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Simmons, Ellsworth Blythe, 7, 10, 11–12
Simmons, Helen Nicholson Cope, 7, 10, 11–12
Simmons, Warren Cope, 10, 11
Simms, Frank, 265
Simon, Paul, 25, 138
Sinatra, Nancy, 53
singing voice, Warren’s self-consciousness about, 189
“The Sin” (Zevon), 157
sitar on “Bad Karma,” 235, 236
Sklar, Leland, appearances on Warren’s recordings, 89, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137–138, 142, 168, 226, 237
Slade, Sean, 313–315
Slash (musician), 343
Slater, Andrew
as co-producer, 224–229, 239, 252–253, 254, 259, 305
demos for Warren and, 212–214
Ginsberg and, 223, 224
hindu love gods and, 269–270
Millennium Paranoia Tour and, 265
PR savvy of, 217, 218
relationship with Warren, 209–211, 219–220, 271–272
Virgin Records deal and, 222
Wallflowers and, 233, 357–358
on Warren’s obsessive-compulsive disorder, 243
Young and, 292
Smith, Joe, 72, 95, 102, 105, 111, 145, 196
Smith, Joseph, 10
Smith, Patti, 300
Snyder, Noah Scot, 324–325, 337, 342–343, 348
Sobriety, Warren and, 150, 209, 219–220, 222, 247, 272
solo performances/tours, 163, 245
in 1985 and 1986, 214–219
in European after being dropped by Elektra/Asylum, 200–203
Life At Least Tour, 182–183, 191–195
to promote Life’ll Kill Ya, 317–318
review of, 289–290
Warren on, 284–285
See also live performances
Song Noir, 257
songwriting
Warren as house songwriter, 22–23, 24, 28, 42, 51
Warren’s insistence on sole credit, 23
Warren’s royalties as songwriter, 29–30
Sound Factory, 87, 96, 276, 277
“The Sound of Silence” (Simon), 25
Sounds (magazine), 98, 175
soundtracks, Warren’s inclusion on film, 37, 39, 106, 263, 280, 294, 356
South, Joe, 57
Souther, J. D., 41, 81, 84, 113, 279, 357
appearances on Warren’s recordings, 64, 142, 172, 262
collaborations with Warren, 215, 310
visit to Warren in Philadelphia, 203, 205, 233
“Southern Man” (Young), 135–136
Southern Rock genre, Warren and, 135–136
“So You Wanna Be a Rock ’n’ Roll Star” (Byrds), 236
Spice Girls (band), 309
Spillane, Mickey, 104
spiritualism, Warren and, 307
“Splendid Isolation” (Zevon), 253, 259, 265–266, 267
sports-inspired compositions, 138–139, 229–232
Springsteen, Bruce, 72, 73, 108, 194, 232, 260–261
appearances on Warren’s recordings, 342–343
collaboration with Warren, 137–138, 146
cover of “My Ride’s Here,” 354
on “Disorder in the House,” 242–243, 353
Nelson and, 74, 104
Warren’s admiration for, 80, 279
Squire, Billy, 188
“Stand in the Fire” (Zevon), 157
Stand in the Fire (Zevon live album), 156–159, 160, 220, 286, 299
Star Spangled Springer (Phil Everly), 57
“Steady Rain” (Zevon), 40
Steel, George, 163
Stein, Burt, 95, 189
Stevens, Wallace, 221
Steward, Andy, 259
Stewart, Rod, 52, 104
Stinger, Marty, 152
Stipe, Michael, 210, 213, 226, 227, 235
Stone (club), 215
Stories We Could Tell (Everly Brothers), 52–53
Stravinsky, Igor, 13, 14, 32, 120, 133, 148, 231, 360
Strummer, Joe, 300
“Studebaker” (Zevon), 40, 354
Suddenly Susan (television series), 308
Sullivan, Jim, 287
“Summertime Blues” (Cochran), 216
Sundays and Cybèle (Bourguignon), 21
Sun-Sentinel (newspaper), 227, 238, 239, 276, 277
Sunset Sound, 336, 341
Sunset Studios, 24
superstitions, Warren and, 242–243
“Suzie Lightning” (Zevon), 278
Swan Song Records, 306
“Sweet Home Alabama” (Lynyrd Skynyrd), 135–136
Swordfishtrombones (Waits), 199–200
Symphony No. 1 (Zevon), 14, 51, 127, 130, 132–135, 255, 360–361. See also classical music
synthesizer, Warren’s use of on The Envoy, 167
Tadouye, Wayne, 167
Tales from the Crypt (television series), 312
Tan, Amy, 319
Tarson, Steve, 239
Technicians of the Sacred (Valin), 242
TekWar (television series), 312
television
scoring assignments for, 310–311, 312
use of Warren’s songs in, 356
Warren’s guest spots on, 308–309
temper, Warren’s, 18–19, 38–39, 51, 103
“Tenderness on the Block” (Zevon & Browne), 94, 95
Theaker, Drachen, 36
Thelen, Christopher, 291
There’s Nothing Too Good for My Baby (Phil Everly), 57–58
“They Moved the Moon” (Zevon), 254, 258, 262
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (film), 310
“Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead” (Zevon, Wachtel, Marinell), 279
Thompson, Hunter S., 85, 105, 299–300, 314, 322–323
Thornburg, Newton, 136
Thornton, Billy Bob, 279, 341, 343–344, 353, 354
Thriller (Jackson), 168
Times Arrow (Amis), 293
Tom Horn (film), 161
tours
All Hell Is Breaking Loose Jungle Tour, 152, 163, 176
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School tour, 150–154, 155, 156–157, 159, 163–164
The Envoy tour, 176–179
European tour after being dropped by Elektra/Asylum, 199–203
Excitable Boy tour, 101–103
To the Finland Station Tour, 176–179
Live at Least Tour, 181–183, 191–195
Mr. Bad Example tour, 282–285, 286–290
Sentimental Hygiene tour, 238, 239, 240–245
Sick ’Em Dogs on Me Tour, 251, 253
Transverse City (Millennium Paranoia Tour), 264, 265–266, 268
Warren Zevon Acoustic Trio, 275–276
See also live performances; solo performances/tours
Toussaint, Allen, 130
“Transverse City” (Zevon), 254, 256, 257
Transverse City (Zevon), 299
budget for, 252–253
concept for, 251–252, 254, 256–257
critical reception of, 263–265
failure on Billboard charts, 267–268
tour, 265–267
Travolta, John, 129
tribute album in Warren’s honor, Browne’s suggestion of, 336
“Trouble Waiting to Happen” (Zevon), 204, 213, 215, 233
“Tule’s Blues” (Zevon), 36, 93, 355
“Turbulence” (Zevon), 257–258
The Turtles, 21, 24, 25, 29–30, 31
Twice Nicely (band), 44, 49
U2, 201
Ukranian pogroms, Warren’s family and, 7–8
The Unbelievable Truth (film), 294
Underground All-Stars (band), 35
USA Today (newspaper), 338
Uzi, on back cover of Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, 145
Valania, Jonathan, 318
Valin, Jonathan, 242
Van Gogh, Vincent, 119
Vedder, Eddie, 299
Velvet Underground, 104
Venture, Jesse “The Body,” 3
23
“Veracruz” (Zevon & Calderón), 81–82, 92–93, 192
VH1 documentary, 338, 339, 348, 349–350, 353
Village Voice (newspaper), 72, 98, 104, 158, 235
violence
Warren and, 8, 12, 76
William Zevon and, 12
Virgin Records, 222–223, 225, 239, 268–269
Volman, Mark, 20–21, 24
von Webern, Anton, 134
Wachtel, Harry, 44
Wachtel, Jimmy, 44, 170
album design/photos and, 97, 144–145, 158, 163, 174, 280
Warren’s intervention therapy and, 112
on Warren’s preference for monochrome gray, 242
Wachtel, Rhonda, 43–44
Wachtel, Robert “Waddy”
at Alternative Chorus Songwriters’ Showcase, 56–57
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School sessions and, 131, 132
Bolas and, 225
Crystal and, 44, 48–49
early life, 43–44
Enjoy Every Sandwich and, 354
The Envoy and, 165, 166–174
Excitable Boy and, 86–96, 93–94
on Excitable Boy tour, 101
Mr. Bad Example and, 270–271, 276–280
musical career, 44–45, 78
on reception of The Envoy, 175
relationship with Warren, 45–47
Sentimental Hygiene and, 226, 228, 234, 237
Transverse City and, 262
as Warren’s collaborator, 46
Warren Zevon and, 64, 66–67, 69
on “Werewolves of London” as single, 98
Waits, Tom, 41, 67, 170, 187, 199–200, 221
“Wake Up Little Susie” (Everly Brothers), 26, 43
Walecki, Fred, 125, 149
Wallace, Ian, 265
Wallflowers (band), 233, 357–358
Walsh, Joe, 131, 138, 142, 148, 197, 212, 276
“Wanted Dead or Alive” (Zevon), 356
Wanted Dead or Alive (Zevon), 35–36, 39
Warner Bros. Records, 212, 306
Warner Music Group, 42
Warnes, Jennifer, 91, 237
Warren Zevon Acoustic Trio tour, 275–276
Warren Zevon (album)
cover photo, 97
critical reaction to, 72–73
postproduction, 71–72, 78–79
pressure for follow-up effort, 77–78
recording sessions, 63–71
singles released, 75
tour supporting, 73–74
Washburn, Jim, 266
Washington Post (newspaper), 146, 158
The Waste Land (Eliot), 145
Waters, Muddy, 32, 269
Wayne, Don, 43, 53
Weill, Kurt, 89
Weingarten, Marc, 300, 319
Weir, Bob, 126
Weir, Frankie, 126
Wenner, Jann, 85, 108, 197, 249
Werewolf of London (film), 87
“Werewolves of London” (Zevon), 71, 87–89, 90, 98, 102, 187, 213
on Color of Money soundtrack, 221, 310
on Enjoy Every Sandwich, 354
grudge against Browne and reworked lyrics to, 193
on Learning to Flinch, 287
video for, 129
Westwood Musical Instruments, 125, 149
Whiskey A Go-Go (club), 31
White Whale Records, 20–21
lyme and cybelle and, 21–26
Warren’s songwriting for, 22–23
“Why’d I Let You Get to Me Again” (Zevon), 92
“Wild Age” (Zevon), 143–144, 173–174
Willman, Chris, 235, 238
Wilson, Carl, 64, 70, 71
Winding, Jai, 67, 234
“The Wind” (Zevon), 354
The Wind (Zevon)
Grammy nominations, 353
recording sessions for, 339–348
sales and critical reception of, 349
Warren’s drug use during making of, 343–345
Winwood, Steve, 222, 268
Wolff, Carlo, 240
Wolff, Michael, 299–300
Wood, John, 177
“Worrier King” (Zevon), 290
writer’s block, Warren and, 78, 116
Yardbirds, 130
Yes I Can (Davis), 339
Yoakam, Dwight, 279, 341
“You Don’t Know What Love Is” (de Paul & Raye), 263
Young, Neil, 118, 135–136, 154, 265, 279, 280, 292
appearances on Warren’s recordings, 226, 228–229, 253, 258–259, 308
“You’re a Whole Different Person When You’re Scared” (Zevon & Thompson), 323
“You Used to Ride So High” (Zevon), 40
Zack, Larry, 65, 67
Zapata, Emiliano, 82
Zeller, Craig, 175
Zevon, Al (uncle), 8
Zevon, Ariel Erin (daughter), 122, 190
birth of, 74
birth of twins, 348–349
compilation album and, 356
The Detangler, 356
father’s final album and, 347–348
father’s illness and, 332, 346
Grammy Awards’ tribute and, 353
with grandparents, 117
living abroad with her mother, 182
mother’s alcoholism and, 273
pregnancy, 348
relationship with father, 155–156,197, 202–203, 217, 220, 273–274, 295
song written for, 95
Zevon, Beverly Simmons (mother), 7, 10–13, 15–16, 103, 307
Zevon, Dan (cousin), 244
Zevon, Hymie (uncle), 8–9
Zevon, Jordan (son), 220
birth of, 37
compilation of Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings and, 354–355
on Enjoy Every Sandwich, 354
father’s alcohol and drug use during illness and, 345, 346
father’s death and, 350, 351
Grammy Awards’ tribute and, 353
on Mr. Bad Example, 277
relationship with father, 58, 103, 155, 168–169, 192–193, 219
“The Hula Hula Boys” and, 169
Zevon, Lawrence (cousin), 153, 207, 208, 244–245, 341
Zevon, Lou (uncle), 8
Zevon, Madeline (Sandford Zevon’s wife), 14, 208
Zevon, Murray (uncle), 8
Zevon, Paul (cousin), 208
Zevon, Rubin (grandfather, Ruven Zivotovsky), 7–8
Zevon, Sadie (grandmother), 8
Zevon, Sandford (cousin), 8, 9, 24
relationship with Warren, 14, 153, 207–208, 244
Warren’s illness and, 333, 334–335, 341
Zevon, William “Stumpy” (father)
boxing career, 229–230
death of, 307
financial support for Warren, 59, 62
immigration to United States and childhood of, 7–8
living with during Warren’s adolescence, 16–17
marriage to Beverly, 7, 10–13
move to California, 9–10
pride in son’s successes, 37–38
as professional gambler, 7, 65
response to Kenyon, 18–19
ties to organized crime, 8–9, 38
Warren repairing relationship with, 274
Zevon-Powell, Augustus Warren and Maximum Patrick (grandsons), 348
Zirngiebel, Zeke, 152