Editing Counting Crows (section)

==== 1995–1998: ''Recovering the Satellites'' and double live album ====
[[File:CharlieGillingham.jpg|thumb|right|Charlie Gillingham, keyboardist for the band, on accordion]]
The band played only two gigs in 1995.<ref name=GigArchive/> This allowed Duritz to write a set of songs that became the band's second album, ''[[Recovering the Satellites]]''.<ref name=NewYorkTimes/>  Released October 15, 1996, it was heavier than ''August and Everything After''. A response to the sudden fame that "Mr. Jones" had brought, it contains lyrics such as "These days I feel like I'm fading away / Like sometimes when I hear myself on the radio" (from "Have You Seen Me Lately?") and "Gonna get back to basics / Guess I'll start it up again" (from "Recovering the Satellites"). Dealing with the theme of Duritz's unease with his newfound fame, the album was described as "a concept album of sorts about trying to pick up the pieces of a family, a social life and a psyche shattered by fame".<ref name=NewYorkTimes/> This album contained the single "[[A Long December]]", which was a number one hit in Canada<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9891&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.9891.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9891 |title=Image: RPM Weekly |via=Library and Archives Canada |date=July 17, 2013}}</ref> and a Top 10 hit in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/counting-crows |title=Counting Crows Chart History |magazine= Billboard}}</ref>

On July 2, 1997, Counting Crows started off a co-headlining tour with [[the Wallflowers]] that continued to September. The tour included opening acts by [[Bettie Serveert]], [[Engine 88]], [[Gigolo Aunts]] and [[That Dog]], with each opening band touring for three-weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Bettie+Serveert+%22The+Wallflowers%22+1997&pg=PA16|title=the Beat |first=Melinda|last=Newman|magazine=Billboard|page=16 |date=May 24, 1997 |via=Google Books}}</ref> After nine months of near-constant touring in support of the album, Duritz developed [[Vocal fold nodule|nodules on his vocal cords]] in July 1997, leading to the cancellation of a number of gigs.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/countingcrows/articles/story/5930346/duritz_needs_to_rest_voice |title=Duritz Needs To Rest Voice |magazine= Rolling Stone |date=July 25, 1997 |access-date=March 1, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002044748/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/countingcrows/articles/story/5930346/duritz_needs_to_rest_voice |archive-date=October 2, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1427546/counting-crows-counted-in-again/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404210831/http://www.mtv.com/news/1427546/counting-crows-counted-in-again/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 4, 2015 |title=Counting Crows Counted In Again |website= Mtv.com |access-date=March 12, 2017}}</ref> After taking time off to recover, the band toured for the rest of 1997, concluding with a [[MTV]] show at the [[Hammerstein Ballroom]] in New York City. This concert was released as half of a double live album, ''[[Across a Wire: Live in New York City]]''. The other disc was a recording of a predominantly acoustic set from the band's appearance on the ''[[VH1 Storytellers]]'' show.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/free-bird-counting-crows-live-double-album-plays-faster-looser-article-1.816981 |last=Farber |first=Jim |title=Free As A Bird Counting Crows' Live Double Album Plays Faster and Looser |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=August 2, 1998 |access-date= January 31, 2021}}</ref>