What’s In A Name? The Reason These Bands Were Named After Animals

Hootie & The Blowfish Is A Conjunction Of Its Two Band Members

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When the band was just Mark Bryan and Darius Rucker, the pair was known as the Wolf Brothers.

One of them was called “Hootie” because of their owlish appearance and round-rimmed glasses. The other one had cheeks like Dizzy Gillespie, earning him the nickname “Blowfish.”