Similar Bands To Counting Crows

For this bit of research, I went to http://www.last.fm/ to find out simillar bands to the Counting Crows for the digi pack research. Each of these links is just an example of each of the bands songs.

Hootie and the Blowfish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoW3bqnr7tw

Gin Blossoms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeMwu5a_QLY&feature=fvst

David Gray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP-f8TDb2n4&feature=related

Again, as it was with the Counting Crows album covers, it is clear to see that a simple cover design is favoured for artists of this genre. Again, its something we would like to replicate. I personally don't like the grey and gloomy colours. For the purposes of our image, we need to go for a more cheerful colour pallet, as our song is a very upbeat and happy song.