Counting Crows biography

The band has also become known for its acoustic performances, most notably recorded on the VH1 Storytellers disc from Across a Wire: Live in New York City. In addition, as of Fall 2010 (and maybe earlier), the band has recorded Coffee Covers for Sirius-XM Radio Channel-51 ("The Coffee House"), including a cover of The Ghost in You (Psychedelic Furs). iTunes Live from SoHo was recorded on March 27, 2008, at an in-store performance in the SoHo Apple Store in New York City. The album was an iTunes exclusive. It featured many songs from the band's 2008 release Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings along with old favorites such as "Rain King" and "A Long December."

The band has drawn deep in covering artists such as Otis Redding, George Harrison, Wilco, Rod Stewart, Fairport Convention, Pure Prairie League, The Rolling Stones, Jackson C. Frank, Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Warren Zevon, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Simon and Garfunkel, Psychedelic Furs, Oasis and The Band.

In 2008 the band launched a new website, offering band-approved, soundboard-quality recordings of its concerts.

In February 2011 Duritz released an indie album of cover songs he had recorded entitled All My Bloody Valentines, in which he allowed Facebook followers to help name and design the cover art for the album. The album is allowed for free download on Duritz's soundcloud webpage. Duritz later announced that the band has continued recording a new album as an independent band. The album August & Everything After - Live at Town Hall was released on August 29, 2011.

Bootleg recordings

The band actively encourages the recording of its concerts and the distribution of the resulting bootleg recordings. The band hosts a trading network on its website to enable fans to swap concert recordings. Sale of fan recordings for profit is prohibited; fans must either trade bootlegs for other bootlegs or pay for blank media, postage, and packaging. An unofficial torrent site, named Crowstown, offers a vast quantity of video and audio bootlegs for free.

Band members

Current members

Jim Bogios - drums, backing vocals (2002-present)
David Bryson - guitar, backing vocals (1991-present)
Adam Duritz - lead vocals, piano (1991-present)
Charlie Gillingham - accordion, clarinet, keyboards, piano (1992-present)
David Immergluck - guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals (1999-present)
Millard Powers - bass guitar, piano, backing vocals (2005-present)
Dan Vickrey - lead guitar, backing vocals, banjo (1994-present)

;Former members

Steve Bowman - drums (1991-1994)
Matt Malley - bass guitar, vocals (1992-2005)
Ben Mize - drums, vocals (1994-2002)

Studio albums

August and Everything After (1993)
Recovering the Satellites (1996)
This Desert Life (1999)
Hard Candy (2002)
Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings (2008)
Underwater Sunshine (2012)

References

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