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What It Was Like to Be a VJ in the Salad Days of MTV

In 1983 I'd just returned to NYC after touring the U.S. I had no idea I would soon be rescued by the exciting new world of cable television.
By Tim Sommer
Hootie and the Blowfish pose for photographers with their Grammy for Best New Artist and Best Pop Performance by a Group with Vocal for "Let Her Cry" at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, February 28, 1996.

My Life in the Bush of Hootie: How I Signed the Biggest Band of 1995

There is a long joke about a congressmen and a sheep. Maybe you’ve heard it. Well, Hootie & the Blowfish are my sheep.
By Tim Sommer

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