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* SwanSong: His last album, ''The Wind'', was written and recorded against his impending death from mesothelioma. It opens with a reflection on his "Dirty Life and Times," includes a cover of "[[Music/BobDylan Knocking on Heaven's Door]]," and closes with the melancholy "Keep Me In Your Heart." He passed away two weeks after its release.

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* SwanSong: His last album, ''The Wind'', was written and recorded against his impending death from mesothelioma. It opens with a reflection on his "Dirty Life and Times," includes a cover of "[[Music/BobDylan Knocking on Heaven's Door]]," and closes with the melancholy "Keep Me In Your Heart." The credits in the liner notes contains a who's-who of musical legends, as Zevon called in every favor the music business ever owed him. He passed away two weeks after its release.
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* ReferencedBy: A minor league baseball team in London, Ontario called the London Werewolves operated from 1999-2001, and their mascot was a werewolf named Warren Z. Vaughn.
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** Oddly enough, a few of the Beach Boys. Most famously his duet with Carl Wilson on "Desperados Under the Eaves", but David Marks and Bruce Johnston also played with him from time to time.

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** Oddly enough, a few of the Beach Boys. Most famously his duet with Carl Wilson Music/CarlWilson on "Desperados Under the Eaves", but David Marks and Bruce Johnston also played with him from time to time.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Zevon was a very personal songwriter. Many of his songs reflect his romantic feelings ("Reconsider Me", "Searching for a Heart"), his issues with drugs and alcohol ("Desperados Under the Eaves", "Trouble Waiting To Happen"), his experiences with Los Angeles and California in general ("Carmelita", most of ''Transverse City'' possibly). Of course, the man had a sense of humor, so this is {{lampshade|hanging}}d frequently (see "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", "Bad Karma", "Mr. Bad Example", etc.).
* NoExportForYou : For ''many'' years, many of Zevon's albums were unavalable in different parts of the world, particularly Europe, for different reasons. Thankfully, this was largely changed in the 2000s when previously rare albums were finally released... ''with bonus tracks''.
* ProductionPosse: They didn't all show up on every album, but you can reasonably expect the following names to show up in the credits: Music/JacksonBrowne, Waddy Wachtel, Jorge Calderón, David Lindley, J.D. Souther, at least one [[Music/{{Eagles}} Eagle]] (usually Glenn Frey, but sometimes almost the entire band), at least one member of Music/FleetwoodMac, and, in the later ones, his son Jordan Zevon.
** Also could apply to his friend David Letterman who always had him on to promote his albums and he was the usual fill in bandleader when Paul Shaffer was sick.
** Oddly enough, a few of the Beach Boys. Most famously his duet with Carl Wilson on "Desperados Under the Eaves", but David Marks and Bruce Johnston also played with him from time to time.


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* TechnologyMarchesOn: From "Networking" on 1989's ''Transverse City'':
-->"Networking, I am user friendly\\
Networking, I install with ease\\
Data processed, truly Basic\\
I will upload you, you can download me"
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* RevivalByCommercialization: "Jungle Work" was featured in a brief but memorable moment in the ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron IV'' mod ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', specifically as the song that plays if you reunify Russia as [[spoiler:Mitchell [=WerBell=] III, the leader of a team of mercenaries hired by the Free State of Magadan who launch a coup against the warlord who brought them into Russia]]. Within days of the update to ''The New Order'' that added that path, more than half the comments on the Website/YouTube video for "Jungle Work" were by fans of the mod referencing the game.

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* RevivalByCommercialization: "Jungle Work" was featured in a brief but memorable moment in the ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron IV'' mod ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysofEurope'', specifically as the song that plays if you reunify Russia as [[spoiler:Mitchell [=WerBell=] III, the leader of a team of mercenaries hired by the Free State of Magadan who launch a coup against the warlord who brought them into Russia]]. Within days of the update to ''The New Order'' that added that path, more than half the comments on the Website/YouTube video for "Jungle Work" were by fans of the mod referencing the game.
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* SwanSong: His last album, ''The Wind'', was written and recorded against his impending death from mesothelioma. It opens with a reflection on his "Dirty Life and Times," includes a cover of "[[Music/BobDylan Knocking on Heaven's Door]]," and closes with the melancholy "Keep Me In Your Heart." He passed away two weeks after its release.
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* ReferencedBy: A minor league baseball team in London, Ontario called the London Werewolves operated from 1999-2001, and their mascot was a werewolf named Warren Z. Vaughn.
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* BigNameFan: [[LongList Lots of people...]]
** Creator/DavidLetterman. Zevon was often guest bandleader and has performed on Letterman's show more than any other artist. Letterman is a great fan of Zevon's and provided backing vocals on "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)"
** Also: Mitch Albom, Peter Asher, Creator/DaveBarry, Music/JacksonBrowne, [[Music/FleetwoodMac Lindsey Buckingham]], T-Bone Burnett, [[Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash David Crosby]], [[Music/TheEverlyBrothers Don Everly, Phil Everly]], [[Music/{{Eagles}} Don Henley]], Creator/CarlHiaasen, Jon Kellerman, Creator/StephenKing, Jon Landau, Richard Lewis, Music/BonnieRaitt, Paul Shaffer, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Creator/HunterSThompson, Creator/BillyBobThornton, Wrestling/JesseVentura, and Music/DwightYoakam. (Going by the list of his friends who contributed to a book about his life.)
** Creator/MichaelChabon said that he learned more about alliteration from "Werewolves of London" than he learned from the study of English poetry in college.
** If you also include people who've worked with him numerous times or have covered his work, you can add: Music/BobDylan, Creator/AdamSandler, Steve Earle, Music/LindaRonstadt, Wallflowers, Carl Wilson, Pete Yorn, Ry Cooder, Music/ThePixies, Music/JillSobule, Music/{{REM}}, Jennifer Warnes, Music/TomPetty, Music/NeilYoung, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Keltner, Jeff Pocaro, Waddy Wachtel... Let's just say that he's incredibly popular within the business.
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* RevivalByCommercialization: "Jungle Work" was featured in a brief but memorable moment in the ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron IV'' mod ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'', specifically as the song that plays if you reunify Russia as [[spoiler:Mitchell [=WerBell=] III, the leader of a team of mercenaries hired by the Free State of Magadan who launch a coup against the warlord who brought them into Russia]]. Within days of the update to ''The New Order'' that added that path, more than half the comments on the Website/YouTube video for "Jungle Work" were by fans of the mod referencing the game.
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** If you also include people who've worked with him numerous times or have covered his work, you can add: Music/BobDylan, Creator/AdamSandler, Steve Earle, Music/LindaRonstadt, Wallflowers, Pete Yorn, Ry Cooder, Music/ThePixies, Music/JillSobule, Music/{{REM}}, Jennifer Warnes, Music/TomPetty, Music/NeilYoung, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Keltner, Jeff Pocaro, Waddy Wachtel... Let's just say that he's incredibly popular within the business.

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** If you also include people who've worked with him numerous times or have covered his work, you can add: Music/BobDylan, Creator/AdamSandler, Steve Earle, Music/LindaRonstadt, Wallflowers, Carl Wilson, Pete Yorn, Ry Cooder, Music/ThePixies, Music/JillSobule, Music/{{REM}}, Jennifer Warnes, Music/TomPetty, Music/NeilYoung, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Keltner, Jeff Pocaro, Waddy Wachtel... Let's just say that he's incredibly popular within the business.

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** Also: Mitch Albom, Peter Asher, Creator/DaveBarry, Music/JacksonBrowne, [[Music/FleetwoodMac Lindsey Buckingham]], T-Bone Burnett, [[Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash David Crosby]], Don Everly, Phil Everly, [[Music/{{Eagles}} Don Henley]], Creator/CarlHiaasen, Jon Kellerman, Creator/StephenKing, Jon Landau, Richard Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Shaffer, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Creator/HunterSThompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Wrestling/JesseVentura, and Music/DwightYoakam. (Going by the list of his friends who contributed to a book about his life.)

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** Also: Mitch Albom, Peter Asher, Creator/DaveBarry, Music/JacksonBrowne, [[Music/FleetwoodMac Lindsey Buckingham]], T-Bone Burnett, [[Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash David Crosby]], [[Music/TheEverlyBrothers Don Everly, Phil Everly, Everly]], [[Music/{{Eagles}} Don Henley]], Creator/CarlHiaasen, Jon Kellerman, Creator/StephenKing, Jon Landau, Richard Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Music/BonnieRaitt, Paul Shaffer, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Creator/HunterSThompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Creator/BillyBobThornton, Wrestling/JesseVentura, and Music/DwightYoakam. (Going by the list of his friends who contributed to a book about his life.)



** If you also include people who've worked with him numerous times or have covered his work, you can add: Music/BobDylan, Creator/AdamSandler, Steve Earle, Music/LindaRonstadt, Wallflowers, Pete Yorn, Ry Cooder, Music/ThePixies, Music/JillSobule, Music/{{REM}}, Jennifer Warnes, Music/TomPetty, Music/NeilYoung, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Keltner, Jeff Pocaro, Waddy Wachtel... Let's just say that he's incredibly popular within the business.

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** If you also include people who've worked with him numerous times or have covered his work, you can add: Music/BobDylan, Creator/AdamSandler, Steve Earle, Music/LindaRonstadt, Wallflowers, Pete Yorn, Ry Cooder, Music/ThePixies, Music/JillSobule, Music/{{REM}}, Jennifer Warnes, Music/TomPetty, Music/NeilYoung, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Keltner, Jeff Pocaro, Waddy Wachtel... Let's just say that he's incredibly popular within the business.business.
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* BigNameFan: Creator/DavidLetterman. Zevon was often guest bandleader and has performed on Letterman's show more than any other artist. Letterman is a great fan of Zevon's and provided backing vocals on "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)"
** Also: Mitch Albom, Peter Asher, Creator/DaveBarry, Music/JacksonBrowne, Lindsey Buckingham, T-Bone Burnett, David Crosby, Don Everly, Phil Everly, Don Henley, Creator/CarlHiaasen, Jon Kellerman, Creator/StephenKing, Jon Landau, Richard Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Shaffer, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Creator/HunterSThompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Wrestling/JesseVentura, and Music/DwightYoakam. (Going by the list of his friends who contributed to a book about his life.)
*** Creator/MichaelChabon said that he learned more about alliteration from "Werewolves of London" than he learned from the study of English poetry in college.

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* BigNameFan: [[LongList Lots of people...]]
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Creator/DavidLetterman. Zevon was often guest bandleader and has performed on Letterman's show more than any other artist. Letterman is a great fan of Zevon's and provided backing vocals on "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)"
** Also: Mitch Albom, Peter Asher, Creator/DaveBarry, Music/JacksonBrowne, [[Music/FleetwoodMac Lindsey Buckingham, Buckingham]], T-Bone Burnett, [[Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash David Crosby, Crosby]], Don Everly, Phil Everly, [[Music/{{Eagles}} Don Henley, Henley]], Creator/CarlHiaasen, Jon Kellerman, Creator/StephenKing, Jon Landau, Richard Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Shaffer, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Creator/HunterSThompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Wrestling/JesseVentura, and Music/DwightYoakam. (Going by the list of his friends who contributed to a book about his life.)
*** ** Creator/MichaelChabon said that he learned more about alliteration from "Werewolves of London" than he learned from the study of English poetry in college.
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*** MichaelChabon said that he learned more about alliteration from "Werewolves of London" than he learned from the study of English poetry in college.

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*** MichaelChabon Creator/MichaelChabon said that he learned more about alliteration from "Werewolves of London" than he learned from the study of English poetry in college.
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*** MichaelChabon said that he learned more about alliteration from "Werewolves of London" than he learned from the study of English poetry in college.
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** If you also include people who've worked with him numerous times or have covered his work, you can add: Music/BobDylan, Creator/AdamSandler, Steve Earle, Music/LindaRonstadt, Wallflowers, Pete Yorn, Ry Cooder, Music/ThePixies, Jill Sobule, Music/{{REM}}, Jennifer Warnes, Music/TomPetty, Music/NeilYoung, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Keltner, Jeff Pocaro, Waddy Wachtel... Let's just say that he's incredibly popular within the business.

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** If you also include people who've worked with him numerous times or have covered his work, you can add: Music/BobDylan, Creator/AdamSandler, Steve Earle, Music/LindaRonstadt, Wallflowers, Pete Yorn, Ry Cooder, Music/ThePixies, Jill Sobule, Music/JillSobule, Music/{{REM}}, Jennifer Warnes, Music/TomPetty, Music/NeilYoung, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Keltner, Jeff Pocaro, Waddy Wachtel... Let's just say that he's incredibly popular within the business.
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** Also: Mitch Albom, Peter Asher, Dave Barry, Music/JacksonBrowne, Lindsey Buckingham, T-Bone Burnett, David Crosby, Don Everly, Phil Everly, Don Henley, Creator/CarlHiaasen, Jon Kellerman, Creator/StephenKing, Jon Landau, Richard Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Shaffer, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Creator/HunterSThompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Wrestling/JesseVentura, and Music/DwightYoakam. (Going by the list of his friends who contributed to a book about his life.)

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** Also: Mitch Albom, Peter Asher, Dave Barry, Creator/DaveBarry, Music/JacksonBrowne, Lindsey Buckingham, T-Bone Burnett, David Crosby, Don Everly, Phil Everly, Don Henley, Creator/CarlHiaasen, Jon Kellerman, Creator/StephenKing, Jon Landau, Richard Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Shaffer, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Creator/HunterSThompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Wrestling/JesseVentura, and Music/DwightYoakam. (Going by the list of his friends who contributed to a book about his life.)
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** Also: Mitch Albom, Peter Asher, Dave Barry, Music/JacksonBrowne, Lindsey Buckingham, T-Bone Burnett, David Crosby, Don Everly, Phil Everly, Don Henley, Carl Hiaasen, Jon Kellerman, Creator/StephenKing, Jon Landau, Richard Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Shaffer, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Creator/HunterSThompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Wrestling/JesseVentura, and Music/DwightYoakam. (Going by the list of his friends who contributed to a book about his life.)

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** Also: Mitch Albom, Peter Asher, Dave Barry, Music/JacksonBrowne, Lindsey Buckingham, T-Bone Burnett, David Crosby, Don Everly, Phil Everly, Don Henley, Carl Hiaasen, Creator/CarlHiaasen, Jon Kellerman, Creator/StephenKing, Jon Landau, Richard Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Shaffer, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Creator/HunterSThompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Wrestling/JesseVentura, and Music/DwightYoakam. (Going by the list of his friends who contributed to a book about his life.)
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** If you also include people who've worked with him numerous times or have covered his work, you can add: Music/BobDylan, Creator/AdamSandler, Steve Earle, Linda Ronstadt, Wallflowers, Pete Yorn, Ry Cooder, Music/ThePixies, Jill Sobule, Music/{{REM}}, Jennifer Warnes, Music/TomPetty, Music/NeilYoung, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Keltner, Jeff Pocaro, Waddy Wachtel... Let's just say that he's incredibly popular within the business.

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** If you also include people who've worked with him numerous times or have covered his work, you can add: Music/BobDylan, Creator/AdamSandler, Steve Earle, Linda Ronstadt, Music/LindaRonstadt, Wallflowers, Pete Yorn, Ry Cooder, Music/ThePixies, Jill Sobule, Music/{{REM}}, Jennifer Warnes, Music/TomPetty, Music/NeilYoung, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Keltner, Jeff Pocaro, Waddy Wachtel... Let's just say that he's incredibly popular within the business.
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* BigNameFan: Creator/DavidLetterman. Zevon was often guest bandleader and has performed on Letterman's show more than any other artist. Letterman is a great fan of Zevon's and provided backing vocals on "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)"
** Also: Mitch Albom, Peter Asher, Dave Barry, Music/JacksonBrowne, Lindsey Buckingham, T-Bone Burnett, David Crosby, Don Everly, Phil Everly, Don Henley, Carl Hiaasen, Jon Kellerman, Creator/StephenKing, Jon Landau, Richard Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Shaffer, Music/BruceSpringsteen, Creator/HunterSThompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Wrestling/JesseVentura, and Music/DwightYoakam. (Going by the list of his friends who contributed to a book about his life.)
** If you also include people who've worked with him numerous times or have covered his work, you can add: Music/BobDylan, Creator/AdamSandler, Steve Earle, Linda Ronstadt, Wallflowers, Pete Yorn, Ry Cooder, Music/ThePixies, Jill Sobule, Music/{{REM}}, Jennifer Warnes, Music/TomPetty, Music/NeilYoung, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Keltner, Jeff Pocaro, Waddy Wachtel... Let's just say that he's incredibly popular within the business.

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