Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon

Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon

Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-07-08
Music Label: Wampus Multimedia
Soundtracks:
  1. Splendid Isolation (Phil Cody)
  2. I'll Slow You Down (The Simple Things)
  3. Desperados Under the Eaves (Last Train Home)
  4. Carmelita (Rachel Stamp)
  5. Mohammed's Radio (The Matthew Show)
  6. Boom Boom Mancini (Tom Flannery)
  7. Warm Rain (Simone Stevens and Jordan Zevon)
  8. Reconsider Me (Alpha Cat)
  9. Mutineer (Neil Luckett of tvfordogs)
  10. Run Straight Down (Roughly Enforcing Nostalgia)
  11. Life'll Kill Ya (Brook Pridemore)
  12. Mr. Bad Example (Robbie Rist)
  13. Suzie Lightning (Robb Johnson)

Music reviews of Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon

Music Review: No need to hurry
Rating: 1 Stars

As with many tribute albums, "Hurry Home Early" comes up pretty lame. None of the artists attempts to reinterpret or personalize the songs, they just provide pedestrian readings of some of Warren's best, but not over-played, compositions. The only track with any energy is Robbie Rist's take on "Mr. Bad Example." While his voice is a bit grating, at least it sounds like he's having some fun with the material.

Description of Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon

Wampus Multimedia introduces 'Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon.' Featuring 13 Zevon classics interpreted by emerging artists from the U.S. and England, 'Hurry Home Early' focuses on Zevon's contribution to literate, modern songcraft, and tracks his 35-year journey as acerbic troubadour and cynical romantic.

'Hurry Home Early' traces Zevon's career from the late 1960s until his untimely death from mesothelioma, an inoperable lung cancer, in 2003. From Phil Cody's "Splendid Isolation" to Robb Johnson's "Suzie Lightning," the CD tells the story of an artist torn between hopeful and dark impulses, locked in a struggle between heart and mind. From Tom Flannery's "Boom Boom Mancini" to Neil Luckett's "Mutineer," it explores the emotional interior of a composer who has been called the Hunter S. Thompson of audio journalism.

Wampus Multimedia started the Zevon project in 2001, after it released its first tribute CD, 'If I Were a Richman: a Tribute to the Music of Jonathan Richman,' and was working on its second, 'After Hours: a Tribute to the Music of Lou Reed.'

'Hurry Home Early' runs the gamut of Zevon's career, from Simone Stevens' and Jordan Zevon's reading of the previously unreleased "Warm Rain" to early nuggets (Last Train Home's "Desperados Under the Eaves," Rachel Stamp's "Carmelita," The Matthew Show's "Mohammed's Radio") to spirited pop-rock (Roughly Enforcing Nostalgia's "Run Straight Down," Robbie Rist's "Mr. Bad Example," Alpha Cat's "Reconsider Me") to latter-day ironies (The Simple Things' "I'll Slow You Down," Brook Pridemore's "Life'll Kill Ya").

'Hurry Home Early' portrays an uncompromising artist making accessible records, a surgically precise and perceptive writer conveying a vision through the lens of Hollywood.

Wampus is donating one dollar from the sale of each copy to the American Cancer Society.

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