Show Notes
Round Here is one of the Crows' most famous "Live Alt" Songs. That is, they have played the song with numerous different arrangements and with various additional lyrics.
In this Episode, Chris presents and reviews (in chronological order) his favorite 12 live and extended versions of Round Here, detailing the evolution from 1994 to 2013.
You can follow along on Youtube, where we made a playlist of all 12 (plus another bonus nine videos for the true Round Here fan).
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL90BAueZIRXiIVjw-3Ge1FPRUM80Ul_QE
All this, and we give a brief shout out to Adam's Hard-Candy-Era "Mohawk Dreads".
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In this episode we dive into what is arguably the most classic set of Counting Crows shows - 3 straight days in Wellmont, New Jersey to close the 2008 Tour (October 28, 29, 30). In these shows, they basically repeated no songs and provided a great retrospective to fans who stuck by since the beginning. Oh, and Chris was THERE (for all 3 shows).
August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall was released August 2011 and recorded in 2007. Join the Crew (Eric, Chris, Geoff, Irish Sean, and Steve from the UK) go over the history of the album, recording fun facts, and talk about tracks #5 through #12, including the amazing rendition of Perfect Blue Buildings.
August and Everything After: Live at Town Hall was released August 2011 and recorded in 2007. Join the Crew (Eric, Chris, Geoff, Irish Sean, and Steve from the UK) go over the history of the album, recording fun facts, and talk about the first four songs (including the Round Here/Raining in Baltimore combo!).
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Counting Crows' 13-Song (!) Demo Tape is legendary for its length and consistent quality; resulting in a multi-label bidding war. They were special from Reel #1 .