Re: Warren Zevon 1947-2003

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> Warren Zevon 1947-2003
> 
> Monday September 8, 2003
> see www.latimes.com for complete obit
> 
> L.A. Times OBITUARIES
> Warren Zevon, 56; Singer Had a Sense of Grim Theater
> By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer
> 
> Warren Zevon, a restless, sardonic bard who embodied the dark edge and excess
> of the famed singer-songwriter scene in 1970s Southern California, died after a
> battle with lung cancer. He was 56.
> 
> Zevon died Sunday afternoon at his home in Los Angeles, according to his
> manager Irving Azoff, who said that the singer had been "very upbeat" in the
> past week due to the success of his new album and the recent birth of twin
> grandchildren. "He was in a good place."
> 
> [Jackson] Browne, Zevon's close friend, had championed his cause to music mogul
> David Geffen and the result would be "Warren Zevon," a 1976 release from Asylum
> Records that would make the singer a darling of the critics. Browne produced
> the album, which included "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me," a major hit a year later for
> Linda Ronstadt. The album boasted an impressive crowd of contributors, among
> them [Don] Henley, Glenn Frey, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Carl Wilson,
> Bonnie Raitt and J.D. Souther. The assembly showed that Zevon was part of the
> loose circle of Southern California musicians that forged a defining sound in
> 1970s rock. [The album includes his song I'll Sleep When I'm Dead].

I saw Warren about 5 years ago. He sang a couple songs for Jesse
Ventura's inaugural ball. Jesse "the Mind" Ventura joined him for
Werewolves of London. Jesse was a better governor than he was a
singer.