Adam Duritz
Adam Duritz was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States on August 1st, 1964 and is the Country Singer. At the age of 59, Adam Duritz biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Adam Fredric Duritz (born August 1, 1964) is an American singer, guitarist, record producer, and film director.
He is best known as the frontman of the rock band Counting Crows, of which he is a founding member and principal composer.
Since its inception in 1991, Counting Crows has sold more than 20 million albums, released four albums that have been deemed gold or platinum, and been nominated for two Grammy Awards and an Academy Award.
E Pluribus Unum and Tyrannosaurus Records are also established by the artist.
The music industry has lauded his contribution to film, including an award from BMI for co-writing the song "Accidently in Love" for the movie Shrek 2.
Personal life
Duritz grew up in Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; El Paso, Texas; and Berkeley, California. He is the son of Gilbert and Linda Duritz, both physicians. Nicole Duritz is Duritz' younger sister. Duritz attended the prestigious Taft School in Oakland, California, and graduated from the Head-Royce School. He has ancestry of Russian Jews. Duritz attended University of California, Berkeley, but he left college two credits short of a degree.
Duritz has a dissociative mental disorder. In 2008, he revealed this mental health condition openly.
Duritz, who had "famous dreadlocks" when Counting Crows was established in August 2019, reveals he had shaved his head.
Music career
In San Francisco, Duritz and producer/guitarist David Bryson formed Counting Crows. Gary Gersh of Geffen Records was "blown away" when he heard the band's demo tape. In February 1992, a bidding war between nine different record labels burst out. The band, which by that time, also included other members, "signed a deal with Gersh and Geffen in April that was so lucrative that industry wags referred to them as Accounting Crows."
August and Everything After, the band's first album, charted within the top five of the Billboard 200, and the single "Mr. Jones" (1993) was a number one hit in Canada. "Mr. Jones" soared to 40th position on the charts after the band appeared as the music host on Saturday Night Live. The album has been designated Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The Recording Industry Association of America has six of the band's albums charted on the Billboard 200, and four of them have been named gold or platinum. In 1994, Counting Crows was nominated for two Grammy Awards. The band also received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for their song "Accidently in Love," which was included in the film Shrek 2.
Duritz has worked with The Wallflowers (led by Jakob Dylan) on the album "Bringing Down the Horse"; with Ryan Adams on Gold and the song "Butterfly in Reverse" from Hard Candy; with Live on V; with Dashboard Confessional, Dusk and Summer; and Maria Taylor on "Wet On Line";
Duritz also contributed to the Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack, "You Don't See Me" and "You're a Star" by the film's fictional title band. Duritz co-wrote the song "Accidentally in Love" for the soundtrack of the film Shrek 2, winning them both an award from BMI.
Duritz's songs have been characterized as "morose" and "tortured" as well as "wordy introspection," as "wordy introspection," while his vocals have been described as "expressive."
Duritz co-founded the Underwater Sunshine Music Festival in October 2018.
Film career
Duritz, the executive producer of the film The Locusts, also produced the ensemble comedy film Freeloaders.
He appeared in the 2007 mockumentary film Farce of the Penguins.