![]() ![]() I hemmed and said, “Well, I mean sooner or later, one of you will die and there goes the opportunity.”ĭave winced. Because, you know, one day you won’t be able to.” He looked at me with his head cocked, a bit puzzled. Ray then joined Dave and his band for “You Really Got Me” on a London stage in December 2015.Īfter I’d asked Dave about the chances of a reunion, I said, “Well, if you’re going to do it, you should do it soon. He said there was a “fair” possibility and he and Ray would meet over Christmas. We talked after the set and, of course, I had to ask about a potential Kinks reunion and the status of the ongoing love/hate relationship between the brothers. Letterman gave him the whole hour for music and chat and that’s where, when Letterman asked him what he might now know that we didn’t, Zevon replied with his now famous, “Enjoy every sandwich.”ĭave Davies of The Kinks played Boston in fall 2015. It’s ambivalent.”Īfter his cancer diagnosis, when he was essentially given a death sentence, he was on his old pal and benefactor David Letterman’s show. Like it’s not intended as a ridicule of Lynyrd Skynyrd – I don’t think it’s funny that rock bands get killed in plane crashes – but then the grim, crazy stuff is funny and the overall effect is scary. Is it funny? He said, “Well, it is funny, but it’s also not funny. When, many years ago, I asked Zevon his intent. He wrote a lot of death-related songs over the years, including one on his major-label debut album called ‘I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead.” Zevon, who was 54 when he died, liked using a grinning skull with sunglasses and a cigarette image. As have Alice Cooper, Neil Young, Lou Reed, The Clash, Warren Zevon, and, of course, Bowie and Motörhead. Maiden, Metallica, Megadeth and virtually all heavy metal bands have at some point done so.
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