Recording “Cracked Rear View”
November 19, 2018{Spring 1994} Tim Sommer was ready to put them to work, so Hootie & the Blowfish packed their bags for California to record at NRG Studios with producer, Don Gehman. The debut album was recorded and mixed in two months, but the band still couldn’t think of a name! With the deadline quickly approaching, they stayed up one night brainstorming while John Hiatt played in the background. When they heard him sing, “There was a life I was living, in some Cracked Rear View,” they knew those last three words were a perfect fit!