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On this day in 1993, Counting Crows released the single “Mr. Jones”
(December 4)
Singer and songwriter Adam Duritz said the song was about himself and bass player Marty Jones of The Himalayans, when they were struggling musicians.
Duritz recalled, "It's really a song about my friend Marty and I.
We went out one night to watch his dad play, his dad was a Flamenco guitar player who lived in Spain (David Serva), and he was in San Francisco in the mission playing with his old Flamenco troupe.
And after the gig we all went to this bar called the New Amsterdam in San Francisco on Columbus”.
By this time Duritz and Jones were drunk the bar when they saw Kenney Dale Johnson, longtime drummer for the musician Chris Isaak, sitting with three women.
“It just seemed like, you know, we couldn't even manage to talk to girls, ... we were just thinking if we were rock stars, it'd be easier.
I went home and wrote the song," Duritz said.
It was to be their breakthrough hit, peaking at #1 in Canada, #5 in the US, #7 in France, and #13 in Australia.
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