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Classic Clips: Warren Zevon “Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner” – The Late Show With David Letterman – 30th October 2002

December 5, 2025 Graeme Tait 6
Earlier this year, the late-great LA singer-songwriter Warren Zevon was finally inducted into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’. With a recording career that spanned twenty-three years, culminating in thirteen studio albums and a string […]
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Classic Clips: Eddie Vedder sings Warren Zevon’s “Keep Me in Your Heart”

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At the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC – October 2017. Warren Zevon was an americana artist, no doubt, though in virtually every description of his oeuvre, he is deemed to be a rock […]
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I suppose part of the worth of this feature is, having selected an artist, you choose a favourite album, and then, pick another and damn it with faint praise. Here at AUK we’re not really in […]
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I’ve just finished reading Steven Hyden’s new book: ‘There Was Nothing You Could Do: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The USA” and the End of the Heartland’, a book highly recommended by Patterson Hood. Steven Hyden also […]
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VERSIONS: “Keep Me in Your Heart”

November 8, 2023 FredArnold 4
Warren Zevon had just been advised he only had a short time to live in mid 2002, so he asked his record company if he could make a farewell album before he died. The album was […]

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