My Ride's Here is a Rock album by Warren Zevon, originally released in 2001. On Gatefold: 15 pressings tracked.
About
Warren Zevon’s final album before being diagnosed with terminal cancer was prophetically titled <i>My Ride’s Here</i>. It features Zevon in collaboration with a circle of writer friends, including Carl Hiassen, Larry Klein, Hunter S. Thompson, Mitch Alborn and Paul Muldoon. Like Zevon, these are all men with a sharp intelligence and dark wit whose predominant theme is aging amidst the cruelty and disappointment of the modern world. The album visits realms of darkness, especially on the Thompson-assisted “You’re a Whole Different Person When You’re Scared,” which includes this vision: “The eagle screams on Friday / The Colts are doomed this year / The fat's finally in the fire / In the Kingdom of Fear / Dangerous creeps are everywhere.” Longtime Zevon cheerleader David Letterman shows up with the Late Show band for “Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song),” which lightens the mood with a sweetly deranged character study in the mold of Zevon classics like “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner.” Though his twisted humor is in peak form, the album closes on a feeling of peace.
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
- 1Sacrificial Lambs3:54
- 2Basket Case3:36
- 3Lord Byron's Luggage4:34
- 4Macgillycuddy's Reeks3:03
- 5You're A Whole Different Person When You're Scared5:13
- 6Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)5:26
- 7Genius5:01
- 8Laissez-Moi Tranquille3:32
- 9I Have To Leave3:05
- 10My Ride's Here3:41
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- warm
- poetic
- wistful
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Includes booklet. Some copies came with a white card tray.
Recorded At Anatomy Of A Headache Studios, Los Angeles. Spike Recording, New York. Private Island Studios, Los Angeles. The Ed Sullivan Theater, New York, Pilot Studios, New York.
Mastered For Stephen Marcussen Mastering, Los Angeles.
Track 6 in booklet: Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Anton FigDRUMS
- Ariel ZevonBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- David LettermanBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Jordan ZevonBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Katy SalvidgeTIN WHISTLE , FIDDLE TIN WHISTLE, FIDDLE WHISTLE , FIDDLE
- Sheldon GombergBASS
- Warren ZevonVOCALS, GUITAR , KEYBOARDS VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS
- Charlie BisharatSTRINGS , VIOLIN VIOLIN
- Evan WilsonSTRINGS , VIOLA VIOLA
- Joel DerouinSTRINGS , VIOLIN VIOLIN
- Larry CorbettCELLO STRINGS , CELLO
- Michael WolffORGAN
- Paul ShafferORGAN
- Sid McGinnisGUITAR
- Tony LevinBASS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 15 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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