He was working out like crazy and at the gym…. “Everything was banging on the right cylinder. “I can’t speak to it being Dad’s happiest time, but I can definitely say it was at least the happiest I’d seen him in a long time, and it was the happiest I would see him for a long time after that.” Jordan recalls.
The younger Zevon notes the tragic irony of how mesothelioma struck Warren when he’d put his reckless lifestyle and habits behind him. The event included an exhibit of Zevon photographs by George Gruel, whose book Lawyers, Guns & Photoscollects pictures of the artist along with stories from their time hanging together.ĭon’t miss a post! Sign up for Best Classic Bands‘ Newsletter form is on every page. Last night (7/7) Jordan played a tribute to his father with members of the elder Zevon’s 1982 touring band and special at an ADAO fundraiser at the Mr.
It’s not banned people think it is, but it’s not, and that’s what we’re trying to do.” We found out about certain brands of duct tape that have it. “And since then, we’ve found out that the whole thing about asbestos is that when it’s dry, a single asbestos fiber can get in your lungs and sit there, and 20 years later you’ve got mesothelioma.
“People see the late-night commercials and they equate it with sailors and factory workers, and Dad basically never worked a nonmusical day in his life,” says Jordan Zevon, a musician and spokesman for the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), in a Q&A in LA Weekly. It usually strikes people who have mined, worked with or lived around asbestos, and can take decades after exposure to strike its victims.
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It’s a word that shows up in late-night TV commercials run by lawyers looking to help Mesothelioma sufferers collect from a class action suit against asbestos manufacturers. What many may not likely know is the cancer that took his life: Mesothelioma.
The #1 Albums of 1973: Each One Has a Storyįans of Warren Zevon – the 1970s Los Angeles-based classic rock singer-songwriter admired for his gonzo consciousness found in songs like “Werewolves of London,” “Excitable Boy,” “Lawyer, Guns and Money” and “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” – know that he died of cancer in 2003 at age 58. Stevie Wonder’s ‘Talking Book’: Passion, Pain & Love. Mötley Crüe Guitarist Mick Mars Retires From Stage: Health. Bruce Springsteen Releases 3rd Track From Soul Covers Album. ‘Yellow Submarine’ Before It Was ‘Yellow Submarine’- A Naked Submersible, Sung By John Lennon. Beach Boys Share Mythic ‘Carry Me Home’ From ‘Sail on Sailor 1972’ Set. ‘Wrecking Crew’ Doc Director Talks Next Film on ’70s Studio / Touring Legends, Immediate Family. Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ Deluxe Edition Reveals More Insight of Their Recording Genius. Jerry Lee Lewis, Colorful Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer Known as ‘The Killer,’ Dies at 87. Dave Clark Five Release 7″ Singles Box Set. Jerry Lee Lewis Tributes By Music Stars. When ‘Halloween’ Introduced Us to Michael Myers. Question Mark + the Mysterians’ 96 Tears: The Riff. 2020’s All Star ‘Music of Peter Green’ Concert, 5 Months Before He Passed. That Time the Ramones Got Their Own NYC Street. 50 Years Post-‘Tapestry,’ Carole King Finally Got in the Rock Hall as a Performer. When a Radio Legend and a Bottle of Jack Saved a Lynyrd Skynyrd Concert. Grace Slick: Amazing Photo at 1969 Woodstock Festival. Donovan on ‘Season of the Witch’: ‘The Spookiness Was Real’. He also had a paranoia of doctors and this killed him: he did not know he had cancer until doctors could not help him. He had a lot of problems in his life, including divorce, alcoholism, and suicide attempts. Letterman later sang with Zevon on "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)" with Paul Shaffer and members of the CBS Orchestra. He was often a guest on Late Night with David Letterman and the Late Show with David Letterman. He liked to sing Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and Leonard Cohen's "First We Take Manhattan". Zevon sometimes recorded or sang cover songs. These include "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (a top 40 hit by Linda Ronstadt), "Accidentally Like a Martyr," "Mohammed's Radio," "Carmelita", and "Hasten Down the Wind". Zevon has written many songs that were recorded by other artists. His most famous songs include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" and "Johnny Strikes Up The Band." All of these are from his third and most famous album: Excitable Boy (1978). 
Many famous musicians have said they liked Zevon's work, including Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young.
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