
Inside the Album: Counting Crows – August and Everything After (feat. Founding Member Steve Bowman) – My Weekly Mixtape
This week, Original Counting Crows Drummer Steve Bowman joins me to take a deep dive into the band’s debut 1993 masterpiece, “August & Everything After,” including the stories behind tracks such as: “Round Here,” “Omaha,” “Mr. Jones,” “Anna Begins,” “Time & Time Again,” “Rain King,” “Sullivan Street” & “A Murder of One.”
We also discuss: the lessons learned from T-Bone Burnett, the producer of the album; the stories behind deep cuts & b-sides from that era, such as “Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman),” “Love & Addiction” & the album’s title track (which wasn’t released officially until 2019); the experience of performing on the David Letterman Show on the same evening as Madonna; seeing your smiling face on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine (just like Dr. Hook sang about), and so much more!
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Round Here
Omaha
Mr. Jones
Perfect Blue Buildings
Anna Begins
Time & Time Again
Rain King
Sullivan Street
Ghost Train
Raining In Baltimore
A Murder of One
Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)
Love & Addiction

Listen To Steve’s Podcast “Letters To An Aspiring Musician”
Counting Crows – “Round Here” (Live on David Letterman – March 31, 1994)

