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"Lawyers, Guns and Money" is a song by Warren Zevon, and the closing track on his 1978 album Excitable Boy. Record World called it "rock 'n' roll at its angriest." [1]
Warren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) [1] was an American rock singer and songwriter. His most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner".
"Lawyers, Guns and Money" is a tongue-in-cheek tale of a young American man's adventures in Cold War-era Latin America. In addition, there are two ballads about life and relationships ("Accidentally Like a Martyr" and "Tenderness on the Block"), as well as the funk/disco-inspired "Nighttime in the Switching Yard".
In 1985, while still a lawyer, Stevenson began his radio career on community station 3RRR where he partnered with fellow lawyer Denis Connell on a show called Lawyers, Guns and Money, a reference from a Warren Zevon song ("Send lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan"). [3]
"Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" is a song composed by Warren Zevon and David Lindell [1] and performed by Zevon. It was included on Zevon's 1978 album Excitable Boy, and while never released as a single became a fan favorite.
"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" is a rock song written and first recorded by American musician Warren Zevon in 1976. With gender references reversed, it was made a hit twice: first as a top-40 hit for Linda Ronstadt, then almost 2 decades later by Terri Clark, whose version topped the Canadian country charts and reached the country top five in the U.S.
The breakfast show was initially named Lawyers, Guns and Money. [1] Connell was sacked in 1991 by program director Steve Price and the show was rebranded to Breakfast with Ross and Dean. For the following 10 years, Stevenson and Banks established themselves and their style as a ratings success.
The Envoy is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon.The album was released on July 16, 1982, by Asylum Records.The album's lack of commercial success caused Zevon's label to terminate his recording contract.