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Warren Zevon
Jan. 24, 1947 - Sept. 7, 2003
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| Zevon was famous for his darker sense of humor. He was good friends with many famous musicians, including Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Billy Bob Thornton, Don Henley, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Neil Young, REM, and the Everly Brothers. |
| He was honored as being the only guest on an episode of The Late Show with David Letterman after being diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer in 2002. The last song he publicly performed was "Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner" on his last Letterman appearance. Zevon used to fill in for Paul Shaffer when he was absent from a Letterman show. |
| VH1 aired a documentary about the making of his final album: The Wind (2003), which he recorded knowing he did not have long to live. |
| His most abstract album was 1989's techno-overtoned Transverse City. |
| In an act of public homage, Bob Dylan performed many of Zevon's songs in concert after he announced his disease. (thanks, Andy - circleville, OH, for all above) |
| Many of the songs on his final album The Wind were recorded in his living room because he has too sick to visit a studio. He made this final album to put out some of his previously released and unreleased songs before he died. (thanks, tristan - Bloomington, MN) |
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Comments:
| my favorite of his song's would have to be warewolves of london and i think it is a good song to remember Warren Zevon by - michelle, Maplewood, MN |
| Zevon's semi-official "logo," which appeared on the back of many of his album covers, was a human skull with a lit cigarette in its mouth and wearing sunglasses - which turned out to be eerily prophetic (not to mention somewhat ironic, as the form of lung cancer that killed Zevon is one associated mainly with asbestos exposure, rather than cigarette smoke).
- Joshua, Twin Cities, MN |
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