Hootie & The Blowfish - 1995-05-26 - Wolverhamption, UK (FM)

Hootie & the Blowfish 
1995-05-26
Wulfrum Hall
Wolverhamption, UK
FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Hannah Jane
02. I Go Blind
03. Fine Line
04. Running From An Angel
05. Look Away
06. Only Wanna Be With You
07. Drowning
08. Hold My Hand
09. Let her Cry

Hootie & The Blowfish - 1995-05-26 - Wolverhamption, UK (FM)

Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld, and Mark Bryan all met as freshmen at the University of South Carolina in 1986. Like probably thousands of college kids across the country, they formed a band, dreaming but probably never expecting, to find fame and fortune. Eight years later in 1994,, when Hootie and the Blowfish released the album Cracked Rear View, could anyone have imagined, including the band, that the album would sell over 16 million copies? That makes it the 15th best selling album in history! Yes, I agree it's almost sacrilegious that Hootie's debut outsold such albums as Abbey Road, Born In The USA, Led Zeppelin II and Dark Side Of The Moon, just to name a few. No one is going to confuse Daruis and his compatriots with Lennon & McCartney when it comes to song writing. But, if everyone can put aside the Hootie backlash just for a few seconds (it's amazing how you can't find anyone who admits they bought the album even though it sold 16 million copies!), folks might recall why they were hooked in the first place. Namely, these guys wrote a host of catchy tunes, Darius has a unique voice, and they sound like the best bar band you ever heard. This FM broadcast captures them at the height of their popularity, live in Wolverhamption on May 26, 1995, a quarter century ago today!