Sister Hazel - Fortress

Sister Hazel was fortunate that their debut album arrived precisely at the right time, just when radio was cooling to Hootie & The Blowfish but still needed journeymen bar bands that turned out sturdy mainstream rock & roll, the kind of music that was the '90s version of heartland rock. They scored a major hit and toured the hell out of the record, building a respectable success. Still, when their second album, Fortress, appeared in the summer of 2000, they still had something to prove. Like a lot of their peers -- such post-ironic, post-Hootie artists as Matchbox Twenty, Tonic, Cowboy Mouth, and Edwin Mccain -- they had to prove that they could deliver another solid record that would retain their audience. Read More