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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