![]() ![]() I just had been playing the self-titled Zevon record, and it had become such a huge part of me over the last three or four years. And I was going through this period of really getting into Linda Ronstadt, Peter Asher, all this L.A. ![]() But, in the last four years, I went really deep into his whole catalog. We caught up with Jennings - who recently oversaw the release of a new sneaker dedicated to his father Waylon Jennings - before he took his seat behind the keyboard to talk all things Zevon.įor a lot of folks, myself included, Zevon is a musical god. Among the highlights: a rousing take on Zevon’s 1978 tale of desperation, “Lawyers, Guns and Money,” which premieres on Rolling Stone. to Jennings.ĭuring last week’s inaugural Rebels & Renegades Music Festival in Monterey, six hours north of Jennings’ home, he indulged his affinity for Zevon, putting together a band - the Werewolves of Los Angeles - to play a set devoted to the eccentric songwriter who died from cancer in 2003. He can be alternately fueled by the literary madness of Charles Bukowski and the musical explorations of Warren Zevon, two characters who represent the many layers of L.A. And it’s those figures that inspire Jennings’ creativity, both onstage and in the studio. The City of Angels remains an endless well of unique, once-in-a-lifetime characters - whether glorious or depraved, righteous or demonic - for the Grammy-winning producer. At age 43, Shooter Jennings has called Los Angeles home for over half of his life. ![]()
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