
Over the weekend, new broke that Darius Rucker would be concentrating on his solo career as a country artist, essentially breaking up Hootie & The Blowfish. The announcement served as a stunning reminder that Hootie & The Blowfish hadn't already split up years ago. Hootie emerged from the South Carolina bar scene to become one of biggest selling acts of the mid-Nineties before quickly becoming a punchline and sliding quickly into obscurity.