Waddy Wachtel album were titled Ronin. Released on the Mercury label, the record never charted. In 1984 he played on Steve Perry's (Journey) solo album Street Talk. He has appeared on hundreds of albums with many different artists and bands. Production credits include albums by Stevie Nicks, Keith Richards, Jackson Browne, Bryan Ferry, The Church, Sand Rubies, George Thorogood and the Destroyers and Warren Zevon. Wachtel co-wrote several songs with Zevon including "Werewolves of London". He also co-wrote the Warren Zevon song "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" from the album "Mr. Bad Example". He performed and co-produced the first
Warren Zevon played Zevon's songs throughout the night. Zevon stated previously that his illness was expected to be terminal within months after diagnosis in late 2002. However, he lived to see the birth of twin grandsons in June 2003 and the release of "The Wind" on August 26, 2003. Owing in part to the first VH1 broadcasts of Nick Read's documentary "Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart", the album reached number 12 on the U.S. charts, Zevon's highest placement since "Excitable Boy". When his diagnosis became public, Zevon wryly told the media that he just hoped to live long enough to