Warren Zevon humor to wed geopolitical subtexts to hard-boiled narratives. Tracks from this album received heavy FM airplay, and the single release "Werewolves of London", which featured Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, was a relatively lighthearted version of Zevon's signature macabre outlook and a No. 21 success. The critic Dave Marsh, in "The Rolling Stone Record Guide" (1979), called Zevon "one of the toughest rockers ever to come out of Southern California". "Rolling Stone" record reviews editor Paul Nelson called the album one of the most significant releases of the 1970s and placed him alongside Neil Young, Jackson Browne, and Bruce Springsteen
Jordan Zevon song "Studebaker". In 2005, he appeared on another tribute album called "", issued by Wampus Multimedia, where he sang another unreleased song called "Warm Rain" with Simone Stevens. In 2005, Zevon released his self-titled debut EP through his production company Mixed Headache. His first full-length album, "Insides Out", was released through Texas-based New West Records on April 15, 2008. On June 7, 2007, Zevon appeared on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and again on April 18, 2008. In 2008, he won the Overall Grand Prize of the prestigious 14th Annual USA Songwriting Competition with his song "Home". Zevon is