Adam Duritz's Biography:

Adam Fredric Duritz (born August 1, 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American musician and record producer.

He is the lead singer and founding member of the rock band Counting Crows. His lyrics have been described as "morose" and "tortured" and as "wordy introspection" and his vocals "expressive."

He has also suffered from depression and "a dissociative disorder, which makes the world seem like it's not real," which contribute to the duration between albums and the inspiration of many of his song lyrics.

Duritz and the Counting Crows were featured on The Howard Stern Show on March 27, 2008, in which they performed an alternative version of "Round Here".

Stern had earlier asked the band members who appeared in the studio that day to perform an early tune, and said, "he'd had a lot of bands come in, and got real chills and tears in his eyes" and finished by saying it was one of the most moving performances he had ever heard.

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