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He Had the BIGGEST Hit on Radio-Then VANISHED into THIN AIR-Here’s What Happened-Professor of Rock

How many bands would give their right arm to hit the big time and have their song played everywhere? To tour the world and take their music to the masses? Well, Counting Crows did. Their singer Adam Duritz wrote a hit song called Mr. Jones about hitting the big time. And then when the very song he wrote pulverized radio and made them huge stars, Adam hated it. He detested Mr. Jones and at the peak of selling millions of records and playing sold-out shows… he cracked. Adam Duritz quit music and took a job as a bartender… hiding out. Could anything pull him back into music? Find out next with one of the craziest stories of a band on Professor of Rock. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer Brandon Fugal Honorary Producers Jaredt M, John Tanner, Robert Coen, Mark Austin, Brent Gephart ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my Hand Picked Selection Below Professor's Store Van Halen OU812 Vinyl Album https://amzn.to/3tLsII2 The 80s Collection https://amzn.to/3mAekOq 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9 Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon https://amzn.to/3h4ilrk Best In Ear Headphones (I Use These Every Day) https://amzn.to/2ZcTlIl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out The Professor of Rock Merch Store -http://bit.ly/ProfessorMerch ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out Patron Benefits http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Help out the Channel by purchasing your albums through our links! As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you, thank you for your support. Click here for Premium Content: https://bit.ly/SignUpForPremiumContent https://bit.ly/Facebook_Professor_of_... https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of... #classicrock #90smusic #vinylstory #countingcrows Hey music junkies, Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. If people have had a hard communicating with you from time to time because you have earphones in listening to music, You’ll be right at home with this channel. Make sure to subscribe below right now and click the bell so you get the stories straight from the legends. . So, it’s time for another edition of our show Breakthrough. In this show we breakdown songs, albums or events that kicked open the door to an artist or band’s career and gave them the momentum to rocket to long term success. Today we are diving deep into the story of Counting Crows happy-go-lucky hit Mr. Jones. One night back in the early 90s, singer-songwriter Adam Duritz was out on the town in San Franciso with friend and bassist bandmate Marty Jones. The two had ventured out to the Mission district to catch a performance by Marty’s father, a talented Flamenco guitarist, and his troupe. I guess it was quite a show. After the gig was over, everyone went out drinking at an establishment called the New Amsterdam. While there, Adam and Marty sat at the bar checking out a couple of girls, trying to muster the courage to talk to them. But the band brothers both felt too self-conscious to make the first move Meanwhile, sitting in the corner, there was another guy who was getting all the girls. It was Chris Isaak’s drummer Kenny Dale Johnson, and he was surrounded by three ladies. Back then, Chris Isaak’s band was the hottest rockabilly outfit in the city. And clearly, Kenny was reaping the benefits. Staring across the room, Adam started thinking, man, if we were more famous, maybe we'd be able to do that. Said Duritz, “I remember just talking about it with Marty, saying, ‘Man, we have got to get [it] together and become rock stars.’” But that night, the two didn’t get it together. And they spent the rest of the night at the bar alone. Later, after Adam got back home, he channeled his feelings and frustrations into a new song that he called Mr. Jones. Duritz actually doesn’t remember much about writing the song, just that he did it in the middle of the night and he was pretty drunk at the time. Lest anyone get confused by the title, Adam also explained that the song is completely about him, not Marty. Mr. Jones would just be along for the ride. Not surprisingly, many of the song’s lyrics draw on details from Adam’s earlier outing... Down at the New Amsterdam, black-haired flamenco dancer, stare at the beautiful women, pass me a bottle Mr. Jones. But the main message of the song clearly points to Adam’s desire to be famous… We all wanna be big, big stars / Yeah but we got different reasons for that