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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 ".
"Life'll Kill Ya" and "Don't Let Us Get Sick" also have prominent death themes. Additionally, Zevon had a phobia of doctors leading him to avoid them for several years; that theme is included in the album as well. [6] In 2002, just two years after the album's release, Zevon was diagnosed with mesothelioma and died a year later. [7] [8]
The Wind is the twelfth and final studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon.The album was released on August 26, 2003, by Artemis Records.Zevon began recording the album shortly after he was diagnosed with inoperable pleural mesothelioma (a cancer of the lining of the lung), and it was released just two weeks before his death on September 7, 2003.
The late singer-songwriter is the subject of a tribute concert, a forthcoming documentary and a push for nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings is a two-CD compilation of music and interviews, including unreleased outtakes and demos, by singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, who died in 2003. A few months after Zevon's death, his son, Jordan , drove out to one of his father's storage spaces in the San Fernando Valley to begin the process of sorting ...
Equal Strain on All Parts is not exactly a tear-jerking swan song from a man who knew he was dying like Warren Zevon’s The Wind – even on his farewell album, Buffett has time to sing a song ...
William Breitbart, a psychiatrist and Zevon fan, would later write an editorial about the lessons people could learn from the musician's response to his impending death. He said that Zevon "made the last days of his life meaningful and he made his death meaningful." [15] For Letterman, the Late Show episode lingered in his mind long after it aired.
Last year, another piano-playing songwriter from Los Angeles — Warren Zevon — was nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But he didn’t get in. Inexcusable. You were ...