The band’s debut album, August and Everything After , was released in September 1993. The album’s first single, “Mr. Jones”, refers to Marty Jones (Himalayans bassist , and Duritz’s childhood friend) and Kenney Dale Johnson (the drummer of Silvertone, Chris Isaak ‘s band). It describes the desire of working musicians to make it big and the fantasies they entertain about what fame might bring. Duritz sang the song in fun, enjoying the fantasy; he did not realize that just months later, in December 1993, MTV would begin playing the video for the song. “Mr. Jones” was a breakthrough hit, drawing massive radio play and launching the band into stardom. In 2018, the Chicago Sun-Times described August and Everything After as follows:
The band’s debut album, August and Everything After , was released in
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