Hootie & The Blowfish perform at Fenway Park in Boston on June 21, 2024. Photo by Eddie Monigan/Boston Red Sox. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Hootie & the Blowfish topped a rock bill at Shoreline Amphitheatre that included Collective Soul and Edwin McCain. While it wasn’t the highest-profile concert in…

Hootie and The Blowfish perform at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. on June 29, 2019. Steve Carlson/STAFF. Back when Hootie and the Blowfish were first blowing up, after the release of their 1994 debut album, Cracked Rear View, their big tours consisted of crisscrossing the country on a…

Hootie and the Blowfish, “Imperfect Circle.” If you were around in the mid-’90s and listened to the radio at all, then you know who Hootie & the Blowfish are. Cracked Rear View earned these four friends from South Carolina much attention in 1994 with an engaging mix of roots rock…

Hootie & The Blowfish perform on the Group Therapy Tour at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on June 29, 2019. Steve Carlson/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW — When Hootie and the Blowfish were riding high off mega-hit album Cracked Rear View in 1995, they probably didn’t have as much crossover…