Ladanyi, Greg, 127, 128, 131, 155, 225
Landau, David, 118, 266
appearances on Warren’s recordings, 158, 165, 167, 168, 173
touring with Warren, 101, 151, 152, 154, 156–157
Landau, Jon, 72, 108, 137
Lankford, Kim, 347
The Envoy and, 174
People profile of Warren and, 179
relationship with Warren, 131, 142, 149–151, 156, 159–160, 169, 179–181, 193
Warren’s songs for/about, 172, 173
Lannert, John, 286
La Rochefoucauld, François de, 282
The Larry Saunders Show (television series), 308, 310
Larson, Larry, 177
Lasseff, Lee, 20, 21–22, 23, 25
Late Night with David Letterman
McNeal and, 295–296
substituting for Paul Shaffer on, 309–310
Warren’s final appearance on, 339–341
Warren’s guest appearances on, 176–177, 239, 298, 308–310
Launch.com, 316
“Lawyers, Guns and Money” (Zevon), 95–96, 98, 116, 173, 189, 201, 335
Lawyers, Guns & Photos (Gruel), 355
Learning to Flinch (Zevon live album), 286–288, 290–292, 299, 311
“Leave My Monkey Alone” (Zevon), 237
Ledner, Jamie, 167
Led Zeppelin, 306
Lee, Bill, 138–141
Lennon, John, 46, 174
“Let Nothing Come Between You” (Zevon), 172, 174
Letterman, David, 135, 143, 158, 163, 166, 308–310, 321, 340, 341. See also Late Night with David Letterman
Levin, Tony, 234
Lewis, Jerry Lee, 168
Licata, Nicolo, 38
“Licked by a Stranger” (Zevon), 310
“Life’ll Kill Ya’” (Zevon), 306
Life’ll Kill Ya (Zevon), 360
critical reviews for, 316
Kolderie and Slade and, 313–315
recording sessions for, 314–316
solo tour promoting, 317–318
“Like the Seasons” (Zevon), 24, 29–30
Lindell, David, 60, 61, 76, 90, 92
Lindell, Lisa, 60
Lindley, David, 84, 265
appearances on Warren’s recordings, 57, 64, 65, 67, 130, 137, 144, 148, 226, 235, 277, 279, 297, 343
lip-synching, on European tour, 163
listening parties, 52, 93–94
live albums
Learning to Flinch, 286–288, 290–292, 299, 311
Stand in the Fire, 156–159, 160, 220, 286, 299
Live at Least Tour, 181–183, 191–195
live performances
critics on, 73–74, 253, 318
with Odds, 282
See also solo performances/tours; tours
Live Rust (Young), 154
Livingston, Marilyn “Tule”
birth of son Jordan, 37
death of, 354
move to New York, 58
relationship with Warren, 33–34, 35, 38–39, 47, 48, 50, 220
songs written for, 131
Livingston, Mary, 37, 58
The Lloyd Thaxton Show, 25
Locke, Sondra, 160
“The Long Arm of the Law” (Zevon), 256, 257, 266
“Looking for the Next Best Thing” (Zevon), 173, 175
Los Angeles counterculture, Marks and Warren and, 32–33
Los Angeles Times (newspaper)
Calderón on Springsteen’s appearance at final sessions in, 343
interviews with Slater, 209, 271
interviews with Warren, 275–276, 284–285, 300, 316, 319, 323, 328
on Krasnow and changes at Elektra/Asylum, 196, 197
reviews of Warren’s work in, 235, 236, 237, 266, 281, 289–290
Love at Large (film), 263, 280
luck, Warren and, 220, 350, 363
Lukather, Steve, 172
lyme, stephen, 24, 31
lyme and cybelle, 21–26, 28–29, 30, 31
Lynyrd Skynyrd, 135–136
Mabe, Chauncey, 227, 238
Macdonald, Ross, 60–61, 74, 104, 149, 221, 222, 299
“Macgillycuddy’s Reeks” (Zevon & Muldoon), 324
Mad Love (Ronstadt), 166
Mailer, Norman, 105, 138, 193, 229, 299, 328, 359
Main Point (club), 187–188
Major, Phyllis, 72
Mallaber, Gary, 66, 68–69
“Mama Couldn’t Be Persuaded” (Zevon), 65
Mamas and the Papas, 22
Mancini, Ray “Boom Boom,” 230, 232, 278
Mann, Michael, 294, 311
Many, Gregory V., 7–8
Manzarek, Ray, 338
Marcus, Greil, 98, 99, 100
Marinell, LeRoy, 57, 87–88, 89, 90–91, 112, 113, 172–173, 279
Marks, David, 219, 269
drug use, 27–28, 32, 80–81
introducing Warren to Phil Everly, 42
relationship with Warren, 31, 32–33, 36, 39, 40, 60, 337
Marley, Bob, 106
Marotta, Rick, appearances on Warren’s recordings, 93, 96, 101, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137–138, 142, 148, 165, 171
Marsh, Dave, 100–101
Martin, Billy, 177
Marvin, Lee, 142
Mauceri, John, 75
May, Brian, 167
McCartney, Paul, 146
McDonald, Joe, 84
McFarland, Danny, 55, 67
McGee, Mickey, 73
McGuane, Thomas, 152, 160–163, 168, 179
McLane High School (Fresno, California), 15–16
McNeal, Julia. See Mueller, Julia
McQueen, Steve, 161
McVie, John, 87, 89
memorial album, 354
memorial service, 351
mentor, Warren as mentor to Odds, 282–284
mesothelioma, Warren’s diagnosis of, 333–334
Midnight Cowboy (film), 37, 39, 106
migraines, Warren’s, 293
Millar, Ken, 105, 106, 109, 119–120, 121, 145, 233
Millennium Paranoia Tour, 264, 265–266, 268
Miller, Judith, 166
Miller, Lesley, 37
Mills, Mike, 210, 213, 227, 228, 236, 269
Milward, John, 228, 238, 241–242
The Missouri Breaks (film), 161
Mitchell, Joni, 41, 63, 91
Mitchell, Justin, 217
“Mohammed’s Radio” (Zevon), 68, 75, 143, 240, 284
Mondale, Eleanor, 276
“Monkey Wash, Donkey Rinse” (Zevon), 297, 298
“Moondance” (Morrison), 68
Morlix, Gurf, 275
Mormonism, Warren’s mother and, 10, 11
Morrison, Jim, 32, 35, 143, 288, 362
Morrison, Van, 68–69
Moss, Ron, 214
Mr. Bad Example (Zevon), 135, 270, 299
public and critical response to, 280–281
recording sessions, 276–280
tour supporting, 282–285, 286–290
“Mr. Bad Example” (Zevon & Calderón), 278–279
MTV, 176, 178–179, 195
Mueller, Julia, 277, 294–296, 297, 337, 347
Muldoon, Paul, 323–324, 326, 337–338, 363
muses, Warren’s, 347–348
music theory, Warren’s interest in studying, 13, 14
music videos, Warren’s, 129, 229, 237. See also MTV
Mutineer (Zevon)
Hiaasen and, 299, 300–301
recording, 293–294, 296–298
Warren’s hopes for, 301
Wolff and, 299–300
“The Mutineer” (Zevon), 335, 339, 354
My Ride’s Here (Zevon), 324, 338
critics on, 326
promotional tour, 326–327
recording sessions for, 324–325
“My Ride’s Here” (Zevon & Muldoon), 324, 354
Mystic Line (Phil Everly), 58, 62
The Naked and the Dead (Mailer), 328
“N
arrator” (Berry), 213
Nash, Graham, 52
National Council on Alcoholism, 208
National Public Radio, 302
Native Tongue (Hiaasen), 300
Nebraska (Springsteen), 80, 279
Nelson, Paul, 148
fear Warren would come to tragic end, 141
helping with Warren’s addictions and rehab, 4, 108–109, 110, 111–113, 117–118, 119–120
on importance of Symphony No. 1 to Warren, 133–134
profile of Warren for Rolling Stone, 124, 147, 181, 223
relationship with Warren, 73–74, 104–105, 124, 159–160
reviews of Warren’s work, 74, 99–100, 154, 158
Warren on his own self-denial, 139
Warren on playing the Roxy, 157
Warren on resisting temptation of drugs and alcohol, 121–122
Warren relating first meeting with Lankford, 150
“Networking” (Zevon), 253
Neuromancer (Gibson), 251, 254
“Never Too Late for Love” (Zevon), 174
New Cyber Punk magazine, 256
Newman, Melinda, 293, 298
Newman, Paul, 221
New West Records, 355
New York Dolls, 104
New York Times (newspaper)
interviews with Warren, 166, 171, 338, 343, 360
Letterman on Warren in, 340
reviews of Warren’s work, 72, 153–154, 177–178, 217–218, 240, 247, 318
The New Zealand Herald, 290
Nicholson, Jack, 55, 161
Nicks, Stevie, 57, 64, 68, 70, 222, 234
Night Cafe (Van Gogh), 119
“Nighttime in the Switching Yard” (Zevon), 92, 98
Nilsson, Harry, 37
Nirvana, 306
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 52
“Nobody’s in Love This Year” (Zevon), 262, 280
No Depression (magazine), 316
Nolan, Tom, 120
Norris, Aaron, 150, 160, 207
North Dallas Forty (film), 310
Northey, Craig, 283–284
“Norwegian Wood” (Lennon-McCartney), 26
Noura Café, 278, 300
“Numb as a Statue” (Zevon), 342
Oates, Joyce Carol, 283
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Rayston and, 331, 332
Warren and, 242–243, 247–248, 250, 261, 346
Ochs, Phil, 31
O’Connor, Rob, 316
Odds (band), 282–284
O’Hara, John, 66
O’Hare, Michael, 160
Old Waldorf (club), 194
Olsen, Keith, 49
Ono, Yoko, 174
organized crime, William Zevon and, 8–9
“Outside Chance” (Zevon), 29
“The Overdraft” (Zevon & McGuane), 162–163, 168, 177
overdubbing, on Transverse City, 253, 254
Palmer, Robert, 153–154, 172, 174, 221
Panama (McGuane), 152, 161, 162
Pareles, Jon, 240, 318, 360
Park West Club, 182
Parsons, Alan, 146
Pasternak, Boris, 339
People magazine, 147, 149, 175, 179, 338
perfectionism, Warren and, 78, 80, 128
Petty, Tom, 275, 343
Philadelphia Inquirer (newspaper), 228, 238, 239, 264, 265, 298, 318
piano, Warren and, 12–13, 55, 231
“Piano Fighter” (Zevon), 204, 290–291, 298
Pinecrest Rehabilitation Clinic, therapy at, 4, 110–113, 115–116, 119, 140
Pinon, Roberto, 152
Plant, Robert, 306
“Play It All Night Long” (Zevon), 135–137, 192
Pleasures of the Harbor (Ochs), 31
Poe, Edgar Allen, 89
“Poisonous Lookalike” (Zevon), 297
political edge, to Warren’s stage banter, 240–241
Ponder, Eddie, 57
“Poor Poor Pitiful Me” (Zevon), 57, 67, 354
Porcaro, Jeff, 92, 168, 169, 172, 277
“Porcelain Monkey” (Zevon & Calderón), 141–142, 171, 315–316
posthumous albums, 354–355, 356
Pound, Ezra, 145
Powers, Ron, 192
Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings (Zevon), 355
“Prelude” (Zevon), 238
Presley, Elvis
Howe and, 22
“Jesus Mentioned” homage to, 169, 171, 229, 315
“Porcelain Monkey” homage to, 141–142, 171, 315–316
The Pretender (Browne), 72, 75, 84
Prince, 240, 269, 270
“Prison Grove” (Zevon), 342
Prophet, Chuck, 315
Pro Tools, 325
Purgatorio (Dante), 145
Pynchon, Thomas, 251
Queen (band), 167
A Quiet Normal Life (Zevon), 221
The Quiet Sound of Disappearing (Rayston), 357
“Quite Early One Morning” (Zevon), 279
Rachlis, Kit, 72
Radiohead, 313, 314
Radner, Gilda, 153
raga rock, Warren and, 23
Raging Bull (film), 220
Raitt, Bonnie, 64, 70, 317, 354
Ramones, 104
“Raspberry Beret” (Prince), 240, 269, 270
Rayston, Ryan, 331–332, 345, 347, 349–350, 357
Reagan, Ronald, 165
“Reconsider Me” (Zevon), 213, 216, 217, 222, 228, 234, 236, 245
recording sessions
for Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 122–123, 126–144
for The Envoy, 165–174
for Excitable Boy, 86–96
for Life’ll Kill Ya, 314–316
for lyme and cybelle, 24
for Mr. Bad Example, 276–280
for Mutineer, 296–298
for My Ride’s Here, 324–325
for Sentimental Hygiene, 224–229, 233–237
for Wanted Dead or Alive, 35–36
for Warren Zevon, 63–71
for The Wind, 339–348
Record One studios, 166, 225–226
Red Zone studios, 252, 253, 255, 292
Reed, Jerry, 57
Reed, Lou, 174
rehab
Pinecrest, 4, 109, 110–113, 115–116, 119, 140
Slater in, 271–272
St. Mary’s Hospital, 205, 208–209, 211–212, 214
Reid, Graham, 290, 291
Reinhardt, Elmer, 15–16
relationships with women
Annette Aguilar, 259–262, 263, 272, 274–275, 276, 277, 293–294
cavalier attitude toward monogamy, 276
Eleanor Mondale, 276
as his muses, 347
Julia Mueller, 277, 294–296, 297, 337, 347
Merle Ginsberg, 223–224, 242, 247–251, 259, 347
Ryan Rayston, 331–332, 345, 347, 349–350, 357
See also Brelsford, Crystal Ann; Gevinson, Anita; Lankford, Kim; Livingston, Marilyn “Tule”
R.E.M., 213
hindu love gods and, 269–270, 275, 285
members backing Warren, 210–211, 212–214
Sentimental Hygiene and, 226, 227, 228, 236, 239
Slater and, 210
“Renegade” (Zevon), 135, 279
Revolver (Beatles), 289
Rhys, John, 57–58, 59
Richmond, Fritz, 72
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 339
Rimbaud, Arthur, 80
The Rise of Life on Earth (Oates), 283–284
Ritts, Herb, 229
Rivers, Johnny, 34
Roberts, Elliot, 41
Robertson, Sandy, 175
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 197
Rock Bottom Remainders, 319–322
Rockefeller’s (club), 216
Rocky Mountain Magazine, 162
Roe, Tommy, 57
Roeser, Steve, 298
“Roland Chorale” (Zevon), 290
“Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” (Zevon), 82
, 90, 131, 240, 265, 290, 340
“The Rolling Coconut Review,” 84
Rolling Stone (magazine)
Ginsberg and, 223, 224, 249
interviews with Warren in, 163–164, 165–166, 171, 338
Marsh’s profile of Warren for, 100–101
Nelson’s profile of Warren for, 107, 124, 147, 181
rejection of Warren’s travelogue, 85
reviews of Warren’s albums, 72, 99–100
on Warren being dropped by Elektra/Asylum, 198
The Rolling Stones, 46
Ronstadt, Linda, 41, 52, 73, 94, 166, 187, 197
appearances on Warren’s recordings, 91, 132, 148
covers of Warren’s songs, 66, 69
Roos, John, 316
“The Rosarita Beach Café” (Zevon), 40
Ross, Stuart, 242–243
Rossellini, Isabella, 160
“Rottweiler Blues” (Zevon & Hiaasen), 298, 300
Route 66 (television series), 312
Roxy (club), 73, 102, 105, 155, 156–157, 192–193
“Rub Me Raw” (Zevon), 347
Rudolph, Alan, 263, 280
“Run Straight Down” (Zevon), 255, 256, 257, 267
Rust Never Sleeps (Young), 118
St. Mary’s Hospital (Minnesota) substance abuse program, 208–209, 211–212, 214
Salon.com, 361
Sandford, Madeline, 208
Sandler, Adam, 354
Santangelo, Violet. See Kenyon, Laura
“Save the Whales” concert, 84, 241
Schiff, David, 242
Schmidt, Tim, 353
Schoenberg, Arnold, 134
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 339
Schramm, Rudolf, 44
science-fiction genre, Warren and, 251–252
scoring assignments
for film, 310, 311 (see also soundtracks)
for television, 310–311, 312
Scorsese, Martin, 160, 194, 220–221, 310
Scott, Ridley, 254
“Searching for a Heart” (Zevon), 262, 263, 277, 280, 302
Sea Witch (club), 30
Seay, Davin, 175
Sebastian, John, 84
self-loathing, Warren’s, 85, 107
“Seminole Bingo” (Zevon & Hiaasen), 300
“Sentimental Hygiene” (Zevon), 227–228, 229, 265
Sentimental Hygiene (Zevon)
recording sessions, 224–229, 233–237
singles’ performance on Billboard charts, 245
tour supporting, 238, 239, 241–245
Setzer, Brian, 226, 233
Shaffer, Paul, 178, 309, 321, 340
Shandling, Gary, 308
Shapiro, Ben, 16
Sharp, Sid, 68, 70, 130, 132, 135, 138
Shatner, William, 312
Sheldon, Stan, 101
“She Quit Me” (Zevon), 36, 37, 106
“She’s Too Good for Me” (Zevon), 341
Sick ’Em Dogs on Me Tour, 251, 253
Siegel, Bugsy, 9
Sierra Club, 255
Silk Cut cigarettes, Warren and, 241, 242–243
“Sillyhow Stride” (Muldoon), 363
Silverman, David, 253
“Similar to Rain” (Zevon), 299
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