By the age of thirteen, Zevon was an occasional visitor to the home of Igor Stravinsky where he, alongside Robert Craft, briefly studied modern classical music.

Zevon retreated from the music business for several years, during which he finally overcame severe alcohol and drug addictions.

Zevon also served as musical coordinator and occasional guitarist for an ad-hoc rock music group called the Rock Bottom Remainders, a collection of writers performing rock and roll standards at book fairs and other events.

With record sales reasonably brisk and music critics giving Zevon his best notices since Excitable Boy, Life'll Kill Ya is seen as his second comeback.

Selections from an interview between Zevon and Austin-based radio personality Jody Denberg are blended with about 40 minutes of music on the collection's second disc.

Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon is an album by Warren Zevon, released in 2002 ( see 2002 in music ).

Zevon began recording the album shortly after he was diagnosed with inoperable pleural mesothelioma ( a cancer of the lining of the lung ), and it was released just two weeks before his death on September 7, 2003 ( see 2003 in music ).

My Ride's Here is an album by American singer / songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 2002 ( see 2002 in music ).

Carlock moved to Los Angeles, where he worked with Greg Ladanyi, producer of pop music artists like Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Fleetwood Mac, and Warren Zevon.

* Recorded covers of Alejandro Escovedo's " Paradise " and Warren Zevon's " Reconsider Me " with Reckless Kelly, for Escovedo and Zevon tribute albums.

Warren William Zevon ( January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003 ) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his sometimes sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.

Zevon touring solo in Heidelberg, Germany | Heidelberg as the opener for Jackson Browne, 1976

Millar was a literary hero of Zevon's who met the singer for the first time while participating in an intervention organized by Rolling Stone journalist Paul Nelson that helped Zevon temporarily curtail his addictions.

In the liner notes for the 1996 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead anthology, Zevon stated that after the song came out, Habib sent him " a very nice letter of appreciation on State Department stationery ".

After the disappointing reception for The Envoy, Zevon's distributor Asylum Records ended their business relationship, which Zevon discovered only when he read about it in the Random Notes gossip column of Rolling Stone.

This album featured the modest pop hit " Searching for a Heart " and the rocker " Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead ", later utilized for the title of the neo-noir film of the same name directed by Gary Fleder ; after some skirmishing over the unauthorized use of Zevon's song title, the Zevon track was licensed to play over the film's end credits.

Zevon often played in Colorado to allow for an opportunity to visit with his long-time friend Hunter S. Thompson.

An affiliated project for which Zevon both played and wrote liner notes is the offbeat 1998 album Stranger Than Fiction, a two CD set attributed to the Wrockers containing rock covers and originals by many of the Remainders authors plus such notables as Norman Mailer and Maya Angelou.

Occasionally, between 1982 and 2001, Zevon filled in for Paul Shaffer as bandleader on Late Night with David Letterman and later Late Show with David Letterman.

( The Hockey Song )" ( which was co-written by Tuesdays with Morrie author Mitch Albom, and featured Paul Shaffer, the " Late Night " band and a spoken guest vocal from TV host David Letterman ) and the ballad " Genius ", later taken as the title for a 2002 Zevon anthology, and a song whose string section illustrates the lasting influence of Stravinsky on Zevon's work.

On October 30, 2002, Zevon was featured on the Late Show with David Letterman as the only guest for the entire hour.

The Wind was certified gold by the RIAA in December 2003 and Zevon received five posthumous Grammy nominations, including Song of the Year for the ballad " Keep Me In Your Heart ".

The book is made up of interwoven interviews from many of Zevon's friends and associates, and is notable for its unvarnished portrayal of Zevon ( at his request ).

His interests have not only included libretto, but the rock lyric as well, penning lines for the band The Handsome Family as well as the late Warren Zevon whose titular track " My Ride's Here " belongs to a Muldoon collaboration.

#" Looking for the Next Best Thing " ( Kenny Edwards, Marinell, Zevon ) – 3: 37

** Warren Zevon for The Wind

** Bruce Springsteen & Warren Zevon for " Disorder in the House "

* Warren Zevon who died in September 2003 was awarded two posthumous awards ; Best Contemporary Folk Album for The Wind and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for his duet with Bruce Springsteen, Disorder in the House.

** Warren Zevon for The Wind

Logo after the Elektra-Asylum merger One of Asylum's most prominent signings after Geffen's departure was Warren Zevon, who released a series of successful and critically acclaimed LPs for the label ; his self-titled 1976 label debut has been called the best California rock album of the decade.

Zevon also appeared on the Larry Sanders Show on HBO, in 1993, playing himself as a guest on the show, promoting Learning to Flinch.

* DiMartino, Dave singer-songwriters: Pop Music's Performer-Composers from A to Zevon ( 1994 ), Billboard Books ( web search required ).

Other well-known songs written by Zevon have been recorded by other artists, including " Poor Poor Pitiful Me " ( a top 40 hit by Linda Ronstadt ), " Accidentally Like a Martyr ", " Mohammed's Radio ", " Carmelita ", and " Hasten Down the Wind ".

Critic Dave Marsh, in The Rolling Stone Record Guide ( 1979 ), called Zevon " one of the toughest rockers ever to come out of Southern California ".

Zevon toured the United States ( with the Odds ), Europe, and Australia and New Zealand during this period.

He also performed with Delaney and Bonnie, Colours ( recording lead guitar on their second album ), and Warren Zevon.

It was included on his greatest hits compilations A Quiet Normal Life ( 1986 ), I ’ ll Sleep When I ’ m Dead ( 1996 ), and Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon ( 2002 ).

In 2003, Warren Zevon released a version of the song on his album The Wind ( 2003 ), shortly before his death from cancer in September of that year.

It features a lilting melodic line and what some consider to be an overblown film score-like orchestration ( supposedly including a young Warren Zevon ), a view which Ochs himself would later on come to share.

Kortchmar worked on his own, reuniting with Larkey in the band Jo Mama in 1970 and 1971 and recording solo albums Kootch ( 1973 ) and Innuendo ( 1980 ), but he experienced his greatest success backing other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Warren Zevon, Harry Nilsson and Jackson Browne.

* Carmelita ( song ), song by Warren Zevon from his 1976 solo album