It was included on Warren’s 1978 album Excitable Boy. Werewolves of London was composed by LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, and Warren Zevon.And, occasionally, between 19, Zevon filled in for Paul Shaffer as bandleader on David Letterman’s late night show.Throughout the 70s, he also toured as keyboard player and band leader for The Everly Brothers.
WARREN ZEVON WEREWOLF OF LONDON LYRICS MOVIE
She Quit Me, one of Warren’s early compositions was included in the 1969 soundtrack for the movie Midnight Cowboy.It contains brilliant songs like, Werewolves of London, Poor, Poor Pitiful Me (a hit for Linda Ronstadt), Lawyers, Guns and Money, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Hasten Down the Wind and Prince’s, Raspberry Beret. If your album collection is void of Warren’s albums, go out and get one ASAP – even if it’s just his Greatest Hits album. Close musical friends including Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Joe Walsh, David Lindley, Emmylou Harris, Tom Petty, Dwight Yoakam, and others contributed to it.
Instead, he threw himself into recording his final album, The Wind. He refused treatment because he believed it would rob him of his ability to make music. In 2002 Warren was diagnosed with a form of cancer associated with exposure to asbestos. Musicians such as Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young have worked with him and praised his work. Known for having a rather dark sense of humour which he managed to convert into great lyrics and catchy songs, Warren Zevon is underrated as a musician.įortunately, not everyone thinks so.
In 2004, BBC listeners voted Warren Zevon’s 1978 hit, Werewolves of London, the song with the best opening line of all time.
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