Editing Hootie & the Blowfish (section)

== Musical style ==
Contrasting with the sound of their [[grunge]] contemporaries, the band's music was described as "a mainstream [[Pop music|pop]] variation of [[blues rock]]" with "equal parts of [[jam band]] grooves and [[Middle of the road (music)|MOR]] pop."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erlewine, Stephen |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=Hootie & the Blowfish |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hootie-the-blowfish-mn0000262794/biography |access-date=October 24, 2015 |website=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hootie & the Blowfish - Live in Charleston |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-in-charleston-mw0000575598 |access-date=October 24, 2015 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> The band's sound was also described as [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mackey |first=Brian |date=August 19, 2010 |title=Darius Rucker at home in country |work=Delaware Online |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2010/08/19/darius-rucker-at-home-in/46231125007/ |access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Tacopino |first1=Joe |title=MATT POND PA: LAST LIGHT |url=https://www.popmatters.com/matt-pond-pa-last-light-2496211688.html |website=PopMatters |date=25 September 2007 |access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sparks |first1=Hannah |title=Post Malone covers Hootie & the Blowfish hit for Pokémon Day show |url=https://nypost.com/2021/02/25/why-are-post-malone-hootie-the-blowfish-and-pokemon/ |access-date=February 6, 2022 |work=New York Post |date=February 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=New York Magazine: Fall Preview |date=September 11, 1995 |publisher=New York Media, LLC |location=United States |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-QCAAAAMBAJ&q=hootie+and+the+blowfish |access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref> [[soft rock]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 August 1995 |title=Hootie and the Blowfish: Southern Comfort |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hootie-and-the-blowfish-southern-comfort-194144/ |access-date=20 March 2021 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> [[roots rock]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Hootie & the Blowfish return to Letterman 20 years after breakthrough performance — watch |url=https://consequence.net/2015/05/hootie-the-blowfish-return-to-letterman-20-years-after-breakthrough-performance-watch/ |magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]] |access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref> [[heartland rock]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hootie & the Blowfish perform first ever single 'Hold My Hand' on 'Letterman' – watch |url=https://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/85123 |access-date=24 October 2015 |publisher=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[country rock]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=10 July 2014 |title=7 Reasons Why Hootie Was Country All Along |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/7-reasons-why-hootie-was-country-all-along-233284/ |access-date=10 July 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> [[blues rock]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Danton |first1=Eric |title=New on Disc |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2003-03-06-0303061285-story.html |access-date=February 6, 2022 |work=Hartford Courant |date=March 6, 2003}}</ref> and [[college rock]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sommer |first1=Tim |title=Hootie & the Blowfish: The Last Great Classic College Rock Band |url=https://www.insidehook.com/article/music/hootie-the-blowfish-the-last-great-classic-college-rock-band |website=Inside Hook |access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref>