Counting Crows became popular in 1993 following the release of their debut album "August and Everything After" featuring the hit song Mr. Jones. The band was formed by singer Adam Duritz (previously of The Himalayans and Sordid Humor) and guitarist David Bryson (Local producer and former member of the band Mr. Dog) in San Francisco, California in 1990. Counting Crows originally performed as an acoustic duo, playing gigs in and around Berkeley and San Francisco. For the first album, Adam and David added bassist Matt Malley, the multiinstrumental Charlie Gillingham, and Drummer Steve Bowman. David Immergluck was the second guitarist on the first album, but did not officially join the band until 1999. Guitarist Dan Vickery was added just as the band set out on their first tour. Counting Crows, with their intimate and melancholy approach, achieved a large fan base among Generation X alternative rock fans who were looking for something different from the raging guitars of the Seattle music scene. The band's most recent success included a .. 1 hit with the song Accidentally in Love, which was featured on the Shrek 2 soundtrack (which has sold over 1,000,000 copies), as well as nominations last year for a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for the track. To date the band has sold over 20 million CDs worldwide. In 2004 the band released their first ever Best Of set, Films about Ghosts, which featured songs from every phase of the Counti
1 | I'm Not Sleeping (Live, MTV) | Across A Wire: Live In New York City |
2 | Mrs. Potters Lullaby | Films About Ghosts (The Best Of) |
3 | Four Days | The Desert Life |
4 | St. Robinson In His Cadillac Dream | New Amsterdam: Live At Heineken Music Hall |
5 | Sullivan Street | August and Everything After |
6 | Angels Of The Silences | Films About Ghosts (The Best Of) |
7 | Ghost Train | August and Everything After |
8 | Amy Hits the Atmosphere | The Desert Life |
9 | Catapult | New Amsterdam: Live At Heineken Music Hall |
10 | Hangin Around | Films About Ghosts (The Best Of) |
11 | A Long December | Recovering The Satellites |
12 | Big Yellow Taxi | Films About Ghosts (The Best Of) |
13 | Round Here (Live, MTV) | Across A Wire: Live In New York City |
14 | Omaha | August and Everything After |
15 | Hard Candy | New Amsterdam: Live At Heineken Music Hall |
16 | She Don't Want Nobody Near | Films About Ghosts (The Best Of) |
17 | Holiday In Spain | Films About Ghosts (The Best Of) |
18 | Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman) | Films About Ghosts (The Best Of) |
19 | Perfect Blue Buildings | August and Everything After |
20 | Good Time | New Amsterdam: Live At Heineken Music Hall |