"Warren Was Out Of Control Most of The Time" Waddy Wachtel Talks Producing Werewolves of London 

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I agree that Desperadoes under the Eves is the masterpiece on that record if I had to chose just one. Carmelita comes next I think. Then Poor Poor Pitiful Me for it's humor and rock swagger and then The French Inhaler. What fantastic breadth and mastery! What a great record. Hasten Down the Wind and Back Turned Looking Down the Path have indelible lyrics and melodies as well.

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AhhhOOOOOOOOO!

sooooooo goooood

Wow. That is the kind of songwriting that drives me crazy. The same three chords repeated over and over for three minutes. The song doesn't even contain a bridge. It is just such lazy writing. Obviously Wachtel didn't think much of it either and sadly most of the popular tunes today follow the same method.

@johnrandolph6121 those lyrics tho, I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at trader Vic’s / his hair was perfect .. the most perfect Los Angeles lyric

@@johnrandolph6121 one chord is ok, two chords is stretching it, three chords is practically jazz

It’s that fine line between criticism and an honest assessment.

absolutely, i was at an immediate family show in Los Angeles a few weeks back and Jackson was in the audience, its really clear he has a lot of respect for these guys.

Jackson is not a producer too soft rock oriented. The exact opposite of Warren, who was a superior writer and performer.

@@RegisWilkins "Superior writer and performer" -- than Jackson Browne? Regis please

@@Fogghorn_Legghorn I think Warren Zevon was a much better performer than Jackson Browne, who's a great songwriter but not always the best performer of his own material. Compare his dutiful but rather dull version of "Doctor My Eyes" to the amazing cover the young Michael Jackson did with the Jackson 5.

thank you for watching, i'm capturing it cause i also love it. i'm so happy you enjoy. cheers!

Agree 🔥

Oh wow that’s incredible!

Allowed for a unique perspective on life which he laid bare in his songs. Truly an interesting character

Such an interesting dude

I wasn't a religious Letterman viewer - I liked him but not so much that it was mandatory viewing. For that reason, I'm so grateful that I happened to tune in the night Warren made his last appearance when he knew the end was near. You could tell Dave knew it as well and soldiered through the interview knowing he was about to lose a friend. That was back in the day that if you didn't catch it live or had a VCR set up, you were at the mercy of the network to re-air it...

Warren was embarrassed of his past drunken episodes, he had a lot of regret

I know he’s played with Ringo, not sure if others - great question for next time!

amen to this! These session musicians are the heros of so much great music!

I read a lot of rock biographies and it seems like he pops up in all of them. I swear he has probably played with 70 perecent of the artists in the Rock Hall of Fame.

🎯🎯 and we haven’t even *mentioned* Stevie Nicks yet, either. He is TOTALLY underrated.

He is the one who gave Leslie West his first Les Paul junior..

@@seanmurphy26 his fingerprints are all over the place. he influenced or *actually helped* so many artists. Beyond just being a “sideman”. He’s a collaborator and one of the most tasteful yet interesting guitar players I’ve heard. He plays the right thing for the song and gives *just enough* stank on it to know it was intentional.

kings for sure, i'm hoping to do an episode with leland soon too!

Leland's RU-vid channel is terrific.

Noel Gallagher: "hold my beer..."

absolutely!

yes, great guy!

lawyers guns and money, a statement of purpose !! my fav of warren's

@@alldayvinyl "Lawyers Guns and Money" was the essence of America in the Reagan years

Except it came out in 78....pre Reagan as president

'Werewolves' was a throwaway and rightfully so. The majority of the album was and is too sophisticated for the general public.

@@G8GT364CI the public picks hits and "Werewolves" was a monster hit.

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Excellent album,Zevon went in the wrong direction in my opinion after that album.

Don't mistake "favorite" with " Best"

yep, I think Warren and Waddy were right; what were the record company doing? (it's such a naff song).

Wow didn’t know about it, will check it out!

Good read. Nothing held back..

Written by his ex-wife at his request so that it was accurate.

i wish i had more time, i'm aiming to speak with some of the other immediate family dudes soon and if i do i will ask the questions to fill in the gaps!

@@alldayvinyl Thanks ... I know he must have spicy Linda Ronstadt tales.

​, has he got any Lindley stories?

Totally legendary

Amen to this!

Amazing songwriter

Omg right!?!? Insanity

Classics

You should hear his last 3.

@@fuckgoogle8661 I have all his albums. I’m just partial to his first 2… I also highly recommend reading the book “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” The biography compiled from his diary that he left to his ex wife. It’s slightly disturbing and comprehensive look at his career and life. He was a complicated man to say the least.👍🥃

I think you're forgetting his 1970 album Wanted dead or alive.

Yes, absolutely

Not being an ass, but all I remember is that he beat his wife?

classic 🔥

Nonsense

@@RegisWilkins who asked you, mr. clown?

@@RegisWilkins Regis, you clown, nobody asked you!

@@RegisWilkins 👎🏼

totally awesome album

That’s awesome!

And music history was thus created …

That’s wild!

Wow I gotta seek that out now! Love Bryan ferry had no idea waddy was on his solo album 🔥

absolutely

Shhh no one wants to acknowledge that

Lucky you, indeed. My wife and I first noticed Jeff drumming on TV's "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" in the late summer of 1971 (mostly because he looked young enough to be a member of The Partridge Family). Then we got to hear him live on Sunday March 19, 1972, when Sonny & Cher played Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana (when Jeff was still just 17 years old). Fast-forward 2 years and we're attending our first Steely Dan concert on April 21, 1974 at the U. of Toledo. Who do we see tandem drumming alongside Jim Hodder, but a just-turned 20 Jeff Porcaro. No internet back then, so we had no idea that Jeff and backing vocalist Michael McDonald were part of the "Pretzel Logic" album tour of the U.S. and England, until the band walked out onstage.

True legend jeff was ❤️

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same! I love hearing waddy and his stories!

Thanks! The whole interview is also posted on the channel, it should be in the waddy playlist 🙌

Amazing music

Real vibe for sure

I guess he didn't really get into it, but in another video I saw they said that it took forever to get the groove right - they tried all different things that wouldn't work and then finally it clicked - whether or not that's accurate it's also strange that they didn't recognize it right away as the hit on the album - that happens so often - so many unexpected hit tunes - boys are back in town, Maggie may, play that funky musc white boys, etc - where they had no idea and yet it seems so obvious on our end lol

A box set in of itself! Powered by.. chemicals!

@@alldayvinyl everything living is powered by chemical reaction. he just took a more direct approach. for me, Z was as unique and musically important as Zappa, Miles Davis, King Crimson, and Tull. i've still only ever listened to keep me in your heart once. all i can bear.

Wow what a story!

Well said

That’s a great question I remember that too.. if/when we do a part 2 I’ll ask!

Must have been a wild time

Bad AI captions .. debating to even keep them it’s near embarrassing some of the stuff it comes up with. I try to fix all errors but I miss some always

It’s called immediate family, just came out and it’s awesome!

I even like the one that came out before it 😉

ooh thats a good question, when i have another chance to chat with him i'll note this!

Microphone probably fell over wasn’t noticed & they kept rolling.

Thank you so much I really appreciate that!

Totally 💯

Classic

@@alldayvinyl Draw blood!

What?!?

absolutely

Did you know him personally?

"A very serious song", said David Lindley, who played on several of Warren's records and recorded his own version: "we all have a wolf and a lamb inside of us and we need to learn how to make them live together".

@user-tz6wj2bw9 You likely have terrible taste in music.

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