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from the Bruce Springsteen website www.backstreets.com
RECONSIDER ME: BRUCE, DYLAN, ON ZEVON TRIBUTE
Springsteen and the E Street Band paid tribute to the late, great Warren Zevon last fall in Toronto with a performance of "My Ride is Here" -- and that Rising tour performance will soon be part of an official Zevon tribute album.
Slated for the fall on Artemis, the album is co-produced by Zevon collaborator Jorge Calderon and Warren's son Jordan. The tributee even had a heads-up, as Calderon told the L.A. Times: "I even spoke to Warren about it, and he was totally, 'Not while I'm still here.'... But we already had the idea between Jackson [Browne] and myself and Artemis." Also paying respects will be Browne, the Pixies, Steve Earle, Don Henley, Adam Sandler doing "Werewolves of London" (!), and Bob Dylan doing "Mutineer."
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| mac_daddy |
thanks for the info.
adam sandler - couldnt they find someone with more talent to do werewolves..? |
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| Gazza |
maybe its a reflection on warren's own warped sense of humour! |
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| jb |
Thanks...Letterman was very moved by Zevon... |
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| Martha |
I got to hear Bob perform "Mutineer" at the Hara Arena show in November 2002. It was very moving.
Thanks for the head's up Gary! |
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| Phog |
The Pixies are doing this? That's fucking hot!! |
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| mac_daddy |
quote:
jb wrote:
Thanks...Letterman was very moved by Zevon...
the tribute he did to him last year was excellent...
you know that zevon was part of letterman's starting lineup, right? zevon was one of the guests on letterman's very first show, and every time he changed gigs, he had zevon on as his first guest (late night, this cbs gig, etc.). i forget the rest of the lineup, but i know for a fact that letterman has his original guests on the first night of every new gig, and that zevon is/was part of that team. |
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more on this from www.billboard.com
Edited By Jonathan Cohen. July 22, 2004, 11:00 AM ET
Springsteen, Dylan, Pixies Salute Zevon
Live recordings by Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan, as well as newly recorded cuts by Jackson Browne, the Pixies and Ry Cooder will be featured on an upcoming tribute to the late Warren Zevon. Planned for a fall release by Artemis, the collection is being produced by Jorge Calderone, who worked closely with Zevon on his final album, "The Wind."
The title, release date and track list for the album is still being finalized, according to a label spokesperson.
Springsteen, who was among the guests on "The Wind," has contributed a version of Zevon's "My Ride's Here" recorded in Toronto last year. Dylan, who took to performing several Zevon songs on the road in 2003, has offered his take on "Mutineer" to the collection.
In a move that the notoriously sardonic Zevon would probably have appreciated, comedian Adam Sandler has recorded the artist's best-known song, "Werewolves of London," for the compilation.
Jackson Browne donates version of "Poor Poor Pitiful Me," a 1978 top 40 hit for Linda Ronstadt, while the Pixies take on "Ain't That Pretty At All" and Cooder teams with David Lindley for "Monkey Wash/Donkey Rinse."
Singer/songwriter Jill Sobule adds a previously released cover of "Don't Let Us Get Sick," while her Artemis labelmate Steve Earle's "Reconsider Me" and Don Henley's "Searching for a Heart" are both tabbed for inclusion. Among several other tracks that will round out the set will be a cut from actor-turned-recording artist Billy Bob Thornton, who also appeared on "The Wind."
Calderone is planning to add his own touch to the tribute with his rendition of the heartbreaking "Keep Me In Your Heart," one of the songs he co-wrote with Zevon for "The Wind."
Talking to Billboard.com in the wake of a pair of Grammy wins for "The Wind" -- best contemporary folk album and best rock performance by a duo or group for the duet with Springsteen, "Disorder in the House" -- Zevon's son Jordan said there were a few unrecorded songs by late artist and Calderone that he believed would come to light at some point.
"There are songs that he and Jorge collaborated on and we're all gonna get behind Jorge and keep nudging him to record those," he said in February. "I know that Dad gave Jorge his blessing to take those songs and work with them and record them, so hopefully he will."
Jordan Zevon has taken one of those songs, "Studabaker," and recorded it for inclusion on the tribute, and tapped longtime friend/Wallflowers lead singer Jacob Dylan to add backing vocals.
-- Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y.
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| UGot2Rollme |
I would have much preferred a real musician covering Werewolves. I can already hear Sandler's creepy goofy croon and probably won't buy the CD as a result. |
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| Martha |
I will buy it immediately upon release!!!!! How cool! |
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