{"product_id":"ill-sleep-when-im-dead-the-dirty-life-and-times-of-warren-zevon-isbn-9780060763459","title":"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarren Zevon is one of the newest inductees to the Rock \u0026amp; Roll Hall of Fame\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A harrowing ride through the backstreets of the L.A. music business with the King of Song Noir.” - Jackson Browne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in the words of his musical accomplices, fellow-travelers, friends, and lovers, \u003ci\u003eI’ll Sleep When I’m Dead\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled by Crystal Zevon, the artist’s former (and only) wife, this oral biography 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWhen Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind both a fanatical cult following and a rich catalog of dark, witty rock-n-roll classics that includes \"Lawyers, Guns, and Money,\" \"Excitable Boy,\" and the immortal \"Werewolves of London.\" He also left a trove of misadventures and anecdotes, a veritable rock opera of drugs, women, celebrity, high times, and hard ways. As Warren once said, \"I got to be Jim Morrison a lot longer than he did.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'll Sleep When I'm Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate and unusual oral history of one of our most original and distinctive rock-and-roll antiheroes. Narrated by his former wife and longtime co-conspirator, Crystal Zevon, the book draws on over eighty interviews with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Stephen King, Billy Bob Thornton, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, and countless others who came under his mischievous spell. The result is a raucous and moving tale of love and obsession, creative genius and epic bad behavior. Told in the words and images of the friends, lovers, and legends who knew him best, \u003cem\u003eI'll Sleep When I'm Dead\u003c\/em\u003e captures Warren Zevon in all his turbulent glory.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A moralist in cynic’s clothing, Zevon nails a part of the American character rarely captured in pop music.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce Springsteen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Warren Zevon...was one of the most interesting writers of the era, and certainly ahead of his time. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGore Vidal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is an extraordinary book -- unflinchingly honest, scarily funny, relentlessly cynical and always immensely entertaining. Just like Warren Zevon.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDave Barry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“All pop music collections need this book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In one of the most unflinching examinations of the rock \u0026amp; 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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone, The Best of Rock Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“…packed full of... the cynical humor for which Warren Zevon was so famous.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBangor Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...the book [is] a tender song in itself.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Zevon...was a brilliant, funny, biting, tender storyteller...and [this] will keep him in your heart.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMitch Albom, author of FOR ONE MORE DAY and TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Riveting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“… that’s what this book is about—humanizing this mythic character” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarp Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s a frank account of yet another great talent taken down by his own demons.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Out Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“… a grisly but fascinating rock ‘n’ roll journal…” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBirmingham News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] new, riveting oral history... unflinching interviews with his friends, admirers and fellow hell-raisers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[It’s] a satisfyingly sordid read that’s full of bad behavior…” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Crystal Zevon succeeds in channeling Warren Zevon, giving us a complete, engrossing picture of a compelling artist.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eI’ll Sleep When I’m Dead\u003c\/em\u003e turns out to be one of the most casually insightful rock bios ever.” Grade: A- - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s a lurid, page-turning read, filled with big successes and deep lows.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“…I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead definitely piles up enough horrendous behavior to back the title’s claim.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“ The book reveals a smartass satirist . . .  as bankrupt as the characters he documented in his songs.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“.. a fascinating collection of anecdotes... as assembled by his ex-wife, Crystal Zevon. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A harrowing ride through the backstreets of the L.A. music business with the King of Song Noir.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJackson Browne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This often searing, humorous, and brutally honest book captures him at his best and his worst.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Few books have captured so well the L.A. rock and roll scene in all its mindlessness and eloquence.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eI’ll Sleep When I’m Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, a no-holds-barred oral history that captures a lovable but wildly aberrant personality, draws upon a fascinating diverse cast of characters and peers into the heart of the Los Angeles singer-songwriter community in its prime. . . . 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