Excitable Boy Excitable Boy Excitable Boy is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the single "Werewolves of London", which reached No. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career. A remastered and expanded edition was released in 2007. "Excitable Boy" and "Werewolves of London" were considered macabrely humorous by some critics. The historical "Veracruz" dramatizes the United States occupation of Veracruz; likewise, "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" is
Cadillac Ranch (Bruce Springsteen song) Australia, Reynolds was replaced by the fictional Mad Max. "Cadillac Ranch" has been covered by Rick Trevino and Status Quo. Status Quo's version was an outtake from album "Back to Back", and initially released on the 1999 album "Back to the Beginning". Rick Trevino's version appears on the compilation albums "NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open" (1995) and "Highway Fever: All Time Greatest Country Road Songs" (2006). Warren Zevon covered "Cadillac Ranch" during his 1982 tour and the song was featured in an MTV broadcast from the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey on October 1, 1982. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band covered