Thursday, May 10, 2007

Warren Zevon's Last Public Appearance

On October 30th 2002, Warren Zevon made his last ever televised appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Dave and Warren were old friends, and Warren was the goto replacement as bandleader whenever Paul was pulled away from the show. So as the only guest that episode, he played three songs and talked to Dave about his dirty life and times. Here is the last performance of the night, "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner." It's both powerful and kick ass all at once, from a true genius.

1 comment:

Little Dynamite said...

maybe this is sacrilegious but i've never been a huge fan of this studio version...live, fine, great, whatever, but studio? not a big fan...never understood the fascination...now "werewolves of london"? yes...awesome studio/live version...