![]() Live in Passaic NJ, 1982 (The Full Concert): Album of the day Letterman later performed guest vocals on “Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)” with Paul Shaffer and members of the CBS Orchestra on Warren Zevon’s My Ride’s Here album. He was a frequent guest on Late Night with David Letterman and the Late Show with David Letterman. ~Bob Dylan (to Huffington Post – May 2009)Īlong with his own compositions, Zevon recorded or performed occasional covers, including Allen Toussaint’s A Certain Girl, Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” and Leonard Cohen’s “First We Take Manhattan”. Other well-known songs written by Zevon have been recorded by other artists, including “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” (a top 40 hit by Linda Ronstadt), “Accidentally Like a Martyr”, “Mohammed’s Radio”, “Carmelita”, and “Hasten Down the Wind”.īF: Who are some of your favorite songwriters?īob Dylan: Buffett I guess. Zevon’s work has often been praised by well-known musicians, including Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young. His best-known compositions include “Werewolves of London”, “Lawyers, Guns and Money”, “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” and “Johnny Strikes Up the Band”, all of which are featured on his third album, Excitable Boy (1978). He was known for the dark and somewhat bizarre sense of humor in his lyrics. Warren William Zevon (Janu– September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. Rock, Country rock, folk rock,Americana, hard rock, piano rock, blues rock Send lawyers, guns and money the shit has hit the fan. The classic – Warren Zevon’s last Letterman Appearance: ~Warren Zevon (Desperados Under the Eaves)įew of rock & roll’s great misanthropes were as talented, as charming, or as committed to their cynicism as Warren Zevon. I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill Like the mystics and statistics say it will ![]() We buy books because we believe we’re buying the time to read them
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