His father was a Jewish immigrant from Russia, whose original surname was Zivotovsky. Zevon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Beverly Cope (née Simmons) and William Zevon. Known for his dry wit and acerbic lyrics, he was a guest numerous times on Late Night with David Letterman and the Late Show with David Letterman. in the blues rock outfit Hindu Love Gods.
He briefly found a new audience in the 1980s by teaming up with members of R.E.M. This launched a cult following that lasted for 25 years, with Zevon making occasional returns to album and single charts until his death from cancer in 2003. Despite all this, Zevon struggled to breakthrough in his solo career, until his music was performed by Linda Ronstadt, beginning in 1976 with her album Hasten Down the Wind. Zevon's early music industry successes were found as a session musician, jingle composer, songwriter, touring musician, musical coordinator & bandleader. Along with his own work, he recorded or performed occasional covers, including Allen Toussaint's "A Certain Girl", Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan", Steve Winwood's "Back in the High Life Again", and Prince's "Raspberry Beret". He also wrote major hits that were recorded by other artists, including "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", "Accidentally Like a Martyr", "Mohammed's Radio", "Carmelita", and "Hasten Down the Wind". Zevon's most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", all of which are featured on his third album, Excitable Boy (1978), whose title track is also well-known. And I don't think it will truly affect the work of Zevon, who was savvy enough to know that his death would bring him a little sainthood for the road.Warren William Zevon ( / ˈ z iː v ɒ n/ January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician. People at a certain level of Genius(TM) have been living by different rules than the rest of us, and I'm not sorry that is beginning to change. I know that I was supposed to be focused on Zevon's bond with Letterman, but all I could think was that here was someone else who has never paid any public price for his treatment of women.
It amazes me to see it used for male celebrities who are assholes. I have never seen a woman be able to use "shy and introspective" as an excuse for anything, much less becoming a blackout wife-beating drunk. Zevon was "shy and introspective"? You don't say. No, we're actually listening to women and considering that their problems matter. Hyden seems to think that we now want "unambiguous virtue" just as a fad, that we're lowering hemlines and raising necklines the way the early Victorians did after the Regency. My attitude has gone from "Zevon, yeah, I ought to get around to listening to more of him" to "Zevon? Naw, let's don't." Zevon's reputation will, I am sure, survive me. Generally, I strenuously avoid reading unnecessary biography on musicians or artists that I've enjoyed, so I wish I hadn't clicked on this article.
I tried to appreciate it as well as I could. The music wasn't for me neither was the world, of course. When I was older than that, but still a kid, the music still made me feel uncomfortable somehow, something like the way I would feel when I had to stand in a bar or some other extremely grownup place being extremely quiet so that no one would notice me and throw me out. I thought that the restaurant in "Werewolves of London" actually served human flesh, and I felt bad about the "little old lady" every time. It honestly frightened me when I was little. I listened to a lot of Zevon throughout my childhood because my dad is a fan, and it was often in the car. Oh, yeah, it's "Roland" for me, no question.
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