Even singer-songwriter king Bob Dylan was a huge fan. radio from 1984 to 2004 and one of the best-selling artists of all time. By then, he was a favorite singer-songwriter of other singer-songwriters, including Jackson Browne, the Everly Brothers and members of Eagles and Fleetwood Mac. Excess and dissolution were frequent topics in his lyrics songs from I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, a rousing anthem to the party life (from his breakthrough 1976 album) to Werewolves of London. WARREN ZEVON sold over 1,550,000 albums, including 1,500,000 in the United States. Throughout the 1980s, the British group released seven high-octane albums that. He released his first solo album, Wanted Dead or Alive, in 1970 but it wasn't until 1976 with the arrival of his second self-titled LP that most people started paying attention. 65 single "Follow Me" in 1966 as part of the duo Lyme & Cybelle. Warren Zevon's career dates back to the No. Again, just ask any of the many artists – including Linda Ronstadt, whose Zevon covers could fill an album, and Jackson Browne, a frequent producer, collaborator and champion – who've sung his songs over the years or were quick to help him make his timeless self-titled 1976 LP. Jackson Browne had championed Zevon, and produced his first major solo album (his 1969 debut. I not only rank the studio albums and discuss the two official live albums, I throw in some trivia, personal thoughts, and gratitude toward one of the most influential. He’d toured with the Everly Brothers as their band leader, and was rooming with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks in 1975. Zevon's list of classic songs ("Poor Poor Pitiful Me," "Werewolves of London," "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and "Keep Me in Your Heart," among them) is endless. Warren Zevon was an industry veteran by the time he made his major-label debut in 1976.
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