Warren Zevon plays a synthesizer in his West Hollywood, Calif., apartment in 1989. Zevon, who was twice divorced, is survived by a son, a daughter and two grandchildren. Browne used his influence to persuade Asylum Records to release a solo album in 1976.Īnother notable recording, "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School" (1980), including the song "Bed of Coals," had the lyrics: His debut album in 1969, "Wanted Dead or Alive," bombed commercially, and friends such as Ronstadt kept up his spirits by recording his songs. He resettled in Los Angeles to do backup work for Browne, Ronstadt, the Everly Brothers and others. Zevon had a cult-like following with songs like Werewolves of London, Excitable Boy, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner and Lawyers, Guns and Money. In the early 1970s, he went to work for the Everly Brothers, first as a pianist and later as band leader. Warren Zevon was a singer-songwriter who died at the young age of 53, not from drug or alcohol related issues, but from another more deadly cause, asbestos cancer caused death. Zevon studied classical piano in Los Angeles, briefly under Igor Stravinsky, and then was a folk music singer in New York and San Francisco. His mother was a Mormon, and his father was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who made a living as a prizefighter and gambler. To support himself, he returned to lucrative club dates, which were packed with fans who relished his morbid spirit. "I sort of have to, whether I like to or not," he said. He once joked with Rolling Stone magazine that he enjoyed restarting his career every seven years. Zevon spent extended periods away from songwriting as he wrestled with alcohol addiction. His other works included "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner," "Poor Poor Pitiful Me," "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead," "Life'll Kill Ya" and "Lawyers, Guns and Money." (Aaron Rapoport / Getty Images) Twenty years after Zevon’s death from cancer at age 56, the Roxy gig is just one manifestation of a surge of interest in his wise and.
He left with a death sentence: diagnosed with mesothelioma, a rare, inoperable cancer that had ravaged his. Zevon launched his concert career in 1978 with the album "Excitable Boy." It included the eccentric hit "Werewolves of London," about a well-coifed, pina colada-loving killer. In late August, Zevon went to a cardiologist, complaining of shortness of breath. Long a studio musician for such stars as Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt, Mr. Since his lung cancer was diagnosed last year, he had completed a new album, "The Wind." It was released in August. Warren Zevon, 56, the singer-songwriter whose best-known pieces included "Werewolves of London" and "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead," died Sept.
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