" but that joke gave zevon the clout to become a concert headliner. " the popularity of "werewolves of london" surprised zevon, who told stephen fried of gq that it was "a song that was really just a joke between friends. The result was 1978's excitable boy, which went gold and contained such hits as "e xcitable boy," "lawyers, guns, and money," and "roland the headless thompson gunner," as well as the hit "werewolves of london. Browne and ronstadt both aided with the new album as did waddy wachtel, ronstadt's guitarist, who became a regular collaborator with zevon. The result, warren zevon, while not a big commercial success, did well enough with the public and with critics to give zevon the opportunity to record again. The most significant help came from jackson browne, who persuaded asyl um to release a solo album by zevon, which browne produced. Linda ronstadt recorded several zevon songs including "poor poor pitiful me" and made his "hasten down the wind" the title track of a 1976 album. Meanwhile, zevon's friends in california w ere working on his behalf. In 1974, he went to spain, where he played piano in a club for tourists. Zevon worked as a musical director and band member for the everly brothers shortly before the duo dissolved. Finally in 1969 he got the opportunity to record his first album, wanted dead or alive, which flopped.
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Zevon was busy writing his own songs, and one of his compositions, "she got me man," appeared in the movie midnight cowboy. These included jackson browne, linda ronstadt, and members of the eagles such as timothy b.
He began meeting other young singers and singer-songwriters who would come to be known as ar tists who formed the bedrock of the unmistakable sounding 1970s california rock scene. There, he became part of a duo called lyme and cybelle, which resulted in his being offered session work.
Zevon moved to san francisco, then to los angeles. He tried to make his way as a folksinger with little luck. He reportedly took off for new york in a corvette his father had won, taking his guitar with him. His parents were divorced and he was getting into scr aps with the law. Zevon spent his youth studying classical piano, but at 16 he ran away.
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Zevon grew up in california and arizona, but moved frequently thanks to his father's profession: professional gambler. The range of his lyrics, co mbined with his talents as a musician and composer, made zevon a long-standing favorite of critics, fellow musicians, and devoted fans. He would not live long enough to celebrate his first-ever grammy nominations and awards. In one last mordant, even macabre, twist, zevon's greates t critical and commercial success would be the wind, the album he recorded as he knew he was dying from cancer. His lyrics were consistently called ironic and darkly humorous. Warren zevon's career took almost as many strange twists and turns as the stories of the bizarre characters in his songs. , ny, new york, 10011, website: Artemisrecords. Addresses: record company-artemis records, 130 fitth ave. Children: jordan, ariel died, september 7, 2003, los angeles, california. 1970s (divorced), married crystal bedford, c. Born on january 24, 1947, in chicago, il.