My Ride's Here

by Warren Zevon

Product Description:

Personnel includes: Warren Zevon (vocals, arranger, guitar, keyboards);

Sid McGuiness (guitar); Katy Salvidge (fiddle, pennywhistle); Genius String Quartet (strings); Paul Shaffer, Michael Wolff (organ); Sheldon Gumberg,

Tony Levin (bass); Anton Fig (drums); Jordan Zevon, David Letterman, Ariel Zevon (background vocals).

Engineers include: Noah Scot Snyder, Michael J. McDonald, Michael Delugg.

Recorded at Anatomy Of A Headache, Private Island, Los Angeles, California; Spike, The Ed Sullivan Theatre, Pilot Studios, New York, New York.

Warren Zevon's first release on the Artemis label, LIFE'LL KILL YA, stripped down his sound to bare bones, exposing in sharp relief his sardonic wit and undeniable songcraft. The follow-up MY RIDE'S HERE manages to return to the forceful, full-band rock sound of Zevon's salad days while keeping the quirky songwriting knack intact. Whether Zevon is singing about the violent exploits of a hockey player "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)" or musing about Albert Einstein's way with the ladies ("Genius"), his knack for combining decidedly original (some might go so far as to say odd) subject matter with visceral rock riffs and catchy pop hooks remains intact. Zevon hasn't made the upper decks of the charts since the days of "Werewolves of London," and MY RIDE'S HERE probably won't change that fact, but that's just further proof of these songs' inherent aesthetic worth. Long may Warren run.