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In 1985 Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in a dorm shower at the University of South Carolina and asked him to form a band For the next eight years Hootie amp the Blowfishcompleted by bassist Dean Felber and drummer Soni Sonefeldplayed every frat house roadhouse and rock club in the midAtlantic and Southeast becoming one of the biggest independent acts in the region

In Only Wanna Be with You Tim Sommer the ultimate insider who signed Hootie to Atlantic Records pulls back the curtain on a band that defied recordindustry odds to break into the mainstream by playing hacky sack music in the age of grunge He chronicles the bands indie days the charttopping successand nearcancelationof their majorlabel debut cracked rear view the year of Hootie 1995 when the album reached no 1 the Only Wanna Be with You music video collaboration with ESPNs SportsCenter became a sensation and the band inspired a plotline on the TV show Friends the lean years from the late 1990s through the early 2000s Darius Ruckers historymaking rise in country music and one of the most remarkable comeback stories of the century Featuring extensive new interviews with the band members some of their most famous fans and stories from the recording studio tour bus and golf course this book is a mustlisten for Hootie lovers and music buffs