WARREN ZEVON

 

Albums recorded by Warren Zevon, including release dates and UK & US
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No

TITLE

RELEASED

1

Wanted Dead Or Alive

--/69

2

Warren Zevon

05/76

3

Excitable Boy

01/78

4

Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School

02/80

5

Stand In The Fire [live]

01/81

6

The Envoy

07/82

7

Sentimental Hygiene

07/87

8

Transverse City

10/89

9

Mr Bad Example

10/91

10

Learning To Flinch [live acoustic]

04/93

11

Mutineer

05/95

12

Life'll Kill Ya

01/00

13

My Ride's Here

05/02

14

The First Sessions

03/03

15

The Wind

08/03

16

Preludes: Rare And Unreleased Recordings

05/07


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1) WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE

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10.

Wanted Dead Or Alive
Hitchhikin' Woman
She Quit Me
Calcutta
Iko-Iko

Traveling In The Lightning
Tule's Blues
A Bullet For Ramona
Gorilla
Fiery Emblems






Skip Battin
Ed Caraeff
Jon Corneal
Toxey French
Gary Mallaber
Brent Seawell
Sweet Trifles
Drachen Theaker
Warren Zevon

Producer:

Bass
Percussion
Drums
Drums
Drums
Bass
Backing Vocals
Drums
Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards

Warren Zevon

2) WARREN ZEVON

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Frank And Jesse James
Mama Couldn't Be Persuaded
Backs Turned Looking Down The Path
Hasten Down The Wind
Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
French Inhaler

Mohammed's Radio
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Carmelita
Join Me In LA
Desperados Under The Eaves






Jackson Browne

Lindsey Buckingham

Rosemary Butler
Jorge Calderon
Marty David
Ned Doheny
Phil Everly
Glenn Frey
The Gentlemen Boys
Bob Glaub
Don Henley

Billy Hinsche
Bobby Keys
David Lindley

Gary Mallaber
Roy Marinell
Stevie Nicks
Bonnie Raitt
Fritz Richmond
Sid Sharp Strings
JD Souther
Waddy Wachtel
Carl Wilson
Jai Winding


Larry Zack
Warren Zevon





Producer:

Guitar (Track 3), Piano (Track 10),
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 2,3,7,11)
Guitar (Track 3),
Harmony Vocals (Track 5)
Harmony Vocals (Track 10)
Harmony Vocals (Track 8)
Bass (Track 3)
Guitar (Track 10)
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 1,4)
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 6,9)
Harmony Vocals (Track 11)
Bass (Tracks 1,2,4-7,9-11)
Harmony Vocals (Track 6),
Guitar (Track 9)
Harmony Vocals (Track 11)
Saxophone (Tracks 5,7,10)
Banjo (Track 1), Fiddle (Tracks 1,2,5),
Guitar (Tracks 4,7,9)
Drums (Tracks 3,8)
Bass (Track 8)
Harmony Vocals (Track 7)
Harmony Vocals (Track 10)
Jug (Track 8)
Strings (Tracks 4,6,11)
Harmony Vocals (Track 2)
Guitar (Tracks 1,2,4-9,11)
Harmony Vocals (Track 11)
Piano (Track 5), Organ (Track 10),
Synthesiser (Track 10),
Harmony Vocals (Track 11)
Drums (Tracks 1,2,4-7,9-11)
Vocals, Piano (Tracks 1-4,6,7,11),
Electric Piano (Track 9),
Harmonica (Track 8),
Guitar (Track 10),
Harmony Vocals (Track 11)

Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel,
Warren Zevon

3) EXCITABLE BOY

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2.
3.
4.
5.

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7.
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9.

Johnny Strikes Up The Band
Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
Excitable Boy
Werewolves Of London
Accidentally Like A Martyr

Night Time In The Switching Yard
Veracruz
Tenderness On The Block
Lawyers, Guns And Money






Karla Bonoff
Jackson Browne
Jorge Calderon

Luis Damian
Kenny Edwards

Mick Fleetwood
Arthur Gerst
Bob Glaub
Jim Horn
Danny Kortchmar
Russ Kunkel
Greg Ladanyi
Rick Marotta
John McVie
Jeff Porcaro
Linda Ronstadt
Leland Sklar
JD Souther
Manuel Vasquez
Waddy Wachtel


Jennifer Warnes
Warren Zevon


Producer:

Harmony Vocals (Track 5)
Backing Vocals (Tracks 2,5,6,8)
Backing Vocals (Tracks 2,5,6,8),
Harmony/Spanish Vocals (Track 7)
Jarana (Track 7)
Bass (Tracks 7-9),
Backing Vocals (Tracks 2,5,6,8)
Drums (Track 4)
Mexican Harp (Track 7)
Bass (Tracks 2,3,6)
Saxophone (Track 3), Recorder (Track 7)
Guitar (Track 6), Percussion (Track 1)
Drums (Tracks 1-3,5)
Bells (Track 6)
Drums (Tracks 7-9)
Bass (Track 4)
Drums (Track 6)
Harmony Vocals (Track 3)
Bass (Tracks 1,5)
Backing Vocals (Tracks 2,5,6,8)
Requinto (Track 7)
Guitar, Synthesiser (Track 6),
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 1,3),
Backing Vocals (Tracks 2,5,6,8)
Harmony Vocals (Track 3)
Vocals, Piano (Tracks 1-5,7-9),
Organ (Track 2), Synthesiser (Track 6)

Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel

4) BAD LUCK STREAK IN DANCING SCHOOL

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2.
3.
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6.

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12.

Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School
A Certain Girl
Jungle Work
Empty-Handed Heart
Interlude No 1
Play It All Night Long

Jeannie Needs A Shooter
Interlude No 2
Bill Lee
Gorilla, You're A Desperado
Bed Of Coals
Wild Age






Jackson Browne

Jorge Calderon
Don Felder
Glenn Frey
Don Henley
Ben Keith
David Lindley

Rick Marotta

Linda Ronstadt

Leland Sklar
JD Souther
Waddy Wachtel
Joe Walsh
Warren Zevon






Producer:

Guitar (Track 10), Vocals (Track 2),
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 6,10)
Guitar (Track 2), Vocals (Track 3)
Guitar (Track 2)
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 9,12)
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 10,12)
Pedal Steel Guitar (Track 11)
Lap Steel Guitar (Tracks 1,6),
Guitar (Tracks 6,12)
Drums, Tubular Bells (Track 7),
Vocals (Tracks 2,3)
Vocals (Track 4),
Harmony Vocals (Track 11)
Bass
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 10,11)
Guitar (Tracks 2,4)
Guitar (Tracks 3,7)
Vocals, Guitar (Tracks 1,3,7),
Piano (Tracks 4,9,11,12),
Harmonica (Track 9),
Organ (Track 11),
Strings (Tracks 1,4,5,7,8),
Synth Strings (Tracks 3,6,10)

Greg Ladanyi, Warren Zevon

5) STAND IN THE FIRE

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10.

Stand In The Fire
Jeannie Needs A Shooter
Excitable Boy
Mohammed's Radio
Werewolves Of London

Lawyers, Guns And Money
The Sin
Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger/Bo Diddley






Bob Harris

David Landau
Roberto Piñón
Marty Stinger
Warren Zevon
Zeke Zirngiebel

Producer:

Synthesiser, Piano, Keyboards,
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Bass, Backing Vocals
Drums
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Bass
Guitar, Steel Guitar, Vocals

Greg Ladanyi, Warren Zevon

 

Recorded Live at The Roxy, West Hollywood, California, USA in May 1980

6) THE ENVOY

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2.
3.
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7.
8.
9.

The Envoy
The Overdraft
The Hula Hula Boys
Jesus Mentioned
Let Nothing Come Between You

Ain't That Pretty At All
Charlie's Medicine
Looking For The Next Best Thing
Never Too Late For Love






Mike Botts
Lindsey Buckingham
Jorge Calderon
Kenny Edwards
Steve Forman
Bob Glaub
Don Henley
Jim Horn
Danny Kortchmar
Russ Kunkel
David Landau

Steve Lukather
Leroy Marinell
Rick Marotta
Graham Nash
Jeff Porcaro


Leland Sklar
JD Souther

Waddy Wachtel


Jordan Zevon
Warren Zevon




Producer:

Drums (Track 6)
Harmony Vocals (Track 2)
Harmony Vocals (Track 5)
Bass (Track 8)
Percussion (Track 6)
Bass (Tracks 7,9)
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 1,5)
Saxophone, Recorder (Track 3)
Guitar (Track 6)
Drums (Track 9)
Guitar (Tracks 1,2,5,6),
Backing Vocals (Track 6)
Guitar (Track 5)
Guitar (Track 6)
Drums (Track 7)
Harmony Vocals (Track 8)
Drums (Tracks 1-3,5,8),
Log Drums (Track 3),
Puili Sticks (Track 3)
Bass (Tracks 1-3,5)
Backing Vocals (Track 6),
Harmony Vocals (Track 8)
Guitar (Tracks 1-5,7-9),
Percussion (Track 5),
Harmony Vocals (Track 5)
Harmony Vocals (Track 3)
Vocals, Guitar (Tracks 1,7),
Piano (Tracks 1,2,5,8,9),
Electric Piano (Track 3),
Synthesiser (Tracks 1,5-8)

Greg Ladanyi, Waddy Wachtel,
Warren Zevon

7) SENTIMENTAL HYGIENE

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10.

Sentimental Hygiene
Boom Boom Mancini
The Factory
Trouble Waiting To Happen
Reconsider Me

Detox Mansion
Bad Karma
Even A Dog Can Shake Hands
The Heartache
Leave My Monkey Alone






Will Alexander
Brian Bell
Bill Berry
Peter Buck
Jorge Calderon

Mike Campbell
Darius
Bob Dylan
Amp Fiddler
Flea
Don Henley
Craig Krampf
Tony Levin
David Lindley

Stan Lynch
Blackbyrd McKnight
Mike Mills
Rick Richards
Brian Setzer
Leland Sklar
Michael Stipe
Waddy Wachtel
Jennifer Warnes
Jai Winding
Neil Young
Warren Zevon




Producer:

Programming (Track 10)
Programming (Track 10)
Drums (Tracks 1-4,6-9)
Guitar (Tracks 1-4,6-9)
Bass (Track 1),
Harmony Vocals (Track 6)
Guitar (Track 5)
Sitar (Track 7)
Harmonica (Track 3)
Keyboards (Track 10)
Bass (Track 10)
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 4,5)
Drums (Tracks 5,10)
Bass (Track 5)
Lap Steel Guitar (Track 6),
Baglama (Track 7)
Harmony Vocals (Track 7)
Guitar (Track 10)
Bass (Tracks 2-4,6-8)
Guitar (Track 8)
Guitar (Track 4)
Bass (Track 9)
Harmony Vocals (Track 7)
Guitar (Tracks 1,5,8,9)
Harmony Vocals (Track 9)
Keyboards (Track 5)
Guitar (Track 1)
Vocals, Keyboards (Tracks 1,5,9),
Piano (Tracks 2,4),
Guitar (Tracks 2,3,7,8),
Sampling (Track 10)

Niko Bolas, Andrew Slater,
Warren Zevon

8) TRANSVERSE CITY

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10.

Transverse City
Run Straight Down
The Long Arm Of The Law
Turbulence
They Moved The Moon

Splendid Isolation
Networking
Gridlock
Down In The Mall
Nobody's In Love This Year






Jorge Calderon

Mike Campbell

Jack Casady

Chick Corea
Howie Epstein

Jerry Garcia
David Gilmour
Bob Glaub
Richie Hayward
Mark Isham
Jorma Kaukonen
David Lindley

John Patitucci
JD Souther
Benmont Tench
Waddy Wachtel
Neil Young
Jordan Zevon
Warren Zevon




Producer:

Bass (Track 7),
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 7,8)
Guitar (Tracks 6,10),
Mandolin (Track 10)
Bass (Tracks 5,8),
Harmony Vocals (Track 8)
Piano (Track 3)
Banjo (Track 7), Mandolin (Track 7),
Bass (Track 9)
Guitar (Tracks 1,5)
Guitar (Track 2)
Bass (Tracks 2-4,6,10)
Drums (Tracks 1-4,6-10)
Flugelhorn (Track 10)
Guitar & Harmony Vocals (Track 8)
Lap Steel Guitar, Baglama, Oud,
Vocals (all Track 9)
Bass (Track 1)
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 2,4,10)
Organ (Track 7)
Guitar (Tracks 2,7,10)
Guitar (Track 8), Harmony Vocals (Track 6)
Harmony Vocals (Track 3)
Vocals, Keyboards (Tracks 1-5,7-10),
Guitar (Tracks 3,4,6,8,9),
Piano (Track 6), Harmonica (Track 6),
Harmony Vocals (Track 3)

Duncan Aldrich, Andrew Slater,
Warren Zevon

9) MR BAD EXAMPLE

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10.

Finishing Touches
Suzie Lightning
Model Citizen
Angel Dressed In Black
Mr Bad Example

Renegade
Heartache Spoken Here
Quite Ugly One Morning
Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead
Searching For A Heart






Jorge Calderon

Dan Dugmore

Bob Glaub
Jim Keltner
Tito Larriva
Kipp Lennon
Mark Lennon
Michael Lennon
David Lindley

Jeff Porcaro
Waddy Wachtel

Dwight Yoakam
Jordan Zevon
Warren Zevon


Producer:

Bass (Tracks 5,8,9), Harmony Vocals (Tracks 6,10)
Guitar (Track 3),
Pedal Steel Guitar (Track 7)
Bass (Tracks 1-4,6,7,10)
Drums (TrackS 5,9)
Harmony Vocals (Track 4)
Harmony Vocals (Track 10)
Harmony Vocals (Track 10)
Harmony Vocals (Track 10)
Fiddle (Track 6), Baglama (Track 8),
Lap Steel Guitar (Track 8)
Drums (Tracks 1-8,10)
Guitar,
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 1,3,4,6)
Harmony Vocals (Track 7)
Harmony Vocals (Tracks 2,3,6,9)
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar (Tracks 3,4),
Harmony Vocals (Track 6)

Waddy Wachtel

10) LEARNING TO FLINCH

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Splendid Isolation
Lawyers, Guns And Money
Mr Bad Example
Excitable Boy
Hasten Down The Wind
The French Inhaler
Worrier King
Roland Chorale
Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
Searching For A Heart
Boom Boom Mancini
Jungle Work
Piano Fighter
Werewolves Of London
The Indifference Of Heaven
Poor Poor Pitiful Me
Play It All Night Long






Warren Zevon


Producer:

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards,
Harmonica

Duncan Aldrich, Warren Zevon

 

Recorded live on the European tour on 24 June 1992 to 13 October 1992

11) MUTINEER

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10.

Seminole Bingo
Something Bad Happened To A Clown
Similar To Rain
The Indifference Of Heaven
Jesus Was A Cross Maker
Poisonous Lookalike
Piano Fighter
Rottweiler Blues
Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse
Mutineer






Peter Asher
Rosemary Butler
Jorge Calderon
Bruce Hornsby
Larry Klein
David Lindley
Michael Wolff
Warren Zevon


Producer:

Vocals
Vocals (Track 4)
Bass, Vocals
Accordion
Bass
Fiddle, Cittern
Keyboards (Track 3)
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Percussion

Warren Zevon

12) LIFE'LL KILL YA

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12.

I Was In The House When The House Burned Down
Life'll Kill Ya
Porcelain Monkey
For My Next Trick I'll Need A Volunteer
I'll Slow You Down
Hostage-O
Dirty Little Religion
Back In The High Life Again
My Shit's Fucked Up
Fistful Of Rain
Ourselves To Know
Don't Let Us Get Sick






Jorge Calderon
Dennis Collins
Babi Floyd
Curtis King
Chuck Prophet
Jim Ryan
Winston Watson
Warren Zevon


Producer:

Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Vocals (Track 10)
Vocals (Track 10)
Vocals (Track 10)
Guitar (Track 4)
Mandolin (Track 11)
Drums, Percussion
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards,
Tin Whistle, Theremin, Percussion

Paul Q Kolderie, Sean Slade

13) MY RIDE'S HERE

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3.
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9.
10.

Sacrificial Lambs
Basket Case
Lord Byron's Luggage
Macgillicuddy's Reeks
You're A Whole Different Person When You're Scared
Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)
Genius
Laissez Moi Tranquille
I Have To Leave
My Ride's Here






Charlie Bisharat
Larry Corbett
Joel Derouin
Anton Fig
Sheldon Gomberg
David Letterman
Tony Levin
Sid McGuiness
Katy Salvidge
Paul Shaffer
Evan Wilson
Michael Wolff
Ariel Zevon
Jordan Zevon
Warren Zevon

Producer:

Violin (Track 7)
Cello (Track 7)
Violin (Track 7)
Drums
Bass
Speech (Track 6)
Bass (Track 6)
Guitar (Track 6)
Tin Whistle, Fiddle
Organ (Track 6)
Viola (Track 7)
Organ (Track 5)
Vocals
Vocals
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards

Warren Zevon

14) THE FIRST SESSIONS

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14.

Follow Me [Lyme & Cybelle]
Like The Seasons [Lyme & Cybelle]
I've Just Seen A Face [Lyme & Cybelle]
Peeping And Hiding [Lyme & Cybelle]
If You Gotta Go, Go Now [Lyme & Cybelle]
I'll Go On [Lyme & Cybelle]
Follow Me [Lyme & Cybelle]
Ride So High, (You Used To) [The Motorcycle Abeline]
Outside Chance [Demo]
I See The Lights [Demo]
And If I Had You [Demo]
A Bullet For Ramona [Demo]
Song 7 [Lyme & Cybelle]
Write If You Get Work [Lyme & Cybelle]






Jim Bell
Ben Benay
Lou Blackburn
Hal Blaine
Curt Boettcher
Dennis Budimir
Jules Chaiken
Mike Deasy Sr
Joseph DiFiore
Jesse Ehrlich
Wayne Erwin
Toxey French
Bones Howe
Larry Knechtel
Dick Leith
Lee Mallory
Ollie Mitchell
Michelle O'Malley
Joe Osborne
Lyle Ritz
Sandy Salisbury
Joe Saxon
Jerry Scheff
Tommy Tedesco
Jimmy Troxell
Warren Zevon

Producer:

Backing Vocals
Guitar
Trombone
Drums
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Trumpet
Guitar
Viola
Cello
Vocals
Drums
Drums, Percussion
Organ, Piano
Trombone
Backing Vocals
Trumpet
Backing Vocals
Bass
Bass
Backing Vocals
Cello
Bass
Guitar
Drums
Vocals, Guitar, Bass

Curt Boettcher, Bones Howe,
Warren Zevon

15) THE WIND

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3.
4.
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6.

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8.
9.
10.
11.

Dirty Life And Times
Disorder In The House
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Numb As A Statue
She's Too Good For Me
Prison Grove

El Amor De Mi Vida
The Rest Of The Night
Please Stay
Rub Me Raw
Keep Me In Your Heart






Gil Bernal
Jackson Browne
T-Bone Burnett
Jorge Calderon

Mike Campbell
Luis Conte
Ry Cooder
Brad Davis
Steve Gorman
Reggie Hamilton
Emmylou Harris
Don Henley

Jim Keltner
David Lindley

Randy Mitchell
Tom Petty
James Raymond
Timothy B Schmit
Tommy Shaw
Bruce Springsteen

Billy Bob Thornton
John Waite
Joe Walsh
Dwight Yoakam
Jordan Zevon
Warren Zevon

Producer:

Saxophone
Backing Vocals (Track 6)
Backing Vocals (Track 6)
Guitar, Bass, Tres, Maracas,
Backing & Spanish Vocals
Guitar
Percussion (Tracks 5,7-9)
Guitar (Tracks 1,6)
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Drums
Upright Bass
Backing Vocals (Track 9)
Drums (Track 1),
Backing Vocals (Track 5)
Drums
Lap Steel Guitar (Track 4),
Baglama & Backing Vocals (Track 6)
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals (Track 8)
Piano
Backing Vocals (Track 5)
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Guitar (Track 2),
Backing Vocals (Tracks 2,6)
Backing Vocals (Tracks 1,3,6)
Backing Vocals
Guitar (Track 10)
Backing Vocals (Track 1)
Backing Vocals (Track 6)
Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards

Jorge Calderon, Noah Scot Snyder,
Warren Zevon

16) PRELUDES: RARE AND UNRELEASED RECORDINGS

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3.
4.
5.
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12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

Empty Hearted Town
Steady Rain
Join Me In LA
Hasten Down The Wind
Werewolves Of London
Tule's Blues
French Inhaler
Going All The Way
Poor Poor Pitiful Me
Studebaker
Accidentally Like A Martyr
Carmelita
I Used To Ride So High
Stop Rainin' Lord
Rosarita Beach Cafe
Desperados Under The Eaves






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21.
22.

23.
24.

I Was In The House When The House Burned Down
Warren speaks on songwriting and
the early days of his career
Musings on mortality, song noir and
The King of Rock n' Roll
A chat about producers and the
stark sounds on the album Life'll Kill Ya
Back In The High Life
Warren's take on Winwood's classic
and Warren's inspirations
Talk of TV, movies, acting and performing
Don't Let Us Get Sick [solo acoustic live]

 

A collection of demos and unreleased songs found after Warren's death. Track 24 was recorded live at Austin City Limits Studios on
3 December 1999 for the 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin 9th Anniversary Concert