, guitar), Mark Bryan (guitar, vocals), Dean Felber (bass, keyboards) and Jim Sonefeld (drums). The band has released five albums, “Cracked Rear View” (1994), “Fairweather Johnson” (1996), “Musical Chairs” (1998), “Hootie & The Blowfish” (2003) and “Looking for Lucky” (2005). Their debut album Cracked Rear View” is currently the 15th best selling album of all time in the United States, and was for several years the best selling debut album of all time.

Hootie & the Blowfish formed in 1986. The quartet met when they were freshmen at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Bryan heard Rucker singing in the showers of the dorm they shared and was impressed by his vocal ability. They began playing cover tunes as The Wolf Brothers; eventually they collaborated with Felber, a former high school bandmate of Bryan’s, and Jim “Soni” Sonefeld as Hootie & the Blowfish.

Brantley Smith was the original drummer for the band. He left the group to pursue music ministry, but he has made scattered guest appearances with the band (he played cello on their MTV Unplugged performance in 1996, and played drums at Gruene Hall in Gruene, Texas, on June 27, 2008).

The group independently released two cassette demo EPs in 1991 and 1992. In 1993, they pressed 50,000 copies of a self-released EP, Kootchypop. Their mainstream debut album was Cracked Rear View (1994). It was an instant success, ultimately going platinum 16 times in the U.S. and becoming the best-selling album of 1995.
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  • west-wing

    Cracked Rear View is still so amazing. That record is timeless.

    Saturday afternoon

  • joshuaspenser

    Wait, so no one was actually named Hootie?

    Friday afternoon

  • CaseyDeAnn

    I mean, I'm open-minded, don't get me wrong...

    March 2012

  • CaseyDeAnn

    Lol I am trying to remember why I downloaded this??

    March 2012

  • severelady

    Let Her Cry....so beautiful <3 love this song, love the meaning it brings

    February 2012

  • Grimmoire

    Friends!

    January 2012

  • mrpaul01

    Haha... I always wondered about that...

    August 2011

  • Perkin8tor

    The dolphins reference is to the Miami dolphins. He's a huge fan so their sucking makes him cry.

    July 2011
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