Counting Crows
The Counting Crows are a rock band that became extremely popular in 1994, following the release of their debut album August and Everything After, which featured the hit song "Mr. Jones." The band was formed by singer Adam Duritz (formerly of The Himalayans) and guitarist David Bryson in San Francisco in 1991.
Their disc Hard Candy was released in July 2002. The Counting Crows recently covered an old Joni Mitchell song, "Big Yellow Taxi," for the movie Two Weeks Notice starring Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock. In November 2003, they released their newest "Best of.." CD, "Films About Ghosts." They also toured in 2003 with John Mayer, Maroon 5 and Graham Colton Band.
In the summer of 2004, Counting Crows wrote the song "Accidentally in Love" for the soundtrack of the movie Shrek 2 starring Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, and Eddie Murphy.
Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz's vocal style has been compared to Van Morrison. He has recently collaborated with Ryan Adams on his album Gold.
Band members
- David Bryson (guitar)
- Adam Duritz (vocals, piano)
- Charles Gillingham (keyboards)
- David Immerglück (guitar)
- Matt Malley (bass guitar)
- Jim Bogios (drums)
- Dan Vickrey (guitar)
- Ben Mize (drums '94-'02)
- Steve Bowman (drums '92-'94)
Discography
- 1993 August and Everything After
- 1996 Recovering The Satellites
- 1998 Across A Wire Live In New York
- 1999 This Desert Life
- 2002 Hard Candy
- 2003 Films About Ghosts (The best of...)