Warren Zevon

vocal, piano, producer, synthesizer, strings, guitar, acoustic guitar, performer, harmonica, organ, instrument arranger, electric guitar, keyboard

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Waddy Wachtel producer, vocal, guitar, guitars, synthesizer A Certain Girl, Accidentally Like a Martyr, Ain't That Pretty at All, Desperados Under the Eaves, Empty-Handed Heart, Excitable Boy, Finishing Touches, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Johnny Strikes Up the Band, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Looking for the Next Best Thing, Mohammed’s Radio, Nighttime in the Switching Yard, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Tenderness on the Block, The Envoy, Veracruz, Werewolves of London
Jackson Browne producer, vocal, guitar, steel guitar A Certain Girl, Accidentally Like a Martyr, Desperados Under the Eaves, Excitable Boy, Gorilla You’re a Desperado, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Johnny Strikes Up the Band, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Mohammed’s Radio, Nighttime in the Switching Yard, Play It All Night Long, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Prison Grove, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Tenderness on the Block, Veracruz, Werewolves of London
Leland Sklar bass, bass guitar A Certain Girl, Accidentally Like a Martyr, Ain't That Pretty at All, Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, Bed of Coals, Bill Lee, Empty-Handed Heart, Gorilla You’re a Desperado, Interlude No. 1, Interlude No. 2, Jeannie Needs a Shooter, Johnny Strikes Up the Band, Jungle Work, Play It All Night Long, The Envoy, Wild Age
Rick Marotta vocal, bells, drums A Certain Girl, Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, Bed of Coals, Bill Lee, Empty-Handed Heart, Gorilla You’re a Desperado, Interlude No. 1, Interlude No. 2, Jeannie Needs a Shooter, Jungle Work, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Play It All Night Long, Tenderness on the Block, Veracruz, Wild Age
Jorge Calderón producer, vocal, acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, guitar, maracas, tres A Certain Girl, Dirty Life and Times, El Amor de Mi Vida, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Jungle Work, Keep Me in Your Heart, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Numb as a Statue, Please Stay, Prison Grove, Rub Me Raw, She’s Too Good for Me, The Rest of the Night, Veracruz

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Waddy Wachtel producer, vocal, guitar, guitars, synthesizer A Certain Girl, Accidentally Like a Martyr, Ain't That Pretty at All, Desperados Under the Eaves, Empty-Handed Heart, Excitable Boy, Finishing Touches, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Johnny Strikes Up the Band, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Looking for the Next Best Thing, Mohammed’s Radio, Nighttime in the Switching Yard, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Tenderness on the Block, The Envoy, Veracruz, Werewolves of London
Jackson Browne producer, vocal, guitar, steel guitar A Certain Girl, Accidentally Like a Martyr, Desperados Under the Eaves, Excitable Boy, Gorilla You’re a Desperado, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Johnny Strikes Up the Band, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Mohammed’s Radio, Nighttime in the Switching Yard, Play It All Night Long, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Prison Grove, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Tenderness on the Block, Veracruz, Werewolves of London
Leland Sklar bass, bass guitar A Certain Girl, Accidentally Like a Martyr, Ain't That Pretty at All, Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, Bed of Coals, Bill Lee, Empty-Handed Heart, Gorilla You’re a Desperado, Interlude No. 1, Interlude No. 2, Jeannie Needs a Shooter, Johnny Strikes Up the Band, Jungle Work, Play It All Night Long, The Envoy, Wild Age
Rick Marotta vocal, bells, drums A Certain Girl, Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, Bed of Coals, Bill Lee, Empty-Handed Heart, Gorilla You’re a Desperado, Interlude No. 1, Interlude No. 2, Jeannie Needs a Shooter, Jungle Work, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Play It All Night Long, Tenderness on the Block, Veracruz, Wild Age
Jorge Calderón producer, vocal, acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, guitar, maracas, tres A Certain Girl, Dirty Life and Times, El Amor de Mi Vida, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead, Jungle Work, Keep Me in Your Heart, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Numb as a Statue, Please Stay, Prison Grove, Rub Me Raw, She’s Too Good for Me, The Rest of the Night, Veracruz
Greg Ladanyi engineer, producer, cowbell Accidentally Like a Martyr, Ain't That Pretty at All, Excitable Boy, Johnny Strikes Up the Band, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Looking for the Next Best Thing, Nighttime in the Switching Yard, Play It All Night Long, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Tenderness on the Block, The Envoy, Veracruz, Werewolves of London
Noah Scot Snyder engineer, mix, producer Dirty Life and Times, El Amor de Mi Vida, Keep Me in Your Heart, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Numb as a Statue, Please Stay, Prison Grove, Rub Me Raw, She’s Too Good for Me, The Rest of the Night
Dennis Kirk engineer Accidentally Like a Martyr, Excitable Boy, Johnny Strikes Up the Band, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Nighttime in the Switching Yard, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Tenderness on the Block, Veracruz, Werewolves of London
Bob Glaub bass, bass guitar Desperados Under the Eaves, Excitable Boy, Looking for the Next Best Thing, Mohammed’s Radio, Nighttime in the Switching Yard, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
David Lindley vocal, fiddle, guitar, lap steel guitar, saz, slide guitar Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School, Mohammed’s Radio, Numb as a Statue, Play It All Night Long, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Prison Grove, Wild Age
Don Henley vocal, drums Dirty Life and Times, Gorilla You’re a Desperado, She’s Too Good for Me, The Envoy, Wild Age
Jim Keltner drums El Amor de Mi Vida, Keep Me in Your Heart, Numb as a Statue, Prison Grove, Rub Me Raw
The Gentlemen Boys vocal Accidentally Like a Martyr, Desperados Under the Eaves, Nighttime in the Switching Yard, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Tenderness on the Block
J.D. Souther vocal Ain't That Pretty at All, Bed of Coals, Gorilla You’re a Desperado, Looking for the Next Best Thing
Kenny Edwards (Bryndle/Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt) bass, bass guitar, guitar Lawyers, Guns and Money, Looking for the Next Best Thing, Tenderness on the Block, Veracruz
Luis Conté bongos, congas, drums, maracas, percussion El Amor de Mi Vida, Please Stay, She’s Too Good for Me, The Rest of the Night
Russ Kunkel drums Accidentally Like a Martyr, Excitable Boy, Johnny Strikes Up the Band, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
Joe Walsh guitar, slide guitar Jeannie Needs a Shooter, Jungle Work, Rub Me Raw
Billy Bob Thornton vocal Dirty Life and Times, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Prison Grove
Linda Ronstadt vocal Bed of Coals, Empty-Handed Heart, Excitable Boy
Jeff Porcaro drums, percussion Looking for the Next Best Thing, Nighttime in the Switching Yard, The Envoy
Danny Kortchmar guitar, percussion Ain't That Pretty at All, Johnny Strikes Up the Band, Nighttime in the Switching Yard
David Landau vocal, guitar Ain't That Pretty at All, The Envoy
Jim Horn recorder, saxophone Excitable Boy, Veracruz
Glenn Frey (US musician/singer/songwriter, member of the Eagles) vocal Bill Lee, Wild Age
Jai Winding vocal, piano Desperados Under the Eaves, Poor Poor Pitiful Me
Mark Isham producer, electronic instruments, trumpet Searching for a Heart, You Don't Know What Love Is
Larry Zack drums Desperados Under the Eaves, Poor Poor Pitiful Me
Peter Maunu guitar Searching for a Heart, You Don't Know What Love Is
Reggie Hamilton double bass El Amor de Mi Vida, Prison Grove
Bobby Keyes saxophone Mohammed’s Radio, Poor Poor Pitiful Me
LeRoy P. Marinell acoustic guitar, bass Ain't That Pretty at All, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
Ry Cooder guitar, slide guitar Dirty Life and Times, Prison Grove
Stephen Krause engineer, producer Searching for a Heart, You Don't Know What Love Is
Lindsey Buckingham vocal Mohammed’s Radio, Poor Poor Pitiful Me
David Torn (guitarist/composer aka SPLaTTeRCeLL) producer, electronic instruments Searching for a Heart
Billy Hinsche vocal Desperados Under the Eaves
John Beverly Jones mix Finishing Touches
John Waite vocal Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Jordan Zevon vocal Prison Grove
Don Felder guitar A Certain Girl
Karla Bonoff vocal Accidentally Like a Martyr
Kurt Wortman drums You Don't Know What Love Is
Dwight Yoakam vocal Dirty Life and Times
Emmylou Harris vocal Please Stay
Fritz Richmond jug I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
Garry Malabar drums Mohammed’s Radio
Gary Mallaber drums I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
Gil Bernal saxophone Please Stay
Luis Damian Spanish acoustic guitar Veracruz
Manuel Vasquez Spanish acoustic guitar Veracruz
Marc DeSisto recording Finishing Touches
Mick Fleetwood drums Werewolves of London
Mike Botts drums Ain't That Pretty at All
Mike Campbell (worked with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) electric guitar The Rest of the Night
Nathalie Archangel vocal Searching for a Heart
Graham Nash vocal Looking for the Next Best Thing
Brad Davis vocal, electric guitar Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Randy Mitchell vocal, slide guitar Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Bruce Springsteen vocal Prison Grove
Carl Wilson vocal, vocal arranger Desperados Under the Eaves
Arthur Gerst harp Veracruz
James Raymond piano El Amor de Mi Vida
Ben Keith pedal steel guitar Bed of Coals
Steve Forman (US percussionist) percussion Ain't That Pretty at All
Steve Gorman drums Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Stevie Nicks vocal Mohammed’s Radio
T-Bone Burnett vocal Prison Grove
Jennifer Warnes vocal Excitable Boy
The Sid Sharp Strings strings Desperados Under the Eaves
Timothy B. Schmit vocal She’s Too Good for Me
Tom Petty vocal The Rest of the Night
Tommy Shaw (of Styx) vocal, acoustic guitar Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
John McVie bass Werewolves of London

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
63 High performer Stand by Me
Paul Raimondi performer Proud Mary
Paul Vroom producer, vocal Disorder in the House
Phil Ochs guitar Pleasures of the Harbor