Editing Counting Crows (section)

==== 1999–2001: ''This Desert Life'' and extensive touring ====
In 1999, Counting Crows performed at [[Woodstock 99]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1999/07/26/1999-07-26_woodstock__hurts_so_good__lo.html |title=WOODSTOCK: HURTS SO GOOD LOUD BANDS, MELLOW FANS & THE JOY OF MISERY |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=July 26, 1999 |last=Farber |first=Jim}} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Later that same year, the band released ''[[This Desert Life]]'', sales of which were propelled by the success of "[[Hanginaround]]" and "[[Colorblind (Counting Crows song)|Colorblind]]", which was also featured in the movie ''[[Cruel Intentions]]''. Supporting the album, the band embarked on a co-headlining tour with alternative rock band [[Live (band)|Live]]. Counting Crows closed nearly every show. Before this album and subsequent tour, the band invited [[session player]] and long-time friend David Immerglück to join the band as a permanent member. Immerglück had played on every Counting Crows album as a [[sideman]], but early on had declined a permanent position.<ref name=Immy1>{{cite news |last=Farley |first=Mike |url=http://www.bullz-eye.com/concertreviews/david_immergluck-interview.htm |title=Interview with David Immerglück of Counting Crows |website=Bullz-Eye |year=2003 |access-date=March 1, 2007}}</ref> This time, however, Immerglück agreed. He plays a variety of instruments with the band, including acoustic, electric and [[pedal steel]] guitars, [[slide guitar]] and [[mandolin]], as well as [[backing vocals]].<ref name=Immy1/>