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The Guardian // Entertainment // Music

‘The vocals were on another level’: how Counting Crows made Mr Jones

Monday 13th October 2025, 1:54PM

‘It’s about the night me and my best friend Marty Jones hung out with a flamenco troupe, wishing we were cool musicians too – so that we could talk to the girls a little better’Our first four records had been mostly made in houses in the hills above Los Angeles. August and Everything After was our first major label album, so it was a pretty big deal. Our advance was $3,000 each; I bought a 1971 cherry red VW Karmann Ghia convertible and drove it to LA. Continue reading...

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