The Best of Hootie & the Blowfish (1993 Thru 2003)

Performer: Hootie & the Blowfish
Artist: David Crosby; Patrick Warren
Engineer: Don Dixon; Don Gehman; Doug Trantow; Ed Cherney; Francis Buckley; Mark Williams; Bob St. John
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Hootie & The Blowfish: Darius Rucker (vocals, guitar, dobro, percussion); Mark Bryan (guitar, mandolin, piano, percussion, background vocals); Dean Felber (piano, Clavinet, bass, background vocals); Jim "Soni" Sonefeld (piano, drums, percussion, loops, background vocals). Additional personnel: Patrick Warren (chamberlain); David Crosby (background vocals). Producers include: Don Gehman, Don Was, Pete Masitti, Spencer Proffer, Mark Williams. Compilation producers: Hootie & The Blowfish, Karen Ahmed. Recorded between 1994 & 2003. Includes liner notes by David Wild. Personnel: Darius Rucker (vocals, guitar, dobro, percussion); Crosby, David & Graham Nash (vocals, background vocals); Edwin McCain (vocals); Mark Bryan (guitar, mandolin, piano, percussion, background vocals); David Immergl�ck (electric guitar, slide guitar); Peter Holsapple (mandolin, organ, background vocals); Rachel Purkin, Joel Derouin, Bruce Dukov, Boyd Tinsley (violin); Robert Becker (viola); Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett (cello); Craig Shields (baritone saxophone); Dean Felber (piano, Clavinet, background vocals); Jim Sonefeld (piano, drums, percussion, loops, background vocals); John Nau (piano); Timothy Sommer (organ); Patrick Warren (chamberlin); Gary Greene (percussion); Susan Cowsill (background vocals). Audio Mixers: David Leonard; Don Dixon; Don Gehman; Doug Trantow; Ed Cherney; Mark Williams ; Bob St. John . Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot. Audio Remixers: Don Gehman; Mark Dearnley. Liner Note Author: David Wild. Recording information: Beacon Street, Venice, CA; Bogart Recording Studios, Miami, FL; CRC Recording, Chicago, IL; NRG Recording Services, North Hollywood, CA; Reflection Sound Studios, Charlotte, NC; Royaltone Studios, North Hollywood, CA; The Site, Marin County, CA. Photographers: Dennis Keeley; Dennis Kelly ; Ethan Hill. In the '90s, when Nirvana and Pearl Jam were popularizing angst-ridden grunge, Hootie & the Blowfish took sunny, all-American pop-rock to the top of the charts. This greatest-hits collection chronicles the band's first 10 years of stardom, and includes their ubiquitous chart smashes ("Hold My Hand," "Only Wanna Be With You," "Let Her Cry") as well as a few lesser-known tunes to fill out the sonic portrait of an American musical phenomenon.

Hootie & the Blowfish burst out of the grass-roots southern rock scene in the mid-1990s, but their panoramic, All-American pop-rock sound was more influenced by John Mellencamp than by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band's distinguishing feature was the robust, booming voice of Darius Rucker (no, he wasn't "Hootie"), and their sunny, straightforward sound connected in a big way with audiences weary of grunge bleakness.

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