[lbo-talk] Zevon

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I was thinking of mentioning that -- Zevon's a big
fave of mine. He's not on the level of Cash, but
wouldn't claim to be. Bob Dylan liked him; was been
singing Zevon songs in his shows for some years,
played on a disc Z released in the late '80s.  He's
not 70s SCal sound, though he used to write for Linda
Rindsadt; he's a Rousseua to their Voltaire -- the
SCal he speaks for is James Ellroy's or Nathanial
west's rather than the Eagles and Jackson Browne. To
like him you just have to be twisted in a Hunter
Thompson bad boy sort of way -- which I am, or was --
to get a  kick out of cheery songs about serious
murderers and rapists digging up their victim's bodies
are building a  cage with their bones. Of course in my
profession "Lawyers Guns and Money" is (Send LG&M,
Dad, get me out of this!) For those of us who care
about the pop/jazz standards, Z did one of the better
pop/rock versions of You Don't Know What Love Is,
genuine affecting. I have not heard The Wind (his
last) yet, but will get it. Rhino has/had a nice 2
disc best of taht is a good collection if Z's best
work. jks

--- Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net> wrote:
> Justin:
> 
> > Yes, indeed. There were giants in those days.
> 
> I noticed that no one here has mentioned the death
> of Warren Zevon. Are
> there any fans of his here? My wife's a big fan, and
> was upset with his
> passing; but I never got into that early-70s
> southern California sound
> (preferring instead the late-70s LA punk scene),
> though I, too, felt badly
> about his early demise. Can anyone here make a case
> for Zevon? I feel I'm
> missing something.
> 
> DP
> 
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