Hey, Warren Zevon Died Too.
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Steveh | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:22 am     Maybe you never heard of him? His lone hit was "Werewolves of London," but other artists had hits w/ his songs from Linda Ronstadt in the '70s to Terri Clarke more recently ("Poor Poor Pitiful Me"). Other songs by him you might know are "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and, oddly enough, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead." He was good friends w/ David Letterman and subbed for Paul Shaffer as bandleader a few times. Letterman devoted a whole show to Warren last October when they knew he was dying and Letterman asked him if he had any new insights on life & death and Zevon replied, "Enjoy every sandwich" which typifies him. He has many albums in release right now including his most recent "The Wind" which was recorded in his house while he was dying--Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris and Tom Petty, among others, appear on it & it has an awesome version of Dylan's "Knockin' on Heavens' Door." It came out two weeks ago, just a few days before his death. Dylan and Springsteen were doing Zevon songs at every one of their recent tours' shows. WZ got his start in the '60s as the Everly Bros. bandleader & carved out quite a niche for himself over the next 40 or so years, even if the general public didn't know about him his peers in the music biz and thousands of fortunate fans did. I miss the other guys too, esp. Cash. |
Kaili | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:29 am     Did he just die today or yesterday? weird. It's the dying in 3s thing if he did. I know the werewolves song, and like it. My dad just absolutely LOVES (loved?) him though. |
Steveh | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:56 am     He died last week. He was told over a year ago that he had inoperable lung cancer and six months to live, but he hung on for long enough to finish his last record and see the birth of twin grandkids. Yeah, I know the three thing too. |
Sheilaree | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 11:00 am     I never heard of him, but have heard of the other two who will be missed. |
Marej | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 12:09 pm     The grandkids are named Maximus and Augustus. Isn't that from "The Gladiator." with Russell Crowe? Did you see the Warren VH1 special. It showed Springsteen, Don Henley, Tim Schmidt (Eagles.) Recording the album. Very good. |
Sunshyne4u | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 02:00 pm     i remember hearing that he had a new CD coming out. I am shocked. GEESH.... The Bassist from Jewel's band has a stroke at 39 yrs old,John Ritter dies and Johnny Cash too......WHO'S next?? |
Draheid | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 04:03 pm     Larry Hovis, the actor who played Sgt Carter on Hogan's Heroes on September 9, 2003. He was also one of the co-creators of the show Laugh-In. NYPost Article |
Laluna | Friday, September 12, 2003 - 05:53 pm     Kaili, if I am not mistaken Warren Zevon died on Monday, September 8th. I always liked Werewolves of London. It was a great song. We have lost alot of great and special entertainers. May they RIP. Edit - Sunday, September 7th. I heard about his death on Monday. |
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