Adam Duritz
Adam Frederic Duritz (born
August 1,
1964) is an American
musician and
record producer. He is the lead singer and founding member of the rock band
Counting Crows.
Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, he grew up in
Boston, Massachusetts, then
El Paso, Texas, and
Berkeley, California. Duritz has lived in
San Francisco,
Los Angeles, and, most recently,
New York City. As a student, he attended
Head-Royce School, the
University of California at Berkeley and the
University of California at Davis, but dropped out before earning a degree.
Before forming Counting Crows he was lead singer for
San Francisco Bay Area band
The Himalayans. He was also involved in another San Francisco-based band,
Sordid Humor.
He has collaborated with
The Wallflowers (led by
Bob Dylan's son
Jakob Dylan) on the album
Bringing Down the Horse; with
Ryan Adams on
Gold; with
Peter Stuart on
Propeller and
Daisy; with
Live on
V; and with
Dashboard Confessional on the track "So Long, So Long" from
Dusk and Summer.
In 1997, Duritz began his own record label, E Pluribus Unum. Before being purchased by
Interscope Records in 2000, he signed
Joe 90,
Gigolo Aunts, and
Neilson Hubbard – all of whom he took on the road to open for Counting Crows.
In addition to his musical pursuits, Duritz was executive producer for the films
The Locusts (1997) and
Burn (1998). He is also slated to appear as a character voice in the forthcoming, star-studded mockumentary film
Farce of the Penguins.
Duritz has dated actresses
Jennifer Aniston,
Courteney Cox,
Mary Louise Parker,
Monica Potter and
Winona Ryder.
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