2023 Charity Shop Purchases #29 - Various - Enjoy Every Sandwich - The Songs of Warren Zevon
Who would have thought that on a CD containing songs by the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and the Pixies that two of the best numbers would come from Don Henley and Billy Bob Thornton? Not me, that's for sure.
From October 2004 and on the Artemis label, as you can probably work out it is a tribute album to the great Warren Zevon who passed away at the age of 56 in September 2003 from Mesothelioma which sounds like a particularly nasty form of cancer.
The title comes from an interview with Warren on the David Letterman Show on 30th October 2002. When Letterman asked him if his approach to life and music had changed since he was diagnosed with terminal cancer Warren replied:
You put more value on every minute...You know I always kinda thought I did that. I really always enjoyed myself. But it’s more valuable now. You’re reminded to enjoy every sandwich and every minute
Sadly by that time it was probably too late for Lawyers, Guns and Money.
Great find.
ReplyDeleteA great find indeed.
ReplyDeleteI've heard that WZ quote a lot since joining the music blogging community but just so hard to put into practice - yes, we really should enjoy every minute (and every sandwich), but it takes something like a terminal illness for it to kick in. Poor Warren - having looked it up that does sound like a particularly nasty cancer (not that there are any that aren't really).
Don't often see Don Henley around here!