page_title: Hootie & the Blowfish
section_title: Band members
hierarchical_section_title: Hootie & the Blowfish / Band members
caption_attribution_description: English: On stage the famous Hootie and the Blowfish perform during Operation Pacifc Greetings which also features the New England Patriot Cheerleaders and Air Force Reserve Band at Kunsan Air Base (AB), South Korea (ROK).
context_page_description: Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that was formed in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1986. The band's lineup for most of its existence has been the quartet of Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld. The band went on hiatus in 2008 until they announced plans for a full reunion tour in 2019 and released their first new studio album in fourteen years, Imperfect Circle.
  As of 2019, the band had charted sixteen singles on various Billboard singles charts and recorded six studio albums. Their debut album, Cracked Rear View, is the 19th-best-selling album of all time in the United States, and was certified platinum 21 times. They have sold over 21 million copies of their albums in the United States. The group was also popular in Canada, having three number-one singles in the country.
context_section_description: Current members
  Darius Rucker – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1986–2008, 2018–present)
  Mark Bryan – lead guitar, backing vocals, piano (1986–2008, 2018–present)
  Dean Felber – bass guitar, backing vocals, piano (1986–2008, 2018–present)
  Jim Sonefeld – drums, percussion, backing vocals, rhythm guitar (1989–2008, 2018–present)
  Current touring musicians
  Gary Greene – percussion, drums, rhythm guitar, piano, banjo (1995–2000, 2001–2008, 2019–present)
  Peter Holsapple – keyboards, mandolin, guitar, lap steel guitar, backing vocals (1995–1998, 2003–2008, 2019–present)
  Garry Murray – guitar, banjo, fiddle (2019–present)
  Former members
  Brantley Smith – drums (1986–1989)
  Former touring musicians
  John Nau – keyboards, mandolin, rhythm guitar, harmonica (1994–1998, studio and occasional fill-in only; 1998–2003, studio artist and touring musician)
  Philip "Fish" Fisher – percussion, drums (2000–2001)
caption: Hootie and the Blowfish with Peter Holsapple (center, playing mandolin) in 2004
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