#1440 – DISORDER IN THE HOUSE – Warren Zevon - 12/21/2019

There has been a lot going on around the ranch these days so I am going to nominate this as the theme song for December 2019.

The tune comes from the magnificent final studio album by songwriting giant Warren Zevon: “The Wind”. The album is an amazing achievement because Zevon was battling (and succumbed to prior to the album’s release) lung cancer. The songs he wrote were as raw as a knife wound and were some of his best. You can hear the effort it took to sing, Zevon’s normally powerful delivery a raspy whisper at times. The album is also an all-star bonanza with many of Warren’s famous buddies (Petty, Henley, Emmy Lou, Springsteen, Joe Walsh, Jackson Browne, Mike Campbell) appearing on almost every track. Curious that Bruce rips off one of his best recorded solos ever for his buddy, Warren. It is a wonderful listen from front to back, but also a sad one for his fans who wish he were still around to delight us with tales of his Dirty Life & Crimes, right, Berk?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACSeVC6umzg

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