"Counting Crows" Adam Duritz Hand Signed 2X3 Media Pass Sticker Todd Mueller COA

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"Counting Crows" Adam Duritz Hand Signed 2X3 Media Pass Sticker.  This item is authenticated By Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their certificate of authenticity.
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Adam Fredric Duritz
(born August 1, 1964) is a United States musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer. He is known as the
frontman
for the rock band
Counting Crows
, of which he is a founding member and principal composer. Since its founding in 1991, Counting Crows has sold over 20 million records, released seven studio albums that have been certified gold or platinum, and been nominated for two Grammy Awards and an Academy Award. Duritz has recorded solo material of his own and has collaborated with other musical acts. He has also founded two record labels,
E Pluribus Unum
and
Tyrannosaurus Records
. His work
scoring
music for film has been recognized by the music industry, notably with an award from
BMI
for co-writing the song "
Accidentally in Love
" for the movie
Shrek 2
. Duritz and producer/guitarist
David Bryson
formed Counting Crows in San Francisco in 1991. When
Gary Gersh
of
Geffen Records
heard the band's demo tape, he was "blown away". A bidding war between nine different record labels broke out in February 1992. In April, the band—which, by that time, included other members—"signed a deal with Gersh and Geffen believed to be so lucrative that industry wags dubbed them Accounting Crows".
The band's first album,
August and Everything After
, charted within the top five of the
Billboard
200
and the single "
Mr. Jones
" (1993) was a number-one hit in Canada.
After the band performed as the music guest on
Saturday Night Live
, "Mr. Jones" jumped 40 spots in the charts. The album has been certified 7× Platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America
. Six of the band's albums have charted on the Billboard 200
and four have been certified gold or platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America
. Counting Crows was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1994. The band also received a 2004
Academy Award
nomination for the song "
Accidentally in Love
", which was included in the film
Shrek 2
. Duritz has collaborated with
The Wallflowers
(led by
Jakob Dylan
) on the album
Bringing Down the Horse
on the track "6th Avenue Heartache"; with
Ryan Adams
on
Gold
and the song "Butterfly in Reverse" from
Hard Candy
; with
Peter Stuart
on
Propeller
and
Daisy
; with
Live
on
V
;, with
Dashboard Confessional
on the track "So Long, So Long" from
Dusk and Summer
and with
Maria Taylor
on the song "Waiting In Line."
Duritz also contributed the songs "Spin Around," "You Don't See Me," and "You're a Star" to the
Josie and the Pussycats
soundtrack that was performed by the film's fictional title band. Along with bandmates Dan Vickrey, Bryson, and Immerglück, Duritz co-wrote the song "
Accidentally in Love
" for the soundtrack of the movie
Shrek 2
, winning them each an award from
BMI
.
Duritz's lyrics have been described as "morose" and "tortured and as "wordy introspection", while his vocals have been called "expressive". In October 2018, Duritz co-founded the Underwater Sunshine Music Festival.