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Hootie And The Blowfish Have ‘No Shot’ At The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Darius Rucker Says

Over the past few years, a number of rock bands that have thrived on radio despite garnering little critical success have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of…

Darius Rucker Says 'We Have No Shot' In Cleveland's Hall
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Over the past few years, a number of rock bands that have thrived on radio despite garnering little critical success have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Some examples include Bon Jovi, Journey and Def Leppard.

Hootie and The Blowfish's debut album - Cracked Rear View - was released in 1994, and has sold over 20 million units. An artist needs to have released their first song or album 25 years ago to be eligible for the Rock Hall, so the band could now appear on the ballot. But singer Darius Rucker isn't so sure he and his band have a chance.

He told us, "Never going to happen. It's never gonna happen. When CNN does a show on the music of the '90s and don't even mention Hootie the Blowfish, for us to think that we were gonna get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pretty crazy."

Rucker adds, "We've got no shot. We don't have the kind of respect you need to get in there. Do I think we deserve to be in there? Absolutely. We changed music. We saved music, we changed radio. But, you know, that's not enough for them. I'd be really happy with it, but I ain't gonna hold my breath."

As a solo country star, Darius just released a new song called "Beer and Sunshine."

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.