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Warren Zevon: Learning To Flitch

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On April 13, 1993, “Giant Records” label released “Learning to Flinch”, the second Warren Zevon live album. It was recorded June – October 1992, at various venues in the United States, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia, and was produced by Duncan Aldrich and Warren Zevon.

Personnel:

Warren Zevon – guitar, keyboards, vocals, harmonica

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Splendid Isolation
  2. Lawyers, Guns and Money
  3. Mr. Bad Example – Jorge Calderón, Warren Zevon
  4. Excitable Boy – LeRoy Marinell, Warren Zevon
  5. Hasten Down the Wind
  6. The French Inhaler
  7. Worrier King
  8. Roland Chorale – David Lindell, Warren Zevon
  9. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner – Davis Lindell, Warren Zevon
  10. Searching for a Heart
  11. Boom Boom Mancini
  12. Jungle Work – Jorge Calderón, Warren Zevon
  13. Piano Fighter
  14. Werewolves of London – LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon
  15. The Indifference of Heaven
  16. Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
  17. Play It All Night Long

Warren Zevon: Stand In The Fire

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On December 26, 1980, “Asylum” label released “Stand in the Fire”, the first live Warren Zevon (fifth album overall) album. It was recorded in August 1980, at the “The Roxy Theater” in Hollywood, and was produced by Greg Ladanyi and Warren Zevon.

Personnel:

  •  Warren Zevon – vocals, 12 string guitar, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards
  • David Landau – lead guitar
  • Zeke Zirngiebel – vocals, guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, steel guitar, 12-string guitar
  • Bob Harris – synthesizer, piano, backing vocals
  • Roberto Piñón – bass, backing vocals
  • Marty Stinger – drums
  • Billy Youdelman and Greg Ladanyi – recording
  • Greg Ladanyi – mixing
  • James Ledner – mixing assistant
  • George Gruel – road manager
  • Jimmy Wachtel, Michael Curtis – art direction, photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Stand in the Fire
  2. Jeannie Needs a Shooter – Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon
  3. Excitable Boy – LeRoy Marinell, Warren Zevon
  4. Mohammed’s Radio
  5. Werewolves of London – LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon
  6. Lawyers, Guns and Money
  7. The Sin
  8. Poor Poor Pitiful Me
  9. I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
  10. Bo Diddley’s a Gunslinger / Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley 

Warren Zevon: Excitable Boy

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On January 18, 1978, “Asylum” label released “Excitable Boy”, the third Warren Zevon studio album. It was recorded in 1977, at “The Sound Factory” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Jackson Browne and Waddy Wachtel.

Personnel:

  • Warren Zevon – lead, harmony and backing vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Jackson Browne– guitar, harmony and backing vocals
  • Waddy Wachtel– guitar, synthesizer, harmony and backing vocals
  • Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar- guitar, percussion
  • Kenny Edwards, John McVie- bass
  • Bob Glaub, Leland Sklar– bass
  • Russ Kunkel– drums
  • Mick Fleetwood– drums
  • Rick Marotta– drums
  • Jeff Porcaro– drums, percussion
  • Luis Damian – jarana
  • Arthur Gerst – Mexican harp
  • Manuel Vasquez – requinto
  • Jim Horn– recorder
  • Greg Ladanyi– bells
  • The Gentlemen Boys (Jackson Browne, Jorge Calderón, Kenny Edwards, J. D. Souther, Waddy Wachtel) – backing and harmony vocals
  • Jorge Calderón– harmony and backing vocals, Spanish vocals
  • Linda Ronstadt, Karla Bonoff– backing and harmony vocals
  • Jennifer Warnes– harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Warren Zevon, except where noted.

  1. Johnny Strikes Up the Band
  2. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner – David Lindell, Warren Zevon
  3. Excitable Boy – LeRoy Marinell, Warren Zevon
  4. Werewolves of London – LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Warren Zevon
  5. Accidentally Like a Martyr
  6. Nighttime in the Switching Yard – Jorge Calderón, Lindell, Wachtel, Warren Zevon
  7. Veracruz – Jorge Calderón, Warren Zevon
  8. Tenderness on the Block – Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon
  9. Lawyers, Guns and Money