Warren Zevon kicked around the music industry for a decade before becoming a star. He wrote commercial jingles and songs for the Turtles and Murray McLauchlan, played in Phil Everly’s band, and ...

Earlier this year, Izaak Opatz released Mariachi Static, a new full-length album, via Mama Bird Recording Co. Opatz, who spends his time working in National Parks when he isn’t making music or touring ...

Apart from these artists with obviously deep connections, the lineup was led by Dwight Yoakam, who did a highly regarded cover of “Carmelita” back in the early ’90s (in collaboration at the time with ...

Shooter Jennings knew "Carmelita." He knew "Lawyers, Guns and Money." And of course he knew "Werewolves of London," Warren Zevon's 1978 rock hit about a "hairy-handed gent" on the prowl for "a big ...

Each week, SPIN digs into the catalogs of great artists and highlights songs you might not know for our Deep Cut Friday series. Warren Zevon kicked around the music industry for a decade before ...