**Warren Zevon** (R.I.P) was a supernova in our midst for a while and we were damn lucky to have him. He's Best Known by most for his **Warewolves Of London**, and that's a damn shame. As a songwriter he offered laserbeam insights into some of society's bruised and battered margin dwellers. His vicious wit was tempered by a clear love for his characters, ever trapped in circumstances at onc...
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For those who have not had the pleasure...By JON PARELES (excerpt from NY times story http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E5DE1230F935A15752C0A9659C8B63Published: January 26, 2003In the lobby of the Ed Sullivan Theater, two perky handlers for ''The Late Show With David Letterman'' were giving their nightly pep talk to the people headed for the front rows. They encouraged laughter...
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Watch out, Hollywood hustlers! The Knife is back to frighten you with his particular mix of New York crass, Philly sass, and San Francisco class. I'm in Los Angeles, and plan to stay for most of September. On the down side, I'll be missing the leaves as they turn their autumnal colors back East, and the balmier weather that blesses the Bay Area this time of year. On the up side, I'm working on ...
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**Warren Zevon** , one of the "distant fallen angels that descended much too soon. His live shows were always a trip, although there were times when his substance abuse messed things up. I saw him a few times at Lupo's in Providence RI and he was entertaining, enervating, caustically insightful and funny. A vicious wit and a droll delivery , coupled with his great songs and inspired covers,alwa...
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This song was recorded during a live acoustic set with Jackson Browne in 1976. Though made famous by Linda Ronstadt's cover, something about Warren's vocal really touches me.Perhaps because you sense he is tapping into the emotional well from whence the song sprung.
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I THINK THIS JUST ABOUT SAYS IT ALL
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*Savage, satirical, smart-assed and sorely missed*Famous friends gave Zevon an important leg-up in the business. After a stint writing and recording radio jingles, and playing piano for The Everly Brothers before their acrimonious split in the early 70s, it was Warren's buddy Jackson Browne who secured him a deal with Asylum Records and produced his 1976 debut. Linda Ronstadt then covered three...
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Warrens' cover of this Steve Winwood song reeks with a pathos the original did not possess. Leave it to Warren to have turned an upbeat pop song into a lament. In an interview with Warren after the release of the " Life'll Kill You" CD, David Bowman comments - " He covers that old Steve Winwood hit "Back in the High Life Again" with the resigned detachment of someone sitting on death row in Texas
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Warren Zevon's legacy will get a nice boost from a forthcoming feature film directed by Kevin Smith that's based on Zevon's tune "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)." MTV reports (via The Playlist) that Smith is in talks with Mitch Albom, the...
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It is my humble opinion that Warren Zevon never got the props or love he deservedI'm sure a lot of it had to do with his alcoholism. but even beyond that, it seems to me he is given short shrift in the music universe.Quirky as he may have been, dude was brilliant
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"Don't Let Us Get Sick", ( don't let us get old, don't let us get stupid...Amen!)
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