During the early 1970s, Zevon toured regularly with the Everly Brothers as keyboard player, band leader, and musical coordinator. Later the same decade, he toured with Don Everly and Phil Everly separately, as they tried to launch solo careers after their breakup. He worked particularly closely with Phil, arranging and playing keyboards on his first and third solo albums ("Star Spangled Springer" (1973) and "Mystic Line" (1975)) and co-writing tracks on his second and third albums ("Phil's Diner" (1974) and the aforementioned "Mystic Line"). Zevon's song "Carmelita" was also recorded by Canadian singer Murray McLauchlan on his self-titled album of 1972.