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Hootie & The Blowfish

Hootie & The Blowfish is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of 54-40, R.E.M., Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin. Those roots explain a lot about how Hootie & The Blowfish arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Matchbox Twenty, Gin Blossoms, Sister Hazel, The Wallflowers and Toad The Wet Sprocket, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nickel Creek, Edwin McCain, Jump, Little Children, Collective Soul and Losing My Religion, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Hootie & The Blowfish, reaching back through 54-40 and forward to Nickel Creek. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band formed in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1986. The band's lineup for most of its existence has been the quartet of Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld. The band went on hiatus in 2008 until they announced plans for a full reunion tour in 2019 and released their first new studio album in fourteen years, Imperfect Circle.

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Hootie & The Blowfish54-40R.E.M.Bob DylanLed ZeppelinNickel CreekEdwin McCainJump, Little ChildrenCollective SoulLosing My ReligionMatchbox TwentyGin BlossomsSister HazelThe WallflowersToad The Wet SprocketBetter Than EzraTonicVertical Horizon

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Hootie & The Blowfish connections

Hootie & The Blowfish grew out of 54-40, R.E.M., Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin, shares an orbit with Matchbox Twenty, Gin Blossoms, Sister Hazel and The Wallflowers, went on to shape Nickel Creek, Edwin McCain, Jump, Little Children and Collective Soul. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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