Warren deserves to be in the rock n' roll hall of fame.

Warren was great for upbeat, catchy tunes with deeply disturbing lyrics. Great stuff.

Warren wrote a lot of wild songs and had a real talent. He died way too soon of cancer. What a loss...His last name is pronounced ZEE-von.

As a kid, my Dad had Zevon’s “Excitable Boy” album. I used to listen to it while I played with Legos.

Ok, can we all agree that Zelma is dialed in? Warren, like most musicians wrote either what he knew or what he picked up on. The song 'Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner' was written after he was chatting with a mercenary from the 'Bush Wars' of the 70's. The music he wrote in his last days was him dealing with the end as it was happening to him. Very influential musician.

I have always loved his music. He was one of the greatest story teller's though music. Rest in piece. Warren

Sending lawyers, guns, & money is always good advice.

Warren Zevon was the songwriters' songwriter.

Roland the headless Thompson gunner is a mercenary anthem.

I know things are getting real when I get text messages that say, "send lawyers, guns, and money"

Jamel, the Zevon song “Keep Me in Your Heart” is amazing.
He wrote it as he was dying. One of the most gut wrenching and beautiful songs ….EVER.
Check it out … He was a regular on David Letterman’s show and performed it there shortly before he died.

He wrote the song, while drinking with a friend. It's just a story. Fictional.

Warren had an interesting youth.  His dad was a bookie in LA and Warren would hear stories from the mobsters and such that his dad did business with.  He did a lot of traveling all over the world and hung out in bars filled with mercenary soldiers and other interesting characters.  He wrote from these experiences. He had a knack for telling  wild stories in a 3 minute song.

Warren was one of a kind.  He always had a different take on things.  Check "Mohammed's Radio" or "Excitable Boy".

Do Warren's ROLAND THE THOMPSON GUNNER.  So glad you found him.  He was one of a kind and I miss him every day.

Warren Zevon hung out with Hunter S Thompson a lot. I bet this song was inspired by some of HST's adventures.
You can close your eyes and pick any random Warren Zevon song and it's guaranteed to be great.

One of the BEST singer/songwriters of ALL TIME! There's been a long time campaign to get him into the Rock n Roll hall of Fame, to no avail. He had a very dry sense of humor. My brothers played this album when I was a very little girl. I've loved him ever since. ♥️ RIP, WZ.

Warren was a genius. RIP

The thing to remember about this song — and many others by Warren Zevon (which is pronounced ZEE-von, by the way) — is that they were written with a very dry sense of humor, tongue-in-cheek, so they weren't meant to be taken completely seriously.

Edit: Want to add a few things... Other great tunes from the same album are "Nighttime in the Switching Yard", "Johnny Strikes Up The Band", and a heartbreaking love song, "Accidentally Like a Martyr". Then from later in his career, he did a great cover of Steve Winwood's "Back in the High Life Again", and lastly, I'll suggest a lovely tune that takes on so much extra meaning knowing that he is no longer with us, "Keep Me In Your Heart".

"If California slides into the ocean,
like the mystics and statistics say it will,
I do believe this hotel will be standing,
until I pay my bill"
One of the greatest song lines ever written; Warren Zevon-"Desperadoes under the eves"