Episode 285 - Adam Duritz
b"For more than two decades, the GRAMMY and Academy Award-nominated rock band Counting Crows have enchanted listeners worldwide with their intensely soulful and intricate take on timeless rock & roll. Exploding onto the music scene in 1993 with their multi-platinum breakout album, August and Everything After, the band has gone on to release seven studio albums, selling more than 20 million records worldwide, and is revered as one of the world\\u2019s most pre-eminent live touring rock bands.\\xa0\\nIn October 1996, the band's double-platinum sophomore studio album, Recovering the Satellites, debuted at number one and further solidified their growing reputation as one of the leading American alternative rock bands in the world. A follow up to their early success; Counting Crows went on to release This Desert Life (1999), Hard Candy (2002), Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings (2008), Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation) (2012), Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow (2013),and Somewhere Under Wonderland (2014.)\\xa0\\xa0In 2004, Counting Crows recorded the chart-topping \\u201cAccidentally in Love\\u201d for the animated motion picture Shrek 2. The instant success of the track earned them an Academy Award nomination for \\u201cBest Original Song\\u201d at the 2005 Academy Awards, a Golden Globe nomination for \\u201cBest Original Song\\u201d and a GRAMMY Award nomination for \\u201cBest Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.\\u201d\\xa0\\nIn September 2014, Counting Crows released their critically acclaimed seventh studio album, Somewhere Under Wonderland, which debuted at No. 10 on the charts and was heralded by The Daily Telegraph as \\u201c\\u2026 the best collection of songs since their debut.\\u201d The album consisted of nine sprawling tracks around rich sonic tapestries, which yielded some of the most grandiose yet intimate songs Counting Crows had recorded to date. 2018 marked 25 years since the band's inception and sent Adam Duritz, Jim Bogios, David Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, David Immergluck, Millard Powers, and Dan Vickrey back on the road for the \\u201c25 YEARS AND COUNTING\\u201d tour. In 2021, Counting Crows ranked #8 on Billboards\\u2019 \\u201cGreatest of All Time: Adult Alternative Artists\\u201d 25th anniversary chart.\\xa0\\nAfter seven years, Adam Duritz and Counting Crows have returned with Butter Miracle: Suite One released on May 21,2021.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"