The result is a raucous and moving tale of love and obsession, creative genius and epic bad behavior. Narrated by his former wife and longtime co-conspirator, Crystal Zevon, the book draws on over eighty interviews with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Stephen King, Billy Bob Thornton, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, and countless others who came under his mischievous spell. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is an intimate and unusual oral history of one of our most original and distinctive rock-and-roll antiheroes. Ill Sleep When Im Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon, a biography by his ex-wife, Crystal Zevon, was published in 2007 by Ecco Books. As Warren once said, 'I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did.' Bad Example and Mutineer were not received warmly by critics or by fans, at. This process was the subject of a VH1 documentary, published posthumously on DVD.When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind both a fanatical cult following and a rich catalog of dark, witty rock-n-roll classics that includes 'Lawyers, Guns, and Money,' 'Excitable Boy,' and the immortal 'Werewolves of London.' He also left a trove of misadventures and anecdotes, a veritable rock opera of drugs, women, celebrity, high times, and hard ways. For My Next Trick I’ll Need a Volunteer (Life’ll Kill Ya, 2000) Zevon’s two 1990s albums Mr. He used his last months to record a last album, 'The Wind'.

He was not a very nice person, to put it mildly, as I discovered from reading his ex-wife Crystal’s biography of him, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead. One of my favorites is the late Warren Zevon. In 2001 Zevon was diagnosed as terminally ill with mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer. I occasionally listen to musical artists whose works were written as recently as this millennium, if you can imagine that. You can sense the guy’s admiration for her, even as he concedes that. The song details the far-flung exploits of a globetrotting actress and the sad sap at home forever waiting for her return. Bad Example really doesn’t sound like much else in the Zevon catalog. In the 1990s Warren also branched out into acting, playing himself in episodes of 'The Larry Sanders Show' and 'Suddenly Susan' or acting alongside one-time neighbour and friend Billy Bob Thornton. Susie Lightning (1991) With its psychedelic touches, this song from Mr. He was, however, engaged in the Hollywood lifestyle favored by some of his more high-profile colleagues and was battling with alcoholism for the better part of his life. The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon (Ecco, 2007), by his ex-wife. 'Mellow Mafia' (including, among others, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and JD Souther), but set himself apart by his adventurous lyrical and musical choices. Excitable Boys: Billy Bob Thornton, Jackson Browne, and Dwight Yoakam performed at a tribute to Warren Zevon in 2004. Though considered by the general public as a one-hit wonder - an impression not helped by 'Werewolves of London' becoming a hit once more in 1986 following its use by Martin Scorsese in a key scene of The Color of Money - he had a highly praised recording career, a devoted fan-base and a lot of peer respect during the course of the publication of 15 solo albums from 1969 to 2002. This album, like the preceding and critically praised eponymous album, were produced by Jackson Browne, who helped Warren get a recording contract and stayed a lifelong supporter and friend. Auburn professor George Plasketes inserts himself into this critical gap with Warren Zevon: Desperado of Los Angeles, a 200-page volume devoted to the master of song noir. His breakthrough as a recording artist came in 1978 when his song 'Werewolves of London' became a surprise hit, pushing the accompanying album 'Excitable Boy' into the Top 30 as well. As Warren once said, I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did.Narrated by his former wife and longtime co-conspirator, Crystal Zevon, this intimate. Thompson, Carl Hiaasen, Stephen King, Thomas McGuane and Dave Barry.

He is considered one of the best lyricists in songwriting and his interest in the literary world has led to friendships with many writers, including Hunter S. A trained classical pianist, he often combined darkly humorous and cynical observations with heartfelt romantic sentiments and biting social satire. The son of a gangster who was a Russian Jewish immigrant, and a Mormon Midwestern mother of English descent, Warren Zevon overcame a difficult childhood and an ill-fated start as a folk-rock-singer in the 1960s to establish himself as one of the most offbeat and intelligent singer-songwriters in the mid-1970s.

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