Singer Warren Zevon passed away this weekend after a year-long battle with lung cancer. Originally given three months to live, he held on for a year - long enough to finish his last album and see the birth of his first grandkids.
I've been listing to his music for 20 years. It's powerful and evocotive with a serious mean streak, and never fails to get me fired up before I play. Songs like Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Mr. Bad Example, Splendid Isolation, Excitable Boy and Lawyers, Guns and Money get my head into the right state of mind for paintball.
Here's the obit:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030908/ap_on_en_mu/obit_zevon_9
I've been listing to his music for 20 years. It's powerful and evocotive with a serious mean streak, and never fails to get me fired up before I play. Songs like Poor Poor Pitiful Me, Mr. Bad Example, Splendid Isolation, Excitable Boy and Lawyers, Guns and Money get my head into the right state of mind for paintball.
Here's the obit:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030908/ap_on_en_mu/obit_zevon_9