Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon

When I first heard this song when I was kid the song seemed as much a novelty as anything else. I did not know who Warren Zevon was and it really was years before I did. Over the last ten to fifteen years however Warren Zevon has become a strong presence in my rock and roll hierarchy.

Zevon's performances on Letterman were legendary. He wrote a book, admitting that he has whole gaps of time in the seventies and eighties that he does not remember. When he found out he had terminal cancer he recorded an album called The Wind that includes some heartbreaking songs including a version of Knockin' on Heaven's Door. His last appearance on David Letterman could bring tears, especially when he gave Dave a guitar.

Zevon was a talent, an underrated one. Lawyers, Guns, and Money, Excitable Boy, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner were all great early songs but the song that most of us were first introduced to him with was Werewolves of London.

London is a song you can sing along with, it is a song which we all have known the words to for years and years. A song that even now when it comes on the radio you stop scanning, that you turn up the volume...Werewolves is one of those songs.

Owwoooo...we miss you Warren Zevon. My Ride's Here was an Ironic album near the end of your career before you knew you were sick. We wish you missed that ride for a few more years but are thankful for all that you left us.

Wolfgangs Vault. Com

I found a new website today. It is WolfgangsVault.com and it is a collection of rock era memorabilia, music, concerts and other items. Many concerts are available to listen to free and a few can be purchased and downloaded. A good amount of them seem to come from the Fillmore East and West sites in New York an San Fransisco. As i write this I am listening to a 1978 concert in Philadelphia by Warren Zevon. Rest in peace Mr Zevon is my first thought. What a great resource for people interested in the history of rock and roll.

It is however not just rock and roll it is jazz like Dave Brubeck and Louis Armstrong as well.

A site well worth checking out.