Warren Zevon (1947–2003). The Grim and Grin Reaper in the Songwriters' Neighborhood: From A to Zevon
2005; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 28; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/0300776042000300990
ISSN1740-1712
Autores Tópico(s)Music History and Culture
ResumoAbstract On September 7, 2003, critically acclaimed singer‐songwriter Warren Zevon died of lung cancer at the age of 56. During a career that spanned 30 years and nearly 20 records, the hard‐living rocker established himself as a unique combination of composer, coroner and comic. Beyond what may be his most familiar song—the 1978 novelty hit, “Werewolves of London”—Zevon's sardonic songbook was cinematic, and loaded with lurid, lovesick, literate, laughable lyrics, noir narratives and corrupt, creepy characters. Among the many labels used to characterize Zevon and his work—idiosyncratic, imaginative, iconoclastic, irreverent, intelligent—perhaps “F. Scott Fitzzevon,” “the Sam Peckinpah of rock,” and “Jackson Browne's bad conscience” provide the most complete composite. This article is a chronicle and appreciation of Zevon's life, times and genius as songwriter.
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