Warren zevons biography

Warren William Zevon January 24, — September 7, was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician known for including his strange and somewhat critical opinions of life in his lyrics. Zevon wrote many songs that were humorous and often political. Zevon has written many songs that were recorded by other artists. Zevon sometimes recorded or sang cover songs.

Letterman later sang with Zevon on "Hit Somebody! He had a lot of problems in his life, including divorce , alcoholism , and suicide attempts. He also had a paranoia of doctors and this killed him: he did not know he had cancer until doctors could not help him. Zevon was born in Chicago, Illinois. They soon moved to Fresno, California.

By the age of 13, Zevon sometimes visited Igor Stravinsky where he studied modern classical music. Zevon's parents divorced when he was 16 years old. After the divorce, he dropped out of high school and moved from Los Angeles to New York to become a folk singer.

Warren zevon political views

In , Zevon released his most popular and critically acclaimed album Excitable Boy. Radio stations often played the songs off the album, especially "Werewolves of London. The album also had the songs "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Lawyers, Guns and Money," which were both deadpan humor songs about geopolitics. Rolling Stone named the album one of the most important albums in the s.