| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/atlantic | | UPC: 00075678340826 | | Release Date: 10/24/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 60441753 | | Item#: M2MJT3 | Format:  CD |
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| Often referred to as the "Ultimate Bar Band," Hootie & The Blowfish has always enjoyed performing songs by their favorite artists - such as R.E.M., Roy Orbison, and Austin, Texas cult heroes, the Reivers - both on stage and in the studio. A great many of these cover versions have been available overseas as B-sides or bonus tracks, but none of these recordings have yet to be included on a domestically-released Hootie album.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Hootie & The Blowfish: Mark Bryan, Darius Rucker (vocals, guitar); Dean Felber (vocals, bass); Jim Sonefeld (vocals, drums, percussion). | | Additional personnel includes: Edwin McCain (vocals); Jon Nau (keyboards); Craig Shields (baritone saxophone); Gary Greene (percussion). | | Producers: Don Gehman, Tracy Schroeder, Don Dixon, Mark Williams. | | Principally recorded at N.R.G. Recording Services, North Hollywood, California and Reflection Studios, Charlotte, North Carolina. | | Personnel: Mark Bryan (vocals, guitar, mandolin, Wurlitzer organ); Darius Rucker (vocals, guitar); Jim Sonefeld (vocals, acoustic guitar, drums, percussion); Dean Felber (vocals, acoustic guitar); Edwin McCain, Nanci Griffith (vocals); Doug Lancio (guitar); Jamie Hoover (electric 12-string guitar, organ); Peter Holsapple (mandolin); Craig Shields (baritone saxophone); Timothy Sommer (organ); John Nau (keyboards); Gary Greene, Pat McInerney (percussion); Walker Sisters (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: David Leonard; Don Dixon; Don Gehman; Doug Trantow. | | Audio Remixers: Don Gehman; Mark Dearnley. | | Recording information: N.R.G. Recording Services, North Hollywood, CA; Reflections, Charlotte, NC; Royaltone Studios; The Horseshoe, University Of South Carolina for MTV Unp; The Site, Marin County, CA. | | Photographers: Elizabeth Stockton; Lorenzo Agius. | | Still entirely comfortable with their reputation of being the ultimate bar band despite having released a debut that sold around 15 million copies, Hootie & The Blowfish regrouped for their fourth album with a covers record featuring rarities and previously unreleased material. Hipsters may sneer at the unassuming musical delivery and Joe Six-Pack personae, but the band's dedication to its fans extended to spearheading an Internet campaign that found voters picking a third of the songs on this collection. | | Of the five songs picked by web fiat, artists who get the Hootie treatment include Led Zeppelin (a mandolin-driven "Hey Hey What Can I Do"), The Smiths (a note-perfect "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want"), and the New Grass Revival (a harmony-laden "Let Me Be Your Man"). The Hootie selections that round out this surprisingly diverse bag include R.E.M., whose "Driver 8" is given a dirge-like arrangement, and a punky rendition of The Reivers' "Araby" that offers some redemption. Darius Rucker's soulful baritone continues to keep the Blowfish afloat and is best utilized on a rich reading of Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby," complete with Jordanaires-like harmonizing. |
Engineer: Don Dixon; Don Gehman; Doug Trantow; Billy Huelin; John Harris |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/24/2000 | | Original Release Date : 2000 | | Catalog ID : 83408 | | Label : Atlantic (USA) | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075678340826 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | No Depression (3-4/01, p.115)
- "...The guests bring some welcome variety, and along with the strong undercurrents of blues and country...it all combines to make this an unusually strong effort..."Rolling Stone 7 of 10
...this cover's compilation reveals them as an honorable South Carolina bar band that has survived its run-in with pop success by keeping its easygoing humor intact.
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| | Bio | | Hootie & The Blowfish guitarist Mark Bryan was born May 6, 1967, inSilver Spring, MD. He first began on guitar at age 14, and comments about the band's collaborative songwriting, "Having input on a song from all four people is key. I can write what I might think are fantastic lyrics, but if Darius doesn't vibe on them, then they're not making it into a Hootie song." Darius Rucker, born in Chrleston, SC, learned to play the drums in the 6th grade. He and Mark are in agreement on their favorite meal--lasagna, and on the road, his favorite restaurant is a Waffle House at 4 a.m. Born in Lansing, MI, Soni's first musical instrument was also the drums at around age 13. He shares Darius' affinity for Waffle Houses on the road, particularly in the South. Dean Felber, like Mark Bryan, is Maryland born and began playing piano at age 7. His favorite road food hangout is McDonald's. The genesis of the band was in the fall of 1985, when Mark and Darius teamed up as the Wolf Bros., and by May of 1986, they'd changed the name to Hootie & The Blowfish. After becoming seasoned pros and touring almost non-stop, the group signed its first recording contract, with JRS Records 1991. Atlantic Records became their label in 1994, and in 1996 they were named the Best Rock Group by the American Music Awards. In 1998, their third album Musical Chairs was released.
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