BACKSPACER Children's Music Hootie & The Blowfish are

Hootie & The Blowfish are a powerhouse regional band exploding upon the charts with a musical point of view born of the "New South" stylings originally pioneered musically (and socially) by the Allman Brothers

from the old-time boogie woogie of "Let Me Ride

and lengthy (at around 10 minutes)

Reid) almost single-handedly set the standard of commercial adult contemporary R&B since the early '80s

BACKSPACER Children's Music Hootie & The Blowfish areOf all the bands to emerge from the early '90s grunge explosion, Pearl Jam was both the longest lived and most consistently interesting. After several albums that found the group taking an increasingly experimental direction, the Seattle quintet returned to its straight ahead hard rock roots with 2006's self titled effort. In 2009 however, Pearl Jam surprised fans again with an album containing some of the unit's catchiest, poppiest songs ever.