Various Artists - Hurry Home Early: Songs of Warren Zevon

From the outset, it's hard not to listen to this disc with a heavy heart. When Warren Zevon died from lung cancer in 2003, it came as a surprisingly crushing blow to me and his many fans. While we all knew that we would miss is sharp wit and stinging songwriting, what we hadn't expected was to see the grace with which Zevon accepted his fate, a grace which was captured on his final album The Wind.

Despite any initial misgivings, Hurry Home Early deserves space in the collection of any Zevon fan. Furthermore, because these tributes demonstrate the lasting depth of Zevon's songwriting, it deserves a listen by anyone who favors mature, meaningful music. ~ SplendidID

Track Listing:

• Splendid Isolation (Phil Cody)
• I'll Slow You Down (The Simple Things)
• Desperados Under the Eaves (Last Train Home)
• Carmelita (Rachel Stamp)
• Mohammed's Radio (The Matthew Show)
• Boom Boom Mancini (Tom Flannery)
• Warm Rain (Simone Stevens and Jordan Zevon)
• Reconsider Me (Alpha Cat)
• Mutineer (Neil Luckett of tvfordogs)
• Run Straight Down (Roughly Enforcing Nostalgia)
• Life'll Kill Ya (Brook Pridemore)
• Mr. Bad Example (Robbie Rist)
• Suzie Lightning (Robb Johnson)