The result was 'Smilin' Buddha Cabaret' named after that first club they played at in their salad days. The band were huge 54.40 fans in their early days and often played several songs by the Canadians in their set as well as driving up from South Carolina at every chance to see 54.40 play live. The record came to be played on the TV show 'Friends' and landed on its soundtrack drawing major radio play. During a summer concert in 1995 in Vancouver, Hootie and the Blowfish had Neil Osborne come on stage for an encore rendition of the song during a break in 54.40's recording schedule at Mushroom Studios. The result of the recording sessions was 1996's 'Trusted By Millions' which failed to light the world on fire but did reasonable sales.
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