E46: Flying Demos (Part I)

About this episode

The episode discusses the history and legacy of Counting Crows' legendary demo tape, featuring a track-by-track analysis.

Counting Crows' 13-Song (!) Demo Tape is legendary for its length and consistent quality; resulting in a multi-label bidding war. They were special from Reel #1 . In this episode, we go over the history and legacy of this tape, and give our thoughts on the album, track-by-track. Eric, Geoff and Chris are joined by "Double-G" (the Counting Crows archeologist) for the first time. You can listen to the Demos Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW6VcqUnfkU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW6VcqUnfkU&t=6s]

People in this episode

Host: Eric Vogelsang

Guest: Double-G

Topics covered

• Counting Crows
• demo tape
• music history
• album analysis
• track-by-track review
• bidding war
• guest appearance

Keywords

• Counting Crows
• demo tape
• music analysis
• album review
• Double-G
• Reel #1
• bidding war

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Counting Crows

Books & works: Counting Crows' 13-Song (!) Demo Tape, Demos

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