WARREN ZEVON
From Chicago, Illinois. A graduate of the California school of 70's rockers, Zevon managed to transcend that scene and stay in the light of musical change, unlike most of his contemporaries. The son of Russian immigrants and a child musical prodigy, Zevon's first major job in the music world came while still in his teens as piano player and musical director for the Everly Brothers. As a songwriter, his songs were recorded by Linda Ronstadt to some success ("Poor, Poor Pitiful Me") and he began his own recording career with the encouragement of Jackson Browne. Combating an alcohol problem set Zevon's career down a different road for the first half of his career but the resulting work in his albums continued to be innovative. He also took the time out to record an album with the instrument playing members of R.E.M. as the Hindu Love Gods. In 2002, Zevon announced that he had terminal lung cancer and surpassed the doctors expectations on his longevity (a few months) by living long enough to spend time with his family and make one last great album. "The Wind" was released in August of 2003 and he passed away shortly after on September 7, 2003 leaving a legacy of some of the most intelligent and irony riddled lyrics in rock history. Zevon's feelings about mortality were reflected in many of his lyrics, song titles and album titles and his confrontation with his own mortality will stand as a brave and repeatable story in rocklore for years to come. Warren's advice to all in his final days was to "enjoy every sandwich". He was 56 years old. 1969-2003.
see HINDU LOVE GODS.
DISCOGRAPHY:
| FULL RELEASES | SINGLES |
| Wanted Dead Or Alive | |
| A Leaf In The Wind | demos |
| Warren Zevon | Poor Poor Pitiful Me/Hasten Down The Wind |
| Excitable Boy | Werewolves Of London/Lawyers Guns And Money/title track |
| Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School | A Certain Girl |
| Stand In The Fire | live performance |
| The Envoy | title track |
| A Quiet Normal Life | compilation |
| Sentimental Hygiene | title track/Leave My Monkey Alone/Reconsider Me |
| Transverse City | Run Straight Down/Splendid Isolation |
| Mr. Bad Example | Searching For A Heart/Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead |
| Learning To Flinch | live performance |
| Mutineer | title track |
| I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | compilation |
| Life'll Kill Ya | I Was In The House When The House Burned Down/My Shit's Fucked Up |
| My Ride's Here | Basket Case/Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song) |
| Genius | compilation |
| First Sessions | demos |
| The Wind | Knockin' On Heaven's Door/Keep Me In Your Heart |
| Preludes: Rare And Unreleased
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demos |
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| A Certain Girl |
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| Basket Case |
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| Excitable Boy |
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| Hasten Down The Wind |
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| Hit Somebody! |
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| I Was In The House When The House Burned Down |
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| Keep Me In Your Heart |
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| Knockin' On Heaven's Door |
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| Lawyers Guns And Money |
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| Mutineer |
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| My Shit's Fucked Up |
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| Poor Poor Pitiful Me |
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| The Envoy |
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| Werewolves Of :London |
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