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Robin
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of the most acute and savagely satiric songwriters of his
era, Warren Zevon was born in Chicago on January 24, 1947.
His formative years were as colorful as the scenarios played
out in his music: his father was a professional gambler, a
lifestyle which forced the family to move frequently, and
Zevon spent most of his formative years in California and
Arizona. He learned to play piano, focusing primarily on classical
material before a disintegrating home life led him into pop
music, as well as a few run-ins with the law; after his parents
divorced when he was 16 years old, Zevon hopped into the Corvette
his father won in a card game and headed for New York to become
a folksinger. His music found little response, however, and
he returned to California, eventually releasing his first
recordings as part of the duo Lyme and Cybelle. Session work
followed before Zevon issued his solo debut Wanted--Dead or
Alive in 1969; the LP received a poor reception, and so he
returned to session work and composing advertising jingles,
and also served as the Everly Brothers' pianist before the
duo's break-up. Following a 1974 sabbatical to Spain, Zevon
returned to Los Angeles, where his longtime friend Jackson
Browne had secured him a recording deal; with Browne in the
producer's seat, Zevon cut a self-titled offering which was
met with lavish critical praise upon its 1976 release. His
1978 follow-up Excitable Boy established him as a wholly unique
talent, and earned a sizable hit with its wry single "Werewolves
of London." |
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