Old Man & Me – Hootie & The Blowfish (1996)

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Additional information about this, Hootie & The Blowfish vinyl art.

Hootie & The Blowfish  – The Artist

Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band 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 2026, Hootie & the Blowfish have won two Grammy Awards, landed 16 singles on various Billboard singles charts, and released six studio albums. The band’s debut album, Cracked Rear View (1994), became one of the best-selling albums in the United States and was certified platinum 22 times. The band is known for its three Top 10 singles: “Hold My Hand” (1994), “Let Her Cry” (1994), and “Only Wanna Be with You”. Despite all their success in the US they have not released many singles in the UK.

Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven) – The Song

‘Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)’  is a song by American rock group Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in April 1996 as the lead single from their second album, Fairweather Johnson.   a song recorded by British Duo Wax. It was featured on their third and final studio album ‘A Hundred Thousand in Fresh Notes’  The EP’s liner notes explain the origin of the song: I was walking on Santee Street in Columbia leaving Monterrey Jack’s and an older man came up to me. He asked for some change and me being in a bad mood (not me) I gave him some smart ass “BUM” remark. I went for a block on my way to the Elbow Room and I felt like the biggest pompous asshole. So I woke up the next morning and wrote this fictitious conversation about his life because you never know what has happened to these unfortunate people.

The Blowfish – The Shape

This record has been modelled into a silhouette of a sBlowfish. Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfishes, puffers, balloonfishes, blowfishes, blowers, blowies, bubblefishes, globefishes, swellfishes, toadfishes, toadies, botetes, toadle, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squabs. They are morphologically similar to the closely related porcupinefish, which have large external spines (unlike the thinner, hidden spines of the Tetraodontidae, which are only visible when the fish have puffed up). The majority of pufferfish species are toxic, with some among the most poisonous vertebrates in the world.

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