Excitable Boy

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Artist: Warren Zevon
Label: RHINO
Genre: Rock
Format:CD
Format:Vinyl LP
Released:23rd March 2007
Released:8th June 2015
Catalogue No:0081227999773
Catalogue No:MOVLP1378
Barcode:0081227999773
Barcode:8718469538744

Description:

Excitable Boy is the third album by Warren Zevon, released in 1978. It includes the top 40 success “Werewolves of London”, featuring Mick Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on bass. The album brought Warren to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career. The tracks “Excitable Boy” and “Werewolves of London” were considered macabrely humorous by some critics. The historical “Veracruz” dramatizes the United States occupation of Veracruz, and likewise “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” is a fictionalization of a mercenary in Africa. “Lawyers, Guns and Money” is a tongue-in-cheek take on Cold War paranoia. In addition, there are two ballads about life and relationships (“Accidentally Like a Martyr” and “Tenderness on the Block”), as well as a dance tune (“Nighttime in the Switching Yard”). Additional musicians included in the album’s creation are band members Jorge Calderón on vocals, Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar on percussion and guitar, and Russ Kunkel on drums. Among others, also Jackson Browne, Jeff Porcaro, Linda Ronstadt and Waddy Wachtel are featured as session musicians.