Swimming with the Blowfish: Hootie, Healing, and One Hell of a Ride

Written by Jim Sonefeld

Narrated by Jim Sonefeld

The ultimate front-row seat to Hootie the Blowfish and Jim “Soni" Sonefeld’s breathtaking path from addiction to recovery.

For a time, there was no bigger band in the world than Hootie the Blowfish—rock roll’s unexpected foil to the grunge music that dominated the early ’90s airwaves. Jim Sonefeld, drummer and one of the group’s principal songwriters,
reveals their humble beginnings, meteoric rise, Grammy Award–winning musicianship, sudden fall, and ultimate rebirth—and opens his heart to readers about addiction, recovery, and faith.

Hootie’s 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 conversation—for better and for
worse. 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 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 man’s spiritual path to a more fruitful life. Jim’s journey is staggering and redeeming, and ultimately as comforting as your favorite flannel shirt.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781705063378

Reviews for Swimming with the Blowfish

[Stephen C. Wood · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What an incredible collection of stories from an incredibly interesting perspective. This isn’t my typical genre of reading, but this book kept me hooked until the end. Well worth the read!