Warren Zevon was told by one of the founding fathers of rock, Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers that he should write a novelty song about a horror movie icon… So he wrote a total joke song…One he called a piece of crap called the Werewolves of London... It became his only hit! It’s a song about a mysterious, sophisticated gent who could be seen dining at Chinese restaurants, and drinking Pina Coladas in posh areas of Soho & Kent. He’s a dapper fellow, with tailored suits, and perfectly coiffed hair. But don’t let appearances fool you….Despite his dashing looks, you better keep your distance... cause he’ll rip your lungs out. The truth behind this ‘hairy handed’ bottled lightning hit, and the tortured artist who released the cap- then “drew blood" is NEXT... on Professor of Rock.”

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It’s time for another edition of our series Bottled Lightening where we celebrate a song or album that was king for a day…Here we honor artists and bands and that rocketed up the charts… but for reasons unknown weren’t able to sustain that success. Called by some ‘one-hit wonders’, we celebrate them instead as lightning in a bottle.

The story of Warren Zevon is, in many ways, an archetypical account of an immensely talented, but tortured, rock star. Like many before, and after him, he was somehow convinced that genius followed the road of excess. In his own words, he lived the life of Jim Morrison, but, for some reason…he lived 29 years longer. Zevon was beloved by his peers, a collection of the best artists of the so-called, Troubadour Era of the early to mid-70s. He was a highly sought-after session player for many years before the great Phil Everly convinced him to write a song about werewolves, fashioned after the “Monster Mash,” and the result was a 'bottled lightning’ track that became his only pop hit.

Warren Zevon’s childhood resembled episodes of The Sopranos…During his formative years, Warren’s father, William Zevon, worked as a bookie who managed volume bets and dice games for the scandalous LA mobster Mickey Cohen.

The Cohen crime family gave him the nickname “Stumpy” Zevon, and he was even the best man at Mickey Cohen’s first wedding…

As far back as Warren can remember, “Stumpy” drifted in & out of his son’s life, often making a ruckus when he reappeared. Like the time when Warren was 9, and his bookie father showed up to give his son a piano that he had won during a poker game. Warren was thrilled with his father’s gift, but his Mom was none too pleased and promptly ordered her erratic husband to remove the piano immediately. Stumpy responded by hurling a kitchen knife- narrowly missing his Mom’s head, then stomped out of the house. Warren got to keep the piano…..