Various Artists: Enjoy Every Sandwich - The Songs Of Warren Zevon
Terry Staunton, Record Collector, November 2004
LONG BEFORE his death last year from inoperable lung cancer, Warren Zevon knew his time was almost up. Undeterred, he carried on making records bulging with ideas and humour, and his final, double Grammy-winning release The Wind was a fittingly lofty watermark on which to call it a day. Now Zevon's higher profile pals have added a heartfelt and respectful coda to his story.
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