This Collector’s Edition features 15 previously unreleased tracks, including either demos, live cuts or alternate takes of every song from the debut, including both a festive 1974 demo of “Carmelita” and a slimmer alternate version, an intimate take of “Hasten Down the Wind,” and solo piano demos of “Mohammed’s Radio,” “Frank and Jesse James,” and “The French Inhaler” that confirm Zevon’s greatness even without his famous supportive friends. Produced by Jackson Browne and featuring an A-list of Los Angeles studio pros, from Waddy Wachtel and David Lindley to members of Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles, Zevon’s album twisted the accepted wisdoms of self-confession and narcissistic complacency and found a false braggart in “Poor Poor Pitiful Me,” a hard living fatalist in “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead,” a resigned junkie for “Carmelita” and even a sentimental poet in “Hasten Down the Wind.” His novelistic intensity was balanced with a pure shot of even-handed rock n’ roll that would take on even greater life in concert. All three songs are featured on his third album, Excitable Boy (1978), the. Zevon's most famous compositions include 'Werewolves of London', 'Lawyers, Guns and Money', and 'Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner'. Tabber: PSYCHELINGUS Tempo 94 ZEVON Legend L - tied note x - dead note h - hammer on/pull off b. Carmelita hold me tighter I think Im sinking down And Im all strung out on heroin On the outskirts of town Well, Im sittin here playing solitaire With my pearl-handled deck The county wont give me no more methadone And they cut off your welfare check. Warren William Zevon ( / zivn / Janu September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician. Warren Zevon’s self-titled 1976 Asylum Records debut took singer-songwriting into darker, tougher terrain. 2,924 views, added to favorites 23 times.
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