Counting Crows began playing at Elation, a college dive bar. The group requested that the local radio station to play their early songs. Counting Crows’s members met in middle school. The bassist was encouraged to play by his father.

Counting Crows's most current record is the group's first since the band members went to work on independent projects nine years ago. The group just finished their new project, and they are already plotting the next move. After this last busy year the members of Counting Crows will take some time off to rest after a long tour.

Counting Crows were sure that they would make it after signing the record deal. They had heard stories of others still failing, but were sure they would be one of those bands. The group plays plenty of arenas, but would rather perform in the smaller clubs in which they began. Counting Crows met with a local DJ from K89.9 and convinced him to play their single on air. The single immediately became a local hit and larger radio stations started playing the song. Eventually a record executive heard it and signed the group. The group regularly played at Referee before making it to the big time.

Counting Crows knew that living life as a musician was a actual possibility when the band’s first fan club was started by Linda Felson in 1999. After the group’s first North American tour, the fan club grew from the couple dozen fans who heard the group play around Portland to the thousands who heard them play from California to New York.

The band is sure to schedule a performance at Anyplace in Shelbyville every time they tour because they used to play there all the time before they made it big. Counting Crows appreciaites their fans and wants to give them a good show, so they play past hits along with the latest singles. TheSeats.com allows fans to stop at one place online and find all the information they need. The site has Counting Crows tickets, the touring schedule, and seating charts for concerts.