I'LL Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon - Hardcover

Zevon, Crystal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060763450 ISBN 13: 9780060763459

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2007

Synopsis

An oral biography chronicling the life and times of singer-songwriter Warren Zevon brings together conversations and interviews with Stevie Nicks, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, the Everly Brothers, and other friends, colleagues, and family members from California's rock scene. 60,000 first printing.

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Review:

“In one of the most unflinching examinations of the rock & roll life ever, Warren Zevon’s ex-wife Crystal paints a harrowing picture of a brilliant mind ravaged by alcohol — using excerpts from the late singer-songwriter’s journals and interviews with friends including Jackson Browne and Bruce Springsteen.” (Rolling Stone, The Best of Rock Issue)

“I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead turns out to be one of the most casually insightful rock bios ever.” Grade: A- (Entertainment Weekly)

“ The book reveals a smartass satirist . . . as bankrupt as the characters he documented in his songs.” (Los Angeles Times)

“[A] new, riveting oral history... unflinching interviews with his friends, admirers and fellow hell-raisers.” (Rolling Stone)

“... an unforgettable journey into the depths of Mr. Zevon’s mad genius.” (New York Times)

“Few books have captured so well the L.A. rock and roll scene in all its mindlessness and eloquence.” (Los Angeles Magazine)

“...I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead definitely piles up enough horrendous behavior to back the title’s claim.” (New York Times Book Review)

“It’s a frank account of yet another great talent taken down by his own demons.” (Time Out Chicago)

“.. a fascinating collection of anecdotes... as assembled by his ex-wife, Crystal Zevon. ” (Philadelphia Daily News)

“[It’s] a satisfyingly sordid read that’s full of bad behavior...” (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Synopsis:

Told in the words of his musical accomplices, fellow-travelers, friends, and lovers, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" is an intimate and unusual biography of fabled singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, the musical force behind such dark, witty rock-and-roll classics as "Werewolves of London" and "Roland, the Headless Thompson Gunner." Narrated by Crystal Zevon, Zevon's former (and only) wife, it draws on interviews with Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Emmylou Harris, Linda Rondstadt, Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, the Everly Brothers, and a host of other denizens of Southern California's influential rock scene to tell the story of the original "Excitable Boy": literary hoodlum, OCD sufferer, brilliant songwriter, and rock-and-roll icon.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060763450
• ISBN 13: 9780060763459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 480