Album: Fairweather Johnson by Hootie & The Blowfish (1996)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Good Natured
Record Label: Atlantic
Format: Album

Description: Fairweather Johnson is the second studio album by the band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on April 23, 1996. Three songs from the album were released as singles: "Old Man & Me", "Tucker's Town", and "Sad Caper". The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in May 1996. It has sold 2,361,000 copies in the US as of May 2012.

Artist Background: Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that was popular in the second half of the 1990s. They were originally formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld, and Mark Bryan. As of July 2010, the band had charted sixteen singles on various Billboard singles charts and recorded five studio albums; and their 1994 debut album, Cracked Rear View, was the 15th best-selling album of all time in the US, having been certified platinum 16 times. H... Part of the Columbia, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Sister Hazel, Matchbox Twenty, The Wallflowers, Gin Blossoms

Music Scene: Part of the Columbia, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Good Natured, 1990s, Album, Atlantic

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Fairweather Johnson is the second studio album by the band Hootie & the Blowfish, released on April 23, 1996. Three songs from the album were released as singles: "Old Man & Me", "Tucker's Town", and "Sad Caper". The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in May 1996. It has sold 2,361,000 copies in the US as of May 2012.

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