Zevon Catalog Reissues
Every once in awhile, I get addicted to an artist. I hear a few of their songs, and I find something so identifiable with them. Usually, it’s the songwriting. The words they choose. The ideas they express. The way they are different from everything else out there. A ‘Greatest Hits’ album becomes sacrilage. Owning a few albums here and there won’t do it either. Nope. I have to own every damn thing they put out. I have to hear every note they put to tape. I can’t miss a single iota of their brilliance.
My friends can pretty much recite the artists I’m into like that. The Beatles, Bob Dylan and (up until recently) Bruce Springsteen. The latest “must have” artist for me is Warren Zevon. If you didn’t know who he was three years ago, you probably do now.
You may not know the name, but you probably know his biggest hit, a novelty song called “Werewolves In London”, played endlessly on classic rock radio. You may also know another hit of his: “Lawyers, Guns and Money”.
Three years ago, Zevon, who had a lifelong fear of doctors was finding himself constantly short of breath. His friends finally convinced him to visit a physician. Unfortunately his fear of doctors was well founded. That examination revealed that he was suffering from terminal mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer.
Zevon made his final TV appearance performing on the Late Show with David Letterman on October 30, 2002. You could tell he was in bad shape. But Zevon made it through, performing three songs.
Zevon refused to undergo treatments that may have prolonged his life in order to put all his effort into one last album, ‘The Wind’, released in September 2003. He died a week later. Almost immediately afterward, Zevon began to get the mainstream attention and praise that he struggled to achieve his whole career. ‘The Wind’ was Zevon’s highest chart debut ever. The following year, the Grammys produced a special tribute segment in his honor. A tribute album soon followed with performances of Zevon songs featuring Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne and Adam Sandler (!)
These days, Warren’s son Jordan is overseeing the expansion and remastering of his late father’s catalog. This week saw the release of three albums: the classic ‘Excitable Boy’, the underrated ‘The Envoy’ and the live ‘Stand In the Fire’. I picked all of them up this week. You should too. Now.
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