Episode 70 - Adam Duritz
Sodajerker On Songwriting
Sodajerker
4.9 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2015
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
As the frontman and principal songwriter for Counting Crows, Adam Duritz has been captivating audiences worldwide for almost 25 years with his literate, melodic and introspective songs. In this special 70th episode of the podcast, Adam sits down with Sodajerker to talk about the writing of the recent Counting Crows album, Somewhere Under Wonderland, and the methods behind classics from their catalogue such as 'Mr Jones', 'Round Here', 'A Long December' and 'Mrs Potter's Lullaby'.
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| 0:00.0 | The Hey everybody this is Simon here with |
| 0:19.3 | this is Simon here with Brian welcoming you to the fanfare please. |
| 0:23.0 | 70th episode of So-Djerker on songwriting and other milestone reached Brian. |
| 0:30.0 | Yeah, we're very proud to have reached the 70th episode mark and celebrate we're enjoying some |
| 0:34.6 | delicious canopays here in the studio and I've just sent the houseman down to the wine cellar to fetch your vintage bordo. |
| 0:39.8 | We like to enjoy the finer things here at Soderjerker Towers. |
| 0:43.2 | Anyway, we couldn't have made it this far without the support of all you lovely listeners, |
| 0:46.5 | so thank you so much for your continued enthusiasm. |
| 0:49.5 | We've got a lot more cool stuff in store for you in the coming weeks and months so don't |
| 0:53.6 | touch that dial folks you heard the man we have a great show to mark this |
| 0:57.1 | auspicious occasion for joining us today as a singer songwriter and frontman for |
| 1:01.0 | a beloved and hugely successful US alt Rock band that to date has sold over 20 million records. |
| 1:07.0 | In the summer of 2014, following a six year break from recording original material, |
| 1:11.0 | they made a triumphant return with their excellent seventh album, |
| 1:14.0 | Somewhere Under Wonderland. We're delighted to welcome to the podcast, The Great Adam Jurates. |
| 1:18.8 | This is particularly exciting for us, as Counting Crows were actually one of the first bands we got into was |
| 1:24.0 | teenagers weren't they? |
| 1:25.1 | That's right. |
| 1:26.1 | I know I was particularly taken with Adam's lyrics and I remember playing Brian songs from |
| 1:30.2 | August and everything after on cassette. We were big cassette guys. We never could get with the CD, could we? |
| 1:35.6 | And we were jam Mr Jones in my front room. And then the first gig we ever attended together was |
| 1:42.0 | Counting Crows at the Leeds Town and Country Club. |
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