Greatness Courts Failure

Yes, THAT Hootie and the Blowfish

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Yeah, yeah, I know. Take it easy there a minute. They didn’t have a 16 times platinum album because they sucked (1994’s Cracked Rear View). And their so-called sophomore slump, Fairweather Johnson? Four-times platinum. The Hootie backlash was just typical American consumer, knee-jerk jealousy. We root for the underdog but just can’t wait to take [...]