Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon
Warren William Zevonwas an American rock singer-songwriter and musician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth24 January 1947
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
box dad discovered few heard late later lyrics months music several sheet sitting song storage tapes tempo until version wrote
This is a song my dad wrote in the late '60s that I discovered in a box of reel-to-reel tapes that were sitting in a storage bin, ... I've had the sheet music for years, but never heard the song until a few months ago and it's one of my favorites. He re-recorded it several years later as 'Steady Rain,' but that was also never released. This version is a combination of the two. It has the tempo and feel, as well as the bridge, from 'Steady Rain,' but the lyrics and instrumentation of 'Warm Rain.'
lines songwriting arranging
But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.
song art enjoy-life
To me, the message of my songs, of all songs, is "enjoy life." My message as a person who evidently doens't have much more planned is the same. It's the only message I ever thought art had any business having.
song writing thinking
I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying not to think about.
song drunk facts
I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it
song writing play
I write each song individually and each one calls for individual musicians, You sit around and wonder who can we get to play a Neil Young solo, and then you realize there`s a good chance you can get Neil himself.
whose
I remember certain lines and whose they are.
learn possible realize took
It took me 10 years to realize that I don't know 'em, 10 years to realize that it's possible to learn them, then another 10 years to learn how to do things.
guess total
So I guess I had, I think they tell me I had, about three years total of piano lessons, off and on.
exquisite influence john later
I also told John Hammond this, 20 years later - to his exquisite embarrassment - that he was like this incredible, overwhelming influence on me.
guns hit send
Send lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan.
albums few guess high john lee school
The first few albums I bought, I guess around high school age, I had a John Lee Hooker album and a Bo Diddley album, and then some singles.
time blonde dylan
Dylan doesn't have to make Blonde On Blonde every time.
piano solo
I don't like piano solos.