between 1999 and 2003 Adam Duritz and other members of Counting Crows played a secret show at the Shim Sham Club in New Orleans each May - corresponding with one of the Jazz Fest weekends. Always amazing shows Adam and Co would slowly but surely get very, very drunk over the course of the shows, playing covers, each one with different friends contributing in some way.

well the Shim Sham shut down and 2003 was the last year that New Orleans got a Jazz Fest Counting Crows secret show. with the recent sadness in New Orleans, I started thinking about all the amazing times I had there and pulled out this show.

theres a whole mad story on how i got permission to tape the show and plugged into the board. i posted it on one of the crows boards a few years back - but just know, i couldnt even walk for a few days after this show as I ran a mile in dress shoes to get my equipment when i found out i would be able to tape a few minutes before the show was scheduled to begin. thank god, i made it to the car and back before the show and caught all of it.

heres some tracks of the boys doing some Madonna covers - it just seemed like the most random cover, so you get to hear it.

Counting Crows covering Madonna's Borderline
Counting Crows covering Madonna's Crazy For You
Counting Crows covering Stephen Foster's Oh Susanna