Warren Zevon (album)
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Warren Zevon is a rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

 album by Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his sometimes sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.Zevon's work has often been praised by well-known...

. This album was recorded in 1975 and released in 1976 (see 1976 in music
1976 in music
-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....

). Warren Zevon Collector's Edition, a remastered version of this album with special bonus tracks, was released in 2008 by Rhino Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Warren Zevon
  1. "Frank and Jesse James" – 4:33
  2. "Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded" – 2:53
  3. "Backs Turned Looking Down the Path" – 2:27
  4. "Hasten Down the Wind
    Hasten Down the Wind (song)
    "Hasten Down the Wind" is a song written and recorded by Warren Zevon and featured on his eponymous major-label debut album. The song was later covered by Linda Rondstadt, who would use the song as the title track for her seventh solo LP....

    " – 2:58
  5. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me
    Poor Poor Pitiful Me
    "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" is a rock song written by Warren Zevon.-Content:In keeping with Zevon's sardonic lyrical style, the song's verses deal with a failed suicide, domestic abuse, and a brush with sadomasochism. The song appeared first on Zevon's 1976 self-titled solo album...

    " – 3:04
  6. "The French Inhaler" – 3:44
  7. "Mohammed's Radio" – 3:40
  8. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" – 2:56
  9. "Carmelita
    Carmelita (song)
    "Carmelita" is a rock song written by Warren Zevon. The song was originally recorded by Canadian singer Murray McLauchlan on his self-titled album of 1972. Zevon himself recorded it four years later, in 1976, on his self titled album...

    " – 3:32
  10. "Join Me in L.A." – 3:13
  11. "Desperados Under the Eaves
    Desperados Under the Eaves
    "Desperados Under the Eaves" is a song written and performed by Warren Zevon from the 1976 album Warren Zevon. The song describes the narrator's growing alcoholism and laments that no matter what occurs, he will wind up paying the bill for his low rent digs at the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel...

    " – 4:45

Collector's Edition bonus CD

  1. "Frank and Jesse James" (Solo Piano Demo) – 4:39
  2. "The French Inhaler" (Solo Piano Demo) – 3:23
  3. "Hasten Down the Wind" (Band Demo) – 2:50
  4. "Carmelita" (1974 Demo) – 3:58
  5. "Mohammed's Radio" (Solo Piano Demo) – 2:52
  6. "Backs Turned Looking Down the Path" (Take 1 - 1/28/76) – 2:33
  7. "Join Me in L.A." (Take 2 - 11/20/75) – 4:22
  8. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (Alternate Version) – 3:24
  9. "Frank and Jesse James" (Alternate Version) – 4:41
  10. "Mohammed's Radio" (Take 2 - 11/6/75) - 4:02
  11. "The French Inhaler" (Take 1 - 1/13/76) – 3:48
  12. "Carmelita" (Alternate Version) – 3:38
  13. "Desperados Under the Eaves" (Take 2 - 1/13/76) - 4:14
  14. "Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded" (Live 10/13/76) - 2:01
  15. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (Alternate Version) – 3:06

Personnel

  • Warren Zevon - harmonica
    Harmonica
    The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

    , piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , rhythm guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , string arrangements, vocals
  • Jackson Browne
    Jackson Browne
    Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....

     - harmony vocals on tracks 2, 3 & 11, piano on track 10, slide guitar
    Slide guitar
    Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...

     on track 3
  • Lindsey Buckingham
    Lindsey Buckingham
    Lindsey Adams Buckingham is an American guitarist, singer, composer and producer, most notable for being the guitarist and male lead singer of the musical group Fleetwood Mac. Aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released six solo albums and a live album...

     - guitar on track 3, harmony vocals on tracks 5 & 7
  • Rosemary Butler
    Rosemary Butler
    Rosemary Butler began her career playing bass and singing in an all-girl band named the Ladybirds. The band appeared on several LA area television shows before opening for the Rolling Stones in 1964. She then joined all-female hard rock band Birtha who released two albums for Dunhill Records...

     - harmony vocals on track 10
  • Jorge Calderón
    Jorge Calderón
    Jorge Calderón, originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer best known for his collaborations with Warren Zevon. He holds the unique distinction of having been credited on all of Zevon's post-1976 albums with the exception of My Ride's Here...

     - harmony vocals on tracks 8 & 11
  • Marty David - bass on track 3
  • Ned Doheny - guitar on track 10
  • Phil Everly - harmony vocals on tracks 1 & 4
  • Glenn Frey
    Glenn Frey
    Glenn Lewis Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Frey formed the Eagles after he met drummer Don Henley in 1970 and the two eventually joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her summer tour. The Eagles formed in 1971 and...

     - rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

     on track 9, harmony vocals on tracks 6 & 9
  • Bob Glaub
    Bob Glaub
    Bob Glaub is an American bass player and session musician. He's played with such artists and bands as Journey, Jackson Browne, Bee Gees, Eric Carmen, Linda Ronstadt, Leo Sayer, Warren Zevon, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, Bonnie Raitt and many others....

     - bass on tracks 1, 2, 4 - 7 & 9 - 11
  • Don Henley
    Don Henley
    Donald Hugh "Don" Henley is an American singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up...

     - harmony vocals on track 6
  • Billy Hinsche - harmony vocals on track 11
  • Bobby Keys
    Bobby Keys
    Bobby Keys is an American saxophone player, and has performed with other musicians as a member of one of the notable horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by The Rolling Stones, The Who, Harry Nilsson, Delaney Bramlett, George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, Eric Clapton and Joe...

     - saxophone on tracks 5, 7 & 10
  • David Lindley
    David Lindley (musician)
    David Perry Lindley is an American musician who is notable for his work with Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and other rock musicians. He has worked extensively in other genres as well, performing with artists as varied as Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton...

     - banjo
    Banjo
    In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

     on track 1, fiddle
    Fiddle
    The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...

     on tracks 1, 2 & 5, slide guitar
    Slide guitar
    Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...

     on tracks 4 & 7, guitar on track 9
  • Gary Mallaber
    Gary Mallaber
    Gary Mallaber is a Los Angeles session drummer, percussionist and singer. He got his start playing drums in a band from Buffalo, New York, known as Raven....

     - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

     on tracks 3 & 8
  • Roy Marinell - bass on track 8
  • Stevie Nicks
    Stevie Nicks
    Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums...

     - vocals on track 7 & 10
  • Bonnie Raitt
    Bonnie Raitt
    Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...

     - harmony vocals on track 10
  • Fritz Richmond
    Fritz Richmond
    John B. "Fritz" Richmond was an American musician and recording engineer. Fritz Richmond was considered the foremost washtub bassist in the world, and was also the most successful professional jug player....

     - jug on track 8
  • Sid Sharp - strings on tracks 4, 6 & 11
  • J.D. Souther - harmony vocals on tracks 2 & 11
  • Waddy Wachtel
    Waddy Wachtel
    Robert "Waddy" Wachtel is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work...

     - guitar, vocals
  • Carl Wilson
    Carl Wilson
    Carl Dean Wilson was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist, best known as a founding member, lead guitarist and sometime lead vocalist of The Beach Boys...

     - harmony vocals on track 11, vocal arrangements
  • Jai Winding - piano on track 5, organ
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

     & synthesizer
    Synthesizer
    A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

     on track 10, vocals on track 11
  • Larry Zack - drums on tracks 1, 2, 4 - 7 & 9 - 11

Production

  • Producer: Jackson Browne
    Jackson Browne
    Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....

  • Engineer: Fritz Richmond
  • Mixing: John Haeny
  • Arranger: Warren Zevon
    Warren Zevon
    Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his sometimes sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.Zevon's work has often been praised by well-known...

  • Vocal Arrangement: Carl Wilson

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1976 Pop Albums 189
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