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Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band formed in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1986. The band's lineup for most of its existence has been the quartet of Darius Rucker , Mark Bryan , Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld.
Darius Carlos Rucker (born May 13, 1966) [3] is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carolina along with Mark Bryan, Jim "Soni" Sonefeld, and Dean Felber.
Hootie and the Blowfish – Lead singer Darius Rucker derived the name from two friends from college. One had an owlish face and was nicknamed "Hootie", while the other had puffy cheeks and was called "the Blowfish".
Hootie and the Blowfish were all the rage in the '90s with the release of their first studio album Cracked Rear View in 1994, which included hits like "Hold My Hand" and "I Only Want to Be With You."
Mark William Bryan (born May 6, 1967) is an American musician. He is a founding member, songwriter, and lead guitarist of the band Hootie & the Blowfish. [2] [3] In 1986, Bryan and his friend Darius Rucker formed a duo called the Wolf Brothers while attending the University of South Carolina.
Darius Rucker's Solo Career. Nearly two decades after his Grammy wins with Hootie & the Blowfish, Rucker won his first Grammy as a solo artist in 2013 for best country solo performance for his ...
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Cracked Rear View is Hootie & the Blowfish's most successful album. While initial sales were modest and it debuted at 127 on the Billboard 200, [17] it topped that chart five times in 1995 [18] and was the best-selling album of 1995 in the United States, selling 7 million copies, [19] besting the second-place Crazysexycool by 2.2 million. [20]