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Warren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) [1] was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician. His most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner". All three songs are featured on his third album, Excitable Boy (1978), the title track of ...
A consummate fusion of wit, humor, satire, honesty, and chaos: Warren Zevon’s Excitable Boy captures dark elements of American culture with uncanny insight.
Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter whose poetic rock songs—by turns hard-boiled, humorous, tough, and tender—were acclaimed by critics and much admired by other songwriters. His best-known songs included ‘Poor, Poor Pitiful Me,’ ‘Werewolves of London,’ and ‘Lawyers, Guns and Money.’.
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Aug 1, 2013 · Hadley Freeman. Thu 1 Aug 2013 12.54 EDT. W arren Zevon, who died a decade ago this September at the far-too-premature age of 56, was a singer, a songwriter and one of the great under-appreciated...
- Desperadoes Under The Eaves (1976) Zevon’s songs were usually drawn from his own life and observations. “I realise how personal what I’m saying is, but I don’t know any other way of doing it.
- Keep Me In Your Heart (2003) As Zevon was dying he spent a lot of time during his illness working in a home studio on his final album, The Wind. Its closing song, Keep Me In Your Heart, was co-written with Jorge Calderón and featured the brilliant veteran drummer Jim Keltner, who remembered the emotionally-charged atmosphere when it came to recording the song.
- Accidentally Like A Martyr (1978) Zevon’s ex-wife Crystal said that when she was compiling the book I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, she was shocked by “the degree of excess, the degree of torment, the degree of obsession” revealed in the story of the musician’s personal life.
- Excitable Boy (1978) “We had to be truly twisted to get Warren, and I mean that in a good way,” said singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt. She could easily have been talking about his dark masterpiece Excitable Boy.
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Sep 8, 2003 · A tribute to the singer-songwriter who passed away in 2003 after a long battle with lung cancer. The article covers his career, influences, collaborations and legacy in the music industry and beyond.
Sep 7, 2018 · The late singer-songwriter Warren Zevon was a complex and influential artist who wrote about pain, loss, and existentialism, but also struggled with addiction, violence, and cancer. Learn how his life and career were shaped by his terminal illness, his musical collaborations, and his legacy as a cultural icon.
