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by C. M. Kushins


  Collins, Ruby, 38

  color, Warren’s preference for monochromatic, 24, 242, 346

  The Color of Money (film), 221, 310

  Coltrane, John, 33

  Condos, Jennifer, 265

  Cooder, Ry, 52, 341, 342

  Cook, Bryan, 213

  Copland, Aaron, 64

  Corea, Chick, 252, 257, 263

  Corneal, Jon, 36

  Cowsill, Barry, 57

  Cowsill, William “Bud,” 49

  “The Crack-Up and Resurrection of Warren Zevon” (Nelson), 223

  “The Crack-Up” (Fitzgerald), 141

  Craft, Robert, 13–14, 360

  Cramer, Floyd, 43

  Cream (magazine), 175

  creative process, Warren’s, 47, 222

  critics

  on Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 146–149

  on Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School tour performances, 153–154

  on The Envoy, 174–175

  on Excitable Boy, 98–100

  on Excitable Boy tour, 102–103, 104

  on Life’ll Kill Ya, 316

  on Live at Least Tour, 192

  on live performances, 217–218

  on Mr. Bad Example, 280–281

  on Sentimental Hygiene, 235, 238

  on Sentimental Hygiene tour, 240–241

  on Stand in the Fire, 158

  on Transverse City, 256, 263–265

  on Transverse City tour, 265–266, 268

  on The Wind, 349

  Crocker, Glenn, 16, 33

  Cromelin, Richard, 281, 328

  Crossfires (band), 20

  Cruise, Tom, 221

  Crumley, Jim, 162

  cummings, e. e., 21

  cyberpunk music, Warren and, 256

  Daily Vault (music review site), 291

  dance remix, for “Leave My Monkey Alone,” 237

  Daniels, Joe, 177

  Dante, Alighieri, 145

  David, Marty, 66

  Davis, Clive, 58

  Davis, Miles, 229, 263

  Davis, Sammy, Jr., 339

  D-Doe, Ernie, 130

  death

  as theme in Life’ll Kill Ya, 316

  Warren’s, 350–351

  death wish, Warren’s seeming, 1–4, 51

  debut album. See Warren Zevon (Zevon)

  Dekker, Desmond, 67

  Dell, Gene, 44

  del Toro, Benicio, 323

  DeNiro, Robert, 117

  Depp, Johnny, 299

  DeShannon, Jackie, 25

  “Desperadoes Under the Eaves” (Zevon), 50, 68, 70

  The Detangler (A. Zevon), 356

  “Detox Mansion” (Zevon), 213, 215–216, 233, 234–235, 238, 245, 291

  DeVito, JoAnn, 129

  Diddley, Bo, 269

  Die Another Day (film), 335

  digital audio tape (DAT) machine, 285–286

  digital computer editing, for Transverse City, 253

  digital editing suites, 325

  digital music technologies, Warren and, 219, 255, 263

  “Dirty Life and Times” (Zevon), 341

  “Dirty Little Religion” (Zevon), 315

  “Disorder in the House” (Zevon), 342–343, 353

  doctors, Warren’s fear of, 332–333

  Dodge City studios, 276

  Donahue, Jerry, 73

  Double Fantasy (Lennon), 174

  Dr. Zhivago (Pasternak), 339

  dream of shooting himself, Warren’s recurring, 1–4, 107

  Dream On (television series), 308

  drug use, Warren’s, 27–28, 33, 63, 179–180, 194

  Drug Wars (film), 294

  Dubliners (pub), 60, 61

  Duchovny, David, 356

  Dugmore, Dan, 275

  Duino Elegies (Rilke), 339

  Dunn, Kevin, 205

  Duvall, Robert, 117

  Dylan, Bob, 25–26, 36, 104, 138

  covers of Zevon’s songs, 335, 354

  Sentimental Hygiene cameo, 233, 258

  Warren’s admiration for, 25, 80, 192, 229, 232–233, 279

  Warren’s covers of Dylan songs, 130

  Dylan, Jakob, 233, 357–358

  The Eagles, 41, 52

  early life/childhood, 7, 8, 11–12

  Eastwood, Clint, 109, 124, 150, 160

  Ecco Books, 355

  Eddy, Duane, 216

  Edlund, Richard “Darkroom Dick,” 36, 40, 51

  Edwards, Blake, 169

  Edwards, Kenny, 93, 96, 173

  “El Amor de Mi Vida” (Zevon), 342, 347

  Elektra/Asylum, 42, 51, 175–176, 195–197, 198, 221

  Eliot, T. S., 113, 122, 140, 145

  El Rayo-X, 265

  “Empty-Handed Heart” (Zevon), 131, 145, 148

  Engemoen, Chip, 98

  Enjoy Every Sandwich (Zevon memorial album), 354

  Entertainment Weekly (magazine), 328, 335

  “The Envoy” (Zevon), 168

  The Envoy (Zevon), 163, 288

  critical reception of, 174–175, 267

  recording sessions, 165–174

  singles off of, 174–175

  tour supporting, 176–179

  Warren on challenge of, 164–165

  Warren’s secret agent fantasy and, 170–171

  Erwin, Wayne, 30

  “Even a Dog Can Shake Hands” (Zevon), 235–236

  Everly, Don, 42, 56, 57, 58, 64, 65, 84

  Everly, Ike, 43

  Everly, Phil, 42, 57–58, 59–60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 87

  Everly Brothers

  lessons learned from, 282–283

  Warren on tour with, 26, 42–43, 45–46, 50, 52–54, 279

  Warren’s work on Stories We Could Tell, 52

  “Everybody’s Talking” (Nilsson), 37

  “Excitable Boy” (Zevon), 71, 79, 90–91, 98, 177

  Excitable Boy (Zevon), 83, 299

  cover design, 97

  critical reception of, 98–100

  Gevinson’s relationship with Warren at time of, 188–190

  listening party for, 93–94

  marketing campaign, 97–98

  recording sessions, 86–96

  tour for, 101–103

  extended family, Warren’s relations with, 152–153, 207–208, 220, 243–244, 274

  Extremely Heavy! (Underground All-tars), 35

  “Eye in the Sky” (Parsons), 146

  “The Factory” (Zevon), 216, 218, 232, 233

  Fairfax High School (Los Angeles), 17–18

  Farkas, Sam, 9

  fear, Warren and, 107, 332

  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Thompson), 314

  Feigin, Ted, 20, 21–22, 25

  Felder, Don, 131, 142

  Fergus, Jim, 162

  “Fiery Emblems” (Zevon), 36

  “Finishing Touches” (Zevon), 277

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 81, 138, 141, 162, 236

  Five Easy Pieces (film), 55

  Flea (musician), 226, 237

  Fleetwood, Mick, 87, 88–89, 343

  Fleetwood Mac, 49

  Flies (band), 33

  flip-side racket, 29–30

  folk-rocker persona, Warren’s, 275–276

  folk-rock genre, Mr. Bad Example and, 279–280

  “Follow Me” (Zevon), 23–25, 25

  “Folsom Prison Blues” (Cash), 216, 235

  Fonda, Peter, 162

  Fong-Torres, Ben, 148

  “Football Takes Its Toll” (Zevon & Souther), 310

  For Everyman (Browne), 66

  Forman, Steve, 173

  40 Watt Club, 210, 213, 215

  Four Quartets (Eliot), 113, 122

  Fowley, Kim, 34–36, 38–39, 127, 296, 356

  Frampton, Peter, 101

  “Frank and Jesse James” (Zevon), 64–65, 82

  French, Toxey, 36

  “The French Inhaler” (Zevon), 57, 67–68

  Fretts, Bruce, 328

  Frey, Glenn, 64, 67, 69, 140, 142–143, 144, 173, 196, 212


  Friedman, Barry (Frazier Mohawk), 51–52

  From Russia with Love (film), 335

  Front Line Management, 197, 200, 212, 271

  “Frozen Notes” (Zevon), 71, 93

  Full Moon Fever (Petty), 275

  Funny People (film), 356

  Garcia, Jerry, 106, 254, 258

  Garfunkel, Art, 25

  Garofalo, Bryan, 75

  Gavin, Bill, 26

  Gaye, Marvin, 25

  Geffen, David, 41, 52, 62, 79, 80, 95, 175, 196

  Geller, Arnie, 50

  Genesis, 223

  “Genius” (Zevon), 325, 326, 339

  Gevinson, Anita, 347

  on Ariel’s message to Warren, 197

  Ariel’s visit to Philadelphia and, 202–203

  career in radio, 188, 191

  on composition of “Piano Fighter,” 204

  relationship with Warren, 187, 188–190, 190–191, 195, 204–205, 214

  on Slater, 210–211

  on Warren and Mancini fight, 230–231

  on Warren and politics, 241

  on Warren finding he’d been dropped by Elektra/Asylum, 198

  on Warren’s addictions, 194

  Warren’s European tour and, 200–203

  Warren’s rehab and, 209, 211–212

  Giancana, Sam, 9

  Giant Records, 269–271, 281–282, 285, 289, 291–292, 298, 301

  Gibson, William, 251, 254

  Gilbertson, Jon M., 316

  Gilmore, Gary, 193

  Gilmore, Mikal, 165, 171

  Gilmour, David, 253, 255

  Ginsberg, Merle, 223–224, 242, 247–251, 259, 347

  Glaub, Bob, 65, 67, 92, 171, 254, 262, 277, 278

  Gold, Debbie, 310, 311

  Goldberg, Danny

  Browne and, 305–306

  final sessions and, 343

  Grammy Awards’ tribute and, 353

  memorial album and, 354

  My Ride’s Here and, 318–319, 326–327

  Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings and, 355

  record contract for Warren and, 312–313

  on sales of Life’ll Kill Ya, 317

  Warren on Letterman appearance, 339

  The Wind and, 334, 335, 336, 338–339, 342, 345, 349

  Golden, Stan, 333

  Goldmine (magazine), 289, 298, 299, 310

  Gold Mountain Entertainment, 306

  gold records, Warren’s, 37, 105–106

  “Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight” (Berry), 213

  Good Clean Fun (Fowley), 35

  “Good Times” (Easybeats), 213

  Gore, Al, 339

  “Gorilla, You’re a Desperado” (Zevon), 36, 132, 141, 142, 145, 147

  Gould, Glenn, 316, 361

  Graceland, 316

  Gradney, Kenny, 240

  Grammy nominations, for The Wind, 353

  Grand Canyon (film), 280

  Grateful Dead, 106

  Green, Richard, 230

  green, Warren’s stephen lyme persona and, 24

  Greene, Graham, 60, 163

  “Gridlock” (Zevon), 259, 274

  Griffin, Kathy, 308

  group therapy, at St. Mary’s Hospital, 211

  Gruel, George, 310

  on all-star cameos, 142–143

  Ariel’s fourth birthday party and, 155

  Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School and, 128, 131, 138, 144–145

  Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School tour and, 153, 154

  on “Charlie’s Medicine,” 169–170

  on donating T-shirts from tour to mental hospital, 159

  on European tour, 163

  Lawyers, Guns & Photos, 355

  photos for The Envoy and, 174

  relationship with Warren, 125–126, 198–199

  subduing O’Hare, 160

  visit from Bill Lee and, 139–140

  Warren, Lankford, and, 151, 180

  on Warren in studio, 149

  on Warren meeting Buckley, 177

  Warren’s debut on MTV and, 179

  Warren’s grudge against Browne and, 193

  on Warren’s love of classical music, 133

  “grunge classical,” 318

  guitar, Warren and, 13, 15, 231, 315

  gunfire, inclusion in Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 128, 129

  Gunnels, Gene, 43, 57

  guns

  in album photos, 97, 145

  critics note of Warren’s fascination with, 99, 100, 101

  Warren’s dream of shooting himself, 1–4, 107

  Warren’s fascination with and collection of, 69, 83, 97, 107

  Warren’s use of, 107–108, 110, 113

  “Gunslinger” (Diddley), 158

  Habib, Philip, 165–166, 168, 171

  Haeny, John, 72

  Hall, Daryl, 188

  Hammett, Dashiell, 105, 149

  Hannah, Daryl, 214

  “Happy Together” (Turtles), 29

  Harlot’s Ghost (Mailer), 328

  Harper, Bill, 312

  Harris, Bob, 152

  Harris, Emmylou, 353

  Harris, Jordan, 222, 225

  Harrison, George, 31–32, 33

  Hartford Courant (newspaper), 281, 289

  “Hasten Down the Wind” (Zevon), 43, 64, 66–67, 75, 79, 192, 193, 267

  Havens, Richie, 84

  Hawaiian vacations, 95–96, 116, 122, 168–169

  Hayward, Richie, 240, 254, 262

  Haywood, Doug, 73, 149

  “Heartache Spoken Here” (Zevon), 279

  “The Heartache” (Zevon), 236–237

  heavy metal folk, 215

  Heim, Chris, 281

  Hemingway, Ernest, 81, 138, 144, 162, 229

  Hendrix,, Jimi, 362

  Henley, Don, 63, 196–197, 220, 221, 357

  appearances on Warren’s recordings, 64, 67, 93, 142–143, 144, 168, 173, 216, 226, 233, 341

  Slater and, 209, 271

  heroin use

  Arngrim’s, 274–275

  Warren’s, 150, 180

  Hiaasen, Carl

  on making of Warren’s final album, 337

  Mutineer and, 297, 298, 299, 300–301

  relationship with Warren, 309, 334

  Rock Bottom Remainders, Warren, and, 319, 326

  on Warren’s business card, 351

  on Warren’s drinking and drug use during illness, 346

  Hiatt, John, 346

  Hilburn, Robert, 192

  hindu love gods, 213

  hindu love gods (album), 269–270, 275, 285

  Hinsche, Billy, 70–71

  “Hit Somebody!” (Zevon and Albom), 320–321, 325

  Holden, Stephen, 72, 177–178, 217–218, 264–266

  Holiday, Billie, 263

  Holy Bible, Warren and, 339, 346

  home studio, Warren’s (Anatomy of a Headache), 292–293, 306, 313, 314, 324–325

  The Honey War, planned theatrical stage musical, 338

  Hooker, John Lee, 32

  Horn, Jim, 91, 93, 169

  Hornsby, Bruce, 298

  Hot Space (Queen), 167

  Houghton, Jim, 160

  Howe, Dayton “Bones,” 31

  connecting Warren with Fowley, 34, 35

  connecting Warren with Geffen and Asylum Records, 41–42

  contracts with Imperial label for Warren and, 40

  as lyme and cybelle’s producer, 21–22, 23–24, 25–26

  Midnight Cowboy soundtrack and, 37

  Warren’s second album and, 40

  Hughes, John, 277

  “The Hula Hula Boys” (Zevon), 168, 174

  “Hurricane” (Dylan), 138

  “If You Gotta Go, Go Now” (Dylan), 25–26, 28

  “Iko, Iko” (Crawford, Hawkins, Hawkins & Johnson), 130

  “I’ll Go On” (Zevon), 26

  I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (Crystal’s memoir), 355

  “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” (Zevon), 68, 75, 79, 81, 179, 340

  Imperial R
ecords, Warren and, 34, 40

  Indianapolis Star and News (newspaper), 301, 311

  “The Indifference of Heaven” (Zevon), 290, 293–294, 296

  infidelity, Warren’s, 188, 276, 296

  Inside Recordings, 357

  Insides Out (J. Zevon), 354

  “Interlude No. 1” (Zevon), 132–133, 135

  “Interlude No. 2” (Zevon), 135, 140, 145, 146

  intervention therapy, 4, 110–113, 115–116

  Ireland, Crystal’s trip to, 116–117, 120–121, 122

  Irish Times (newspaper), 120

  Ironside, Michael, 256

  I.R.S. Records, 213–214

  “I See the Lights” (Zevon), 28

  Isham, Mark, 262–263, 280, 311

  Ishmael Music, Warren’s association with, 24–25, 28

  Island label, 199

  “Israelites” (Dekker), 67

  “It Ain’t Me, Babe” (Dylan), 21, 22

  “It’s True” (Zevon), 58

  “I Walk the Line” (Cash), 234–235

  Jackson, Michael, 168

  Jagger, Bianca, 117, 118

  Jam! Showbiz, 316

  Japan, Warren’s travelogue of journey to, 85

  “Jeannie Needs a Shooter” (Zevon & Springsteen), 137–138, 145, 146

  “Jesus Mentioned” (Zevon), 169, 171, 229, 315

  Joan Jett and the Runaways, 35

  “Johnny B. Goode” (Berry), 152

  “Johnny Strikes Up the Band” (Zevon), 89, 98, 277

  Johnson, Robert, 269

  John Wesley Harding (Dylan), 80, 279

  “Join Me in L.A.” (Zevon), 69–70, 152, 154

  Jones, Quincy, 168

  Jonny Spielt Auf (Krenek), 89

  The Jon Stewart Show, 298

  Jordan, Mark T., 75

  journalistic research for Warren’s songs, 82

  “Jungle Work” (Zevon), 131–132, 137, 145, 153

  Kasdan, Lawrence, 280

  Kaylan, Howard, 20–21, 24, 29–30

  K-Doe, Ernie, 269

  “Keep Me in Your Heart” (Zevon), 346, 347, 348, 353, 356

  Keith, Ben, 143

  Kennedy, John F., 335

  Kenyon, Laura (Violet Santangelo), 27, 28, 337

  early relationship with Warren, 17–19

  lack of songwriting credit for collaborations with Warren, 23, 24

  lyme and cybelle and, 21–26, 28–29, 30–31

  Kerouac, Jack, 80–81, 299

  Keys, Bobby, 67, 68, 70

  Kicks Joy Darkness (Kerouac memorial album), 299–300

  Kim, Duk Koo, 230

  King, B. B., 221

  King, Carole, 56

  King, Stephen, 319, 321

  Kingston Trio, 25

  Kittredge, William, 161, 162

  Knigge, Robert, 43, 45

  Knobs, Claude, 163

  Knots Landing, Lankford and, 142, 160, 180

  Koepf, Michael, 162

  Kolderie, Paul Q., 313–315

  Kortchmar, Danny, 87, 89, 92, 173

  Krasnow, Bob, 196–197

  Kravitz, Lenny, 271

  Krenek, Ernst, 89

  Kristofferson, Kris, 52

  Kuhn, Bowie, 139

  Kunkel, Russ, 87, 89, 90

 

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