The ultimate front-row seat to Hootie & the Blowfish and Jim âSoni" Sonefeldâs breathtaking path from addiction to recovery.
For a time, there was no bigger band in the world than Hootie & the Blowfishârock & rollâs unexpected foil to the grunge music that dominated the early â90s airwaves. Jim Sonefeld, drummer and one of the groupâs principal songwriters,
reveals their humble beginnings, meteoric rise, Grammy Awardâwinning musicianship, sudden fall, and ultimate rebirthâand opens his heart to readers about addiction, recovery, and faith.
Hootieâs debut album Cracked Rear View was one of the bestselling in the history of rock music. It saturated radio airwaves, television, and culture, and placed the quartet at the center of the American music conversationâfor better and for
worse. Though Jim enjoyed the perks that came with fameâthe parties, the relationships, the money, the drugs and alcoholâeventually it all became a camouflage that hid a deeper spiritual malady. As his life careened toward
disaster, he sought relief in twelve-step recovery, eventually devoting himself to a loving but by no means uncomplicated home life.
Swimming with the Blowfish is an unpretentious, emotional story of one manâs spiritual path to a more fruitful life. Jimâs journey is staggering and redeeming, and ultimately as comforting as your favorite flannel shirt.