Blues Traveler is an American jam band, led by John Popper (vocals, harmonica) along with Chan Kinchla (guitar), Bobby Sheehan (bass) and Brendan Hill (drums). Their fourth album, Four, was a late-blooming success thanks to the singles "Run-Around" and "Hook".
Blues Traveler's future releases were not able to live up to the quintuple platinum sales of Four, though they have maintained a loyal fanbase from the beginning of their career. Their albums in the later 1990s including Straight on Till Morning and Bridge, while Sheehan's untimely death in 1999 and Popper's struggle with obesity have helped keep the group on the fringes of the mainstream.
