{"product_id":"swimming-with-the-blowfish-hootie-healing-and-one-hell-of-a-ride-9781635767674","title":"Swimming with the Blowfish: Hootie, Healing, and One Hell of a Ride","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe ultimate front-row seat to the rise, fall, and rebirth of a band that was--for a time--the biggest in the world, Hootie \u0026amp; the Blowish, and Jim Sonefeld's shattering and redeeming spiritual path from addiction to recovery and a more fruitful life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a time, there was no bigger band in the world than Hootie \u0026amp; the Blowfish--rock \u0026amp; roll's unexpected foil to the grunge music that dominated the early '90s airwaves. In \u003ci\u003eSwimming with the Blowfish\u003c\/i\u003e, Jim Sonefeld, drummer and one of the band's principal songwriters, reveals the inside story of the band's humble beginnings, meteoric rise, sudden fall, and ultimate rebirth--and in the telling he opens his heart to readers about addiction, recovery, and faith. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHootie became ubiquitous in the '90s--their debut album \u003ci\u003eCracked Rear View\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the best-selling in the history of rock music; they won two Grammy Awards; their live performances were played alongside the Dave Matthews Band, R.E.M., and even Willie Nelson and Neil Young; and they appeared at the biggest venues in the world. Though Jim enjoyed the perks that came with fame--the parties, the relationships, the money, the drugs and alcohol--eventually it all became a camouflage that hid a deeper spiritual malady. As his life was careening toward disaster, he reached out his hands to seek relief in twelve-step recovery, eventually settling into a loving, but by no means uncomplicated, homelife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA book that encapsulates a band still beloved by legions of fans, \u003ci\u003eSwimming with the Blowfish\u003c\/i\u003e is much more--an unpretentious, emotional story of one man's spiritual path to a more fruitful life. Jim's journey is shattering, redeeming, and ultimately as comforting as your favorite flannel shirt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Diversion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635767674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304","brand":"Jim Sonefeld","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095622586549,"sku":"9781635767674","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_419cb274-0f67-42d6-91ae-0f2ca72e09b4.jpg?v=1651588340","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/swimming-with-the-blowfish-hootie-healing-and-one-hell-of-a-ride-9781635767674","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}