Book is first biography of iconic band
Music journalist Tim Sommer, the ultimate insider who signed Hootie & The Blowfish to Atlantic Records in 1993, has announced Only Wanna Be with You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish. The first biography of the iconic band is an exclusive, behind-the-scenes story of one of the biggest bands of the Nineties. It features new and extensive interviews with the band members, some of the band’s most famous fans, and stories from the recording studio, tour bus, and golf course.
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 & the Blowfish ― completed by bassist Dean Felber and drummer Soni Sonefeld ― played every frat house, roadhouse, and rock club in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast, becoming one of the biggest independent acts in the region.
The book pulls back the curtain on the band’s indie days, the global chart-topping success of Cracked Rear View, the year of Hootie (1995), the lean years, Darius Rucker’s history-making rise in country music, and one of the most remarkable comeback stories of the century.
The book is set for released on April 5th via University of South Carolina Press.
