The Wallflowers released Bringing Down the Horse on May 21, 1996. The band began touring for the album soon after the release. Album sales were slow to start but after the first single, ” 6th Avenue Heartache ” (featuring Adam Duritz of Counting Crows ) was released on August 19, interest in The Wallflowers began picking up as the song began getting more radio play. The music video for “6th Avenue Heartache” directed by David Fincher was receiving attention on MTV and VH1 . The Wallflowers continued to tour through the rest of 1996 and were featured as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live that November. On December 1, Bringing Down the Horse received Gold certification from the RIAA by selling 500,000 copies of their album. In January 1997, The Wallflowers were nominated for two Grammy Awards, both for “6th Avenue Heartache”. Dylan was a presenter at the 1997 Grammy Awards though he and The Wallflowers did not win either of the awards they were nominated for.
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