Soni Joins!
November 19, 2018{Spring 1989} Brantley loved to play for Hootie and the other band members always thought highly of him, but his true passion called him home to Greenville, SC to work in youth ministries before moving to Texas for a seminary program in 1996. He is now the worship pastor at Brookwood Church in SC!
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With gigs coming up, Darius, Dean and Mark called a meeting to decide their next move. They agreed to keep pursuing their musical dream, so Mark reached out to a friend in one of his classes. Jim (Soni) Sonefeld played drums in the local band ‘Tootie and the Jones,’ but agreed to test the waters with Hootie during practice. Not only was the chemistry great, he also loved that they had the same goal to write original songs. After a few months, Soni signed on with them full time.