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New freshman Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in the showers of the dorm they shared and was impressed by his vocal ability.

Bryan and Rucker began playing cover tunes as The Wolf Brothers and eventually hooked up with Dean Felber, a former high school bandmate of Bryans, and Brantley Smith as Hootie The Blowfish.

The unlikely moniker was borrowed from the nicknames of two college friends.) When Smiths true passion called him home to Greenville, SC in 1989, Bryan reached out to classmate Jim (Soni) Sonefeld to join the band and the immediate chemistry was undeniable.

Our songs went over well, so we decided to see if we could make a career out of it.

Even if we hadnt had a hit, I know wed still be making music today, because its exactly what we want to be doing.

When he sings, the songs are imbued with a buoyant good humor and an openhearted joy that connects on an almost spiritual level with audiences all over the world.

Having Darius in the band is a wonderful luxury, Mark Bryan explained.

We can try something funky, or bluegrassy or a ballad; we can run the gamut stylistically, but never stray too far from our sound because once Darius starts singing, its Hootie and the Blowfish.

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Atlantic Records, impressed by the tens of thousands of Kootchypop copies already sold without the help of a label, signed them and released Cracked Rear View in 1994.

The album had been out for six months before the band played on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Letterman told his audience If you dont have this album, theres something wrong with you.

The day after the show aired, sales went from four or five thousand a week to 17,000 a week, and eventually Number One on the Billboard charts the following spring.

Id wished for it, but Im not sure I believed it, even as it was happening.

We were on tour constantly; the whole thing is still kind of a blur.

They also took home an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist for Hold My Hand, a Billboard Music Award for album of the year, a Peoples Choice Award for Album of the Year and a Peoples Choice Award for Best Selling Artist, a feat they duplicated in 1996.

Cracked Rear View remains the 9th best selling album in music business history, and all albums combined, have moved over 25 million worldwide.

The band left Atlantic by mutual agreement in 2004; Looking For Lucky released in 2005 was their first album on their own Sneaky Long Records, manufactured and distributed by Vanguard.

LIVE in Charleston, The Homegrown Concert Event DVD and CD was released in August of 2006.

Mark has released 3 albums with his most recent release, Songs of the Fortnight in Summer 2017 and Darius released his fifth country album, When Was The Last Time in Fall 2017.

The 2019 Group Therapy Tour saw the band play to sold-out crowds across the U.S.

Canada, including two nights at the iconic Madison Square Garden, as well as a run of shows throughout the U.K.

Ireland. The triumphant return to the road earned Hootie the Blowfish several prominent profiles recognizing their important musical legacy, including the cover story of the New York Times Arts Leisure section.

On November 1, 2019, they released their first new music in nearly 15 years with Imperfect Circle, named one of the biggest albums to hear this season by Entertainment Weekly and featuring radio single Hold On.