Hootie And The Blowfish

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Darius Rucker - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
Mark Bryan - guitar, mandolin, background vocals
Jim "Soni" Sonefeld - drums, guitar, loops, background vocals
Dean Felber - bass, background vocals

Write it - and write it well - and they will listen. That's the philosophy behind the dozen stellar songs that comprise Hootie & The Blowfish, the foursome's first album of all-original music since 1998's Musical Chairs. The break gave the band a chance to simultaneously reinvent themselves and return to their roots. And now they're back with all cylinders firing, having delivered "the best record we've ever made," to quote guitarist Mark Bryan. "We're all excited to be back in the swing of things."

Their Atlantic debut, Cracked Rear View, had earned the RIAA's prestigious Diamond Award (presented for U.S. sales of ten million albums), had been certified 16 times platinum, and had tied with Boston's self-titled premiere and Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill as the #1 best-selling debut album of all time. Their first three albums together had sold some 25 million copies worldwide. The Columbia, South Carolina-bred band had landed a pair of Grammys in 1996 (Best New Artist and Best Performance By A Duo Or Group with Vocal for "Let Her Cry"), the cover of Rolling Stone, and numerous other accolades. And their ceaseless album/touring cycle had been highlighted by such landmarks as two sold-out nights at New York's Madison Square Garden. So, together since 1990, famous worldwide since 1994, 1998 seemed like a good time to get their bearings. Hootie & the Blowfish definately rock hard and long, plunging their classic rock probe, with syncopated beats, over and over, into the heart of the American psyche.