Mark Bryan

Mark William Bryan (born May 6, 1967) is a founding member, songwriter, and the lead guitarist for the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band Hootie & the Blowfish. He has spent the last 25 years recording and touring and also plays the mandolin, among numerous other instruments, and helps with background vocals.

Mark William Bryan was born in Silver Spring, Maryland with his sister, Lynn. Bryan attended Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, Maryland and received his Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1989. While attending the university, he collaborated with country artist, Darius Rucker to create an acoustic duo band called The Wolf Brothers. From there they grew to form a new band named Hootie & the Blowfish with friends Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld.

In 1986, the musical duo Wolf Brothers was formed with friend Darius Rucker, and eventually convinced Dean Felber to also join them.

"Hootie & the Blowfish" is an American rock band that formed at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Brantley Smith, and Mark Bryan. In 1989, Jim Sonefeld replaced Brantley Smith. As of July 2010, the band had charted sixteen singles on various Billboard singles charts and recorded five studio albums; and their 1994 debut album, Cracked Rear View, was the 16th-best-selling album of all time in the US, having been certified platinum 16 times. They have sold over 21 million albums in the United States alone. Cracked Rear View went on to earn the band Billboard's Band of the Year Award in 1996 and the RIAA's Diamond Award for sales of 10 million units. Cracked Rear View remains the 12th best selling album in music business history, and all albums combined, have moved over 25 million worldwide.

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