Hootie News

 
'Pub crawl' for charity draws fire
The Westerly Sun
A local bar's good intentions to aid a local nonprofit organization garnered some negative attention when Hootie's Good Times Café sponsored a fundraiser that some advertised as a pub crawl last Saturday. Brian Harrison, Hootie's manager, explained the ...


 
Moving is moving for this old newshound
Philadelphia Inquirer
An author-signed book, a Hootie and the Blowfish CD, a Baltimore Orioles batting helmet, a curled newspaper with the look and feel of parchment, a certificate of journalistic excellence, a 1989 city-issued municipal telephone directory, ...

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'Hootie' leader loves country; Philly on Parade
Philadelphia Inquirer
The leader of Hootie and the Blowfish is the first to admit he's had one of pop music's most unusual — though to him, hardly unexpected — second acts. After working with the band he formed with three college buddies that reached megastardom in the ...
Darius Rucker eases from pop-rock to countryThe Mercury
Country stars usher in summerWashington Examiner

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For Hootie's Rucker, country's a second act
Philadelphia Inquirer
After leading Hootie and the Blowfish - the band he formed with three college buddies - to megastardom in the 1990s, the 46-year-old South Carolina native switched gears four years ago to launch a solo career in country music. "My love of country music ...

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Melody Tent season features well-known names in music, comedy
SouthCoastToday.com
Two of those are by former Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker (Aug. 30 and 31). The first of this year's shows to sell out: the June 24 appearance of blues queen Bonnie Raitt with her opening act, Mavis Staples, who was part of the ...


 
What's On Tonight: Finding Bigfoot: Further Evidence, River Monsters, Jennie ...
Patch.com
Sobbing in television interviews about her dirtbag husband Peter Facinelli leaving her, and now remaking herself into something no one (including her?) knew she was – country! Hey, it worked for Hootie and the Blowfish! And Gwyneth Paltrow!

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No. 56 team wins Mechanix first quarter award
Nascar
Brian "Hootie" Chase, jackman on the No. 56 Toyota, has used everything he learned on the New England short tracks to build quite a career in the highest level of NASCAR racing. The York, Maine, native, who caught the racing bug in the 1980s when his ...

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