I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

An oral biography chronicling the life and times of singer-songwriter Warren Zevon brings together conversations and interviews with Stevie Nicks, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, the Everly Brothers, and other friends, colleagues, and family members from California's rock scene.

Zusatztext "Zevon...was a brilliant! funny! biting! tender storyteller...and [this] will keep him in your heart." Informationen zum Autor Crystal Zevon is Warren Zevon's former wife and lifelong friend. She lives in Vermont near her daughter, son-in-law, and twin grandsons. Klappentext When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind a rich catalog of dark, witty rock 'n' roll classics, including "Lawyers, Guns and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves of London." He also left behind a fanatical cult following and veritable rock opera of drugs, women, celebrity, genius, and epic bad behavior. As Warren once said, "I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did." Narrated by his former wife and longtime co-conspirator, Crystal Zevon, this intimate and unusual oral history draws on interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stephen King, Bonnie Raitt, and numerous others who fell under Warren's mischievous spell. Told in the words and images of the friends, lovers, and legends who knew him best, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead captures Warren Zevon in all his turbulent glory. Zusammenfassung When Zevon was diagnosed with cancer he asked his estranged wife Crystal Zevon to take notes for a 'no-hold-barred' oral biography and insight into the Los Angeles music scene at the top of it's game. This work presents that biography. It features an introduction by Bruce Springsteen and afterword by Carl Hiassen.

Zevon...was a brilliant, funny, biting, tender storyteller...and [this] will keep him in your heart.

Autorentext

Crystal Zevon is Warren Zevon's former wife and lifelong friend. She lives in Vermont near her daughter, son-in-law, and twin grandsons.

Klappentext

When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind a rich catalog of dark, witty rock 'n' roll classics, including "Lawyers, Guns and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves of London." He also left behind a fanatical cult following and veritable rock opera of drugs, women, celebrity, genius, and epic bad behavior. As Warren once said, "I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did."

Narrated by his former wife and longtime co-conspirator, Crystal Zevon, this intimate and unusual oral history draws on interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stephen King, Bonnie Raitt, and numerous others who fell under Warren's mischievous spell. Told in the words and images of the friends, lovers, and legends who knew him best, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead captures Warren Zevon in all his turbulent glory.

Zusammenfassung
When Zevon was diagnosed with cancer he asked his estranged wife Crystal Zevon to take notes for a 'no-hold-barred' oral biography and insight into the Los Angeles music scene at the top of it's game. This work presents that biography. It features an introduction by Bruce Springsteen and afterword by Carl Hiassen.

Inhalt
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Carl Hiaasen
My Ride's Here
PART 1 PIANO FIGHTER
Wild Age
Poor Poor Pitiful Me
The French Inhaler
Frank and Jesse James
Werewolves of London
Backs Turned Looking Down the Path
When Johnny Strikes Up the Band
Mohammed's Radio
PART 2 LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY
Tenderness on the Block
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Empty-Handed Heart
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
Play It All Night Long
Detox Mansion
Bed of Coals
Splendid Isolation
Down in the Mall
PART 3 MUTINEER
Searching for a Heart
Fistful of Rain
Mr. Bad Example
Worrier King
Monkey Wash, Donkey Rinse
The Indifference of Heaven
Mutineer
For My Next Trick I'll Need a Volunteer
Life 'll Kill Ya
Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)
PART 4 DON'T LET US GET SICK
My Shit's Fucked Up
My Dirty Life and Times
Ourselves to Know
Don't Let Us Get Sick
Keep Me in Your Heart for a While
Who's Who
Acknowledgments
Credits and Permissions