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* ArtistAndTheBand: A notable subversion, since [[NonIndicativeName no one in the band is named Hootie and the band itself is not called The Blowfish]]. It was named after two college friends who were nicknamed "Hootie" and "The Blowfish."
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* RecordProducer: Their first four albums were produced by Don Gehman; according to Tim Sommer, the A&R rep who signed them to Atlantic, Sommer picked Gehman because he produced Music/JohnMellencamp's most successful albums and Music/{{REM}}'s ''Music/LifesRichPageant''.
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** "Only Wanna Be with You", to Music/BobDylan's "Idiot Wind" and "Tangled Up in Blue". There is also a line referencing the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Miami Dolphins]], Rucker's favorite team.
** "Let Her Cry" references Music/{{REM}} frontman Michael Stipe.
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** "Only Wanna Be with You", to Music/BobDylan's [[Music/BloodOnTheTracks "Idiot Wind" and "Tangled Up in Blue".Blue"]] (they were eventually forced to give Dylan co-writing credit for quoting directly from "Idiot Wind"). There is also a line referencing the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Miami Dolphins]], Rucker's favorite team.
** "Let Her Cry" references Music/{{REM}} frontman MichaelStipe.Stipe and their song "The One I Love".
** "Let Her Cry" references Music/{{REM}} frontman Michael
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* ''Kootchypop'' (EP; 1993)
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Darius Rucker began a rather successful CountryMusic career in 2008, but he continues to tour occasionally with his bandmates, and he performs several Hootie-era songs during his solo concerts. In 2018, after a ten year hiatus, Hootie & The Blowfish announced they had reunited, and would be touring and releasing a new album in 2019.
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Darius Rucker began a rather successful CountryMusic career in 2008, but he continues to tour occasionally with his bandmates, and he performs several Hootie-era songs during his solo concerts. In 2018, after a ten year hiatus, Hootie & The Blowfish announced they had reunited, reunited. In 2019, they did a tour with Music/BarenakedLadies and would be touring and releasing a new released the album in 2019.
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* LongRunnerLineUp: The group was Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld from 1989 to 2008 when they went on hiatus. Before then, Brantley Smith was the drummer, replaced by Sonefeld long before the band started recording.
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star. In a band-specific example, ''Imperfect Circle'' draws heavy influence from Darius's country career, almost bordering on country rock.
* LongRunnerLineUp: The group was Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld from 1989 to 2008 when they went on hiatus. Before then, Brantley Smith was the drummer, replaced by Sonefeld long before the band started recording. As of their reunion in 2018, it's still the same lineup and they've gone on record saying they only reunited because ''all'' of them wanted to.
* LongRunnerLineUp: The group was Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld from 1989 to 2008 when they went on hiatus. Before then, Brantley Smith was the drummer, replaced by Sonefeld long before the band started recording. As of their reunion in 2018, it's still the same lineup and they've gone on record saying they only reunited because ''all'' of them wanted to.
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* FellAsleepCrying: Darius after his mother's death, as described in "I'm Going Home."
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Darius Rucker began a rather successful CountryMusic career in 2008, but he continues to tour occasionally with his bandmates, and he performs several Hootie-era songs during his solo concerts.
concerts. In 2018, after a ten year hiatus, Hootie & The Blowfish announced they had reunited, and would be touring and releasing a new album in 2019.
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Although still on hiatus, they have not disbanded.
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Hootie & the Blowfish were a rock band founded in 1986 by Music/DariusRucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld and Mark Bryan. They broke through in 1994 with the album ''Cracked Rear View'', one of the best-selling albums in the history of American music (it sold over 16 million copies). It also produced four big pop hits in "Hold My Hand", "Let Her Cry", "Only Wanna Be with You" and "Time", and won the band the 1996 Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
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Hootie & the Blowfish were is a rock band founded in 1986 by Music/DariusRucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld and Mark Bryan. They broke through in 1994 with the album ''Cracked Rear View'', one of the best-selling albums in the history of American music (it sold over 16 million copies). It also produced four big pop hits in "Hold My Hand", "Let Her Cry", "Only Wanna Be with You" and "Time", and won the band the 1996 Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
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Hootie & the Blowfish were a rock band founded in 1986 by Darius Rucker, Music/DariusRucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld and Mark Bryan. They broke through in 1994 with the album ''Cracked Rear View'', one of the best-selling albums in the history of American music (it sold over 16 million copies). It also produced four big pop hits in "Hold My Hand", "Let Her Cry", "Only Wanna Be with You" and "Time", and won the band the 1996 Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
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* ProtestSong: "Drowning", in part against the Confederate Flag flying at the SC Statehouse.
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'''Hootie & the Blowfish''' were a rock band founded in 1986 by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld and Mark Bryan. They broke through in 1994 with the album ''Cracked Rear View'', one of the best-selling albums in the history of American music (it sold over 16 million copies). It also produced four big pop hits in "Hold My Hand", "Let Her Cry", "Only Wanna Be with You" and "Time", and won the band the 1996 Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
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Although followup ''Fairweather Johnson'' was also a decent enough seller, it produced only one big hit. Following ''Musical Chairs'', the band went on hiatus (with both Bryan and Rucker releasing solo albums), and then came back with ''Scattered, Smothered and Covered'', a compilation which produced no singles. The band left Atlantic Records after a self-titled album in 2003, but came back in 2005 with ''Looking for Lucky'' on Vanguard Records.
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Although followup ''Fairweather Johnson'' was also a decent enough seller, it produced only one big hit. Following ''Musical Chairs'', the band went on hiatus (with both Bryan and Rucker releasing solo albums), and then came back with ''Scattered, Smothered and Covered'', a compilation which produced no singles. The band left Atlantic Records Creator/AtlanticRecords after a self-titled album in 2003, but came back in 2005 with ''Looking for Lucky'' on Vanguard Records.
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->''"Well there's nothing I can do\\
I only wanna be with you\\
You can call me your fool\\
I only wanna be with you"''
I only wanna be with you\\
You can call me your fool\\
I only wanna be with you"''
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** "Let Her Cry" references Music/{{REM}} frontman Michael Stipe.
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* IAmNotShazam: Darius has, understandably, grown very weary of being called Hootie.
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* TrueCompanions: Talking about their early days playing Southern bars, many members of the band found themselves unpleasantly surprised at how much racism there still was out there, and often found themselves getting into fights with patrons who were not shy about dropping the N-word around Darius.
-->'''Jim Sonefeld:''' Wanna see me [[BerserkButton start swingin'?]] Use that word around me.
-->'''Jim Sonefeld:''' Wanna see me [[BerserkButton start swingin'?]] Use that word around me.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Cracked Rear View'' was such a success, not only did it instantly make the group stars, but made all of their other albums (which ''are'' good) look bad by comparision.
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