The Wind - Zevon, Warren (CD 2003)

Even though he passed away barely over two months ago, and even after reading all the tribute columns penned in his honor, as a music fan, I know literally nothing about Warren Zevon or his musical career, save for his kooky 70s hit Werewolves of London. I'm not saying that to make myself look like a giant tool, because quite frankly, Zevon was an artist I just never found the time to really explore at all. I am only one man, who loves so many bands, who cannot possibly listen to everything by every single artist, no matter how much he desires to. Before he passed, I had decided a while ago...

I listened to this album with a very heavy heart. With knowing that it very well could be the last music that we ever hear from this great songwriter. Diagnosed with cancer last year, Warren has been living on borrowed time. His doctors had only given him months to live and he has been trying to get this album finished to provide us all with an epithet, we can only hope that this is not the final chapter. Last year he told us his rides here...well let s hope he misses that bus a few more times. I know I will miss him and can only say thank you Warren for what you have given us all. So how...

Today is August 27 and even in this town of 75,000 or so in Central Montana, I had one heck of a hard time finding this CD when it was released yesterday. It was sold out everywhere I had called or visited, except for one place, where I got the last copy around 4 PM! I'd already listened to the whole album a few days ago at VH1 on-line, but that link is now gone, I see. In its place are small snippets of each song, which does no justice to the entire album or to most of the songs. The album is a real testament of the love this man has for a lot of people in his life and to his ability to...

Let's assume you don't know anything about Warren Zevon or the circumstances surrounding The Wind. Then one day somebody hands you a stack of Zevon CDs to listen to, including this one. The Wind is not going to be the best CD in the bunch. The tone of many of the songs tends toward sadness (or at least reflection), and a few come dangerously close to sappy. Worse still, it lacks the humor present in other Zevon work. To top it all off, Warren's voice is weak in a lot of places, and the "all star cast" that appears on the album may seem a little gimmicky. Overall, The Wind is still better than.