The working life: Talking with Adam Duritz of Counting Crows

The working life: Talking with Adam Duritz of Counting Crows

You can tell a lot about a guy by his record collection. Adam Duritz, songwriter, lead singer and focal point of the platinum-selling American band Counting Crows, concluded this telephone interview with the Catalyst by gleefully giving the reporter a brief tour of his “wall” of bootleg recordings. He carried the phone across his music room to the shelves of alphabetized live CDs and vinyl, and began reading out the artists. “There’s a ton of Ba…