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

<p>‘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’</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/oct/13/how-counting-crows-made-mr-jones">Continue reading...</a>