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Hootie & the Blowfish è il quarto ed eponimo album in studio del gruppo musicale statunitense Hootie & the Blowfish, pubblicato nel 2003.
The Best of Hootie & the Blowfish: 1993-2003. (2004) Hootie & the Blowfish is the fourth studio album by American rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on March 4, 2003. It is their last album under Atlantic Records and their first album to not have a single to reach the top charts. The lead singles were "Innocence" and "Space", and the ...
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Early years
Darius Rucker and Mark Bryan met in Columbia, South Carolina, in the mid-1980s when they were both freshmen at the University of South Carolina. Bryan, a guitar player, heard Rucker singing in the showers of the dorm they shared and was impressed by his vocal ability. The pair began playing covertunes as the Wolf Brothers. Eventually, they collaborated with bassist Dean Felber, a former high school bandmate of Bryan's, and Brantley Smith, a drummer. In 1986, they adopted the name Hootie & the...
1994–1995: Cracked Rear View and mainstream success
Their mainstream debut album was Cracked Rear View (1994). Released in July 1994, the album's popularity grew after its release, becoming the best-selling album of 1995, and was one of the fastest-selling debut albums of all time. The album was certified platinumin the United States in January 1995, and incrementally rose to 12× platinum by January 1996, and 16× platinum by March 1999. In May 2019, the certification was updated from 16× platinum to 21× platinum. The album featured four hits,...
1996–1997: Fairweather Johnson and promotional singles
In 1995, Hootie & the Blowfish contributed the song "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" to the Encomium tribute album to Led Zeppelin. Their cover of Canadian group 54-40's "I Go Blind", released on the soundtrack to the television series Friends in 1995, did not appear on Cracked Rear View or Fairweather Johnson, but became a hit on radio in 1996 after three singles from Fairweather Johnson had been released. Both "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" and "I Go Blind" were later released on the compilation Scatte...
Contrasting with the sound of their grunge contemporaries, the band's music was described as "a mainstream pop variation of blues rock" with "equal parts of jam band grooves and MOR pop." The band's sound was also described as alternative rock, soft rock, roots rock, heartland rock, country rock, blues rock, and college rock.
Current members
1. Darius Rucker – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1986–2008, 2018–present) 2. Mark Bryan – lead guitar, backing vocals, piano (1986–2008, 2018–present) 3. Dean Felber – bass guitar, backing vocals, piano (1986–2008, 2018–present) 4. Jim Sonefeld – drums, percussion, backing vocals, rhythm guitar (1989–2008, 2018–present)
Former members
1. Brantley Smith – drums (1986–1989)
American Music Award
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Grammy Award
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MTV Video Music Award
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Live in the X Lounge II – Hootie & the Blowfish released live performances of their songs "Hold My Hand" and "Desert Mountain Showdown" in 1999 to this charity album which was released to benefit U...Hootie & the Blowfish at CurlieCracked Rear View is Hootie & the Blowfish's most successful album. While initial sales were modest and it debuted at 127 on the Billboard 200, it topped that chart five times in 1995 and was the best-selling album of 1995 in the United States, selling 7 million copies, besting the second-place Crazysexycool by 2.2 million.
One of the biggest misconceptions to most people is that Hootie & The Blowfish became an overnight success in 1994 when their debut album Cracked Rear View, moved over 16 million copies (and counting) in the U. S. alone. What most people don’t know was that the album’s triumph came after a decade of hard work.
Hootie & The Blowfish released their first album in 1994 entitled Cracked Rear View. The album turned the band into a household name as it sold over twenty one million copies.
4 mar 2003 · Hootie & the Blowfish - Hootie & the Blowfish Lyrics and Tracklist | Genius. Released March 4, 2003. Hootie & the Blowfish Tracklist. 1. Deeper Side Lyrics. 2. Little Brother Lyrics. 3....
