Artist: Warren Zevon
Column from web archive November 13, 2008
Wynn wins, Swift’s sweet, Van’s the man, and more
Steve Wynn Returns: Former Dream Syndicate frontman/paisley underground enabler Steve Wynn has been on a roll lately, releasing a disc with the Baseball Project (his collaboration with Young Fresh Fellow Scott McCaughey and R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, among others) and joining with the Teenaged Prayers in a band called Hazel Motes (named, it’s a safe bet, [...]
Farther Along - Obituary from Issue #48 Nov-Dec 2003
Warren Zevon: 1947 to 2003
Warren Zevon was a big fan of Doctor Faustus; he thought the Thomas Mann tome was “the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll novel.” But if he himself cooked up any deals with the baddest of Mr. Bad Examples, he got sold short. Fame? He had his share of it, even before he gave that unprecedented command [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #47 Sept-Oct 2003
Warren Zevon – The Wind
Warren Zevon occupies much of The Wind looking the other way. His closest acknowledgment of the fatal lung cancer that’s numbered his days is a poignantly straight reading of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”; clearly, his wry humor will be the last thing to go. Not unlike Joey Ramone’s posthumous Don’t Worry About Me, [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #45 May-June 2003
Warren Zevon – The First Sessions
These four discs represent the first, tentative steps at getting Warren Zevon’s back catalog in order. Wile it’s nice to have this material available again, it also represents, disappointingly, a series of missed opportunitiesFirst things first: The First Sessions is a true archaeological dig, and places the teenage Zevon smack dab in the middle of [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #40 July-Aug 2002
Warren Zevon – My Ride’s Here
Two years after Life’ll Kill Ya found Warren Zevon coolly gazing at age and decay, My Ride’s Here swivels his mirrored sunglasses and wry derision toward death. And the NHL. Comrades have his back. Although he’s regularly performed and collaborated with artists ranging from Dwight Yoakam to screenwriter Tom McGuane, My Ride’s Here lines up [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #26 March-April 2000
Warren Zevon – Life’ll Kill Ya
“You’ve got an invalid haircut/And it hurts when you smile.” With the opening lines to the title track of his latest album, Warren Zevon further establishes his reputation as a songwriter to equal John Prine. Like Prine, too, he’s spent the last couple decades quietly going about his business, although the further he recedes from [...]
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