Sullivan Street : A Counting Crows Podcast

We continue our review of This Desert Life, talk about what we believe are the Top 5 songs on the album, and get into a few personal stories.....

Eric, Chris, and Geoff are joined by guest hosts Kevin Tellie and Sara Goodman.

Together, the group discusses the Crows' third studio album (and fan favorite) "This Desert Life".

Geoff and Eric get into the history of the album; as well as some trivia.  Then, the group gives their ranking of songs #11-#6

In this episode, we shine a "song spotlight" and perform a very deep dive into two Crows' songs that are perhaps somewhat unappreciated:  

Daylight Fading , and  

Raining in Baltimore.  

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In the first half of this episode, Chris and Eric play "catch up", talking about all the Crows news and notes over the last few months.; and even get to a few listener emails.  

In the second half, the focus is on Hammerstein Ballroom - a venue for some of Crows' classic shows (and not just the "10 spot" show).  

In particular, time is spent discussing:

November 7, 1999 (Eric Attended)

https://www.countingcrows.com/show/hammerstein-ballroom-7

November 16, 2004 (Chris Attended)

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/counting-crows/2004/hammerstein-ballroom-new-york-ny-3bd450c8.html

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David Lowery is the lead singer of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven.  He also produced Counting Crows' amazing third album This Desert Life.

Join us for this special interview, where we talk about his vision for the album and his memories recording it. 

To learn more about David:

https://davidlowerymusic.com/home

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Chris Porterfield leads the band "Field Report".  Chris was influenced by the Crows, toured with the Crows in 2012 (including the famous "Codfish Hollow Barn" concert), and remains friends with Adam to this day. 

Join us as we explore a very special part of the Crows legacy--their opening acts. 

Field Report on Instagram: @fieldreportmusic

Crows Codfish Hollow Show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38QF6-mhnI

Field Report Codfish Hollow Show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EePIn0iA8M

Chris, Eric, Geoff, Will Hodge, and Ryan McCaffrey continue their Across a Wire retrospective. 

By popular demand, we get into all the details and conduct a complete  review of the Crows' unique and historic double live acoustic/electric album "Across a Wire:  Live in New York City."

Chris and Eric are again joined by Geoff Harkness.  

In addition, we welcome music journalist Will Hodge

https://twitter.com/will_hodge

as well as entertainment journalist / podcaster Ryan McCaffrey

https://twitter.com/DMC_Ryan

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In this episode, we shine a "Fan Spotlight" on Zubia and her two daughters (Sidra and Sabrina), whom Eric met at the 2023 LA show.  

We use this time to answer one of parenting's most important topics:  What is the best way to raise our children so that they also become Counting Crows fans?  

We also review their favorite show.  September 20, 2015 (Concord, CA), which gets the group nostalgic about the Somewhere Under Wonderland songs..

https://www.countingcrows.com/show/concord-pavillion

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Not even the most passionate Counting Crows fans may appreciate how important The Netherlands has been for the band.  

In this episode, Dutch podcaster Sytse sits down with Eric and Chris to cover all Holland-ish things about the Crows, including Blof's Holiday in Spain, Pink Pop, Adam's backpacking, Dutch Plagiarism, and Heineken Hall.  

Our E13 YouTube Companion Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHuwOko4BepIcTT9GaIr1umYVr5DPwpsX

We also review the Crows' 1994 show at the Melkweg in Amsterdam.

https://www.countingcrows.com/show/melkweg-2

Sytse's Nirvana Podcast: 

https://open.spotify.com/show/2nqkzMYorR4Wjole8y1Flc

Sytse's Iron and Wine Podcast: 

https://open.spotify.com/show/4LSHtidrlIjA94xCyHz0xG

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