Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns And Money - 4/18/1980 - Capitol Theatre (Official)

Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns And Money
Recorded Live: 4/18/1980 - Capitol Theatre - Passaic, NJ
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Personnel:
Warren Zevon - lead vocals, guitar, piano
David Landau - guitar
Zeke Zirngiebel - guitar, lap steel guitar, vocals
Bob Harris - synthesizer, piano, keyboards, vocals
Roberto Pinon - bass, vocals
Marty Stinger - drums

[@Grouchomx]

I love his quote when David Letterman asked him on his last interview before he died if he had any advice on life and he said, "Enjoy every sandwich".

[@daviddawson1718]

Greetings from the Republic of Fredonia. Really I have a flag on the wall

[@MrExpos52]

It's true! Enjoy EVERY Sandwich!!

[@jws1272]

There is a WZ tribute album out......it's on Spotify, actually........and it's called Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs Of Warren Zevon.......Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers sing this one!!

[@billkalivas9750]

Hail Fredonia!

[@matthewmyers280]

I love him. My dad went young, just like he did.... he said to eat all the stuff, make it count. All my love!

[@judethornton9244]

My dad died suddenly earlier this year. We shared a lifelong bond over music. This was the last song he ever showed me. Thank you, Warren, and thanks, dad.

[@Huelogy]

I hear you, my father passed away last year, Warren was one of our favourites, my condolences God bless.

[@ccSkydog]

My condolances... nice he turned you onto some good music. mine died too..3.19.2017. ..he turned me on to a few good selections.. but he mostly dug classical music.. opera etc. May our dads all be at peace. 🙏

[@lucysanders1273]

I also share a Warren Zevon bond with my dad. "Tenderness on the Block" was my father-daughter song at my wedding (a surprise for him after we started to play "Wind Beneath My Wings", his most hated song!) Coincidentally, this particular performance in this video happened to be recorded the day after I was born!

[@francescotomasin8714]

Your dad had a great taste in music.An embrace from Italy

[@PeriwinklePotter]

🤗🤗🤗

[@kingcurry6594]

Warren Zevon was one of the most intelligent and original songwriters I've ever seen.

[@robertobefera5576]

Yup. Same level as David Bowie creatively imo...

[@kingcurry6594]

@@robertobefera5576 I've never been a Bowie fan. I accept he was a creative genius, but his creation is not to my taste. Zevon's grasp of politics, irony and his humour hit the mark with me.

[@jeev4divine]

​@@robertobefera5576my exact thought

[@Erwyllian]

I got to see Warren Zevon. I can even say I knew him when he was living in Philadelphia ("Nita in the Morning" days...) I can't say I was his friend. He was a huge fan of my dog and used go out of his way in Rittenhouse Square to say hello and pat him. A few years after that he played solo at the Chestnut Cabaret, was playing this very song (on the 12 string), stopped in the middle, look me right in the face and said: "Hey... Will you get me a beer?" I did.

[@pelletman65]

+Erwyllian That is awesome!

[@Erwyllian]

+pelletman65 Warren gave a tremendous performance. Going solo - he still played for about three hours! He was (as far as I could tell) a nice man who was a fan of my dog. Logan (my dog) liked him too - and that was always a good recommendation.

[@pelletman65]

+Erwyllian You are extremely fortunate. I never saw him, I saw everyone else in the 80's, well, I missed Queen too, but those are my two biggest regrets

[@radical3073]

+Erwyllian Cool!

[@Erwyllian]

+Anchovy Rancher Hah! And they surely do!

[@christabelmorgan7970]

Why is Warren Zevon so ignored, underrated, even unknown? To me he is probably the most inventive, versatile and creative musicians of my lifetime - an amazing songwriter and a brilliant performer. Who knows where he would have gone had he not died so tragically young? He was incapable of producing anything that was not original. Honour to his memory.

[@ohiodemocraticpartydisabil6760]

well today he is nominated to get into the Rock And Roll hall Of Fame where I worked from 2005 to 2010 funny I met Warren in 1987 when I worked San Diego Symphony he did a show for his Sentimental Hygiene Tour we sat backstage while he got ready for show just talking about the music industry man those were the days

[@williamlouie479]

I think that this was the start of media hating anybody or anything that they hate don't like. You can see it happening on KZbin, Facebook, Reddit, even on Twitter.

[@timothy4557]

​@@ohiodemocraticpartydisabil6760 You mean Dolly got in before Warren ? Oh my !

[@The2ndFirst]

He's the litmus test I run every potential girlfriend through. None have passed. :) Legend has it, I am still enjoying my truck, my money and I'm not getting bitched at.

[@hazysativa3045]

He was a bit of a dick to those around him... wasnt an easy guy to like to be honest. My dad worked for a sound company on the west coast and knew him.

[@ralphnoyes4366]

Have I told this story before? Saw Warren in Austin at Club Foot with my future ex-wife in 1982. Still have the ticket stub on my law office wall. Solo show. Saw him for the second time in Austin in 1989, after future ex and I had separated. Saw him for the last time in 1993 in Austin with our son, age 8, on my shoulders. Warren came back out to do an encore. We were 10 feet from the stage, outdoors venue, Liberty Lunch. "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, can he play "Excited Boy"??!! Warren heard him, looked up from his guitar, grinned, and immediately launched into a roaring, soaring "Excitable Boy". That moment will live with me till the day I die. My son, now 30, and a big Zevon fan, won't forget it, either.

[@becajaz]

+Ralph Noyes Club Foot! I remember that place! Dang, wish I had seen him there!

[@ralphnoyes4366]

+JazzCat Last time, with my son, was at Liberty Lunch in Austin. Couldn't think of the name before.

[@mwduck]

Another rock and roll lawyer!

[@scottvandyke]

Best story of the day. Thank you.

[@denniscassley2569]

Terrific!!

[@hpblack1953]

This song is the sound track of my life. Shit is always hitting the fan.

[@peterhoare3219]

Me too. And I'm 59. I've been around the block so many times Im constantly dizzy Drinking helps

[@steveedlund3218]

U2 HUA. NEVER BORING BUT IT GETS HARDER EVERY YEAR. LIVE IT UP. ALL WE HAVE IS TODAY.❤

[@JohnMoore-xf5wy]

Yeah.😢❤

[@thomasmartin8202]

How does your fan feel?

[@sebatianalvarado7171]

we must be TWINS ...

[@jameswhitney2450]

Such a rocker! Love the segue in the lyrics from the tough loner to "...dad, get me out of this!" RIP, Warren, you have so many fans who listen to your music.

[@TheRippper]

I made that call a few times....

[@gordongrant444]

Exactly - Warren was like a poor man's Shakespeare, with such a keen, biting, pathos-laden understanding of human nature...

[@LoveFor298Yen]

Oh man, I always thought he said “and get me out of this.” The lyrics are much more clever now.

[@mctavish23]

@@gordongrant444 Perfect!

[@9700jb]

Love the dual guitars

[@dTNT24]

That's what I call an outright sound in a band, fellas!

[@lonewolf5238]

The best never gets old. And never dies. They live on in their music.

[@g.t.richardson6311]

One of the greatest albums of all time

[@waltertaylor5395]

Small club in Panama. Off duty army intelligence soldiers chugging beer with this tune on the jukebox back in the ancient 1970s. Glad I lived to have these memories. Thanks for adding this classic favorite to my playlist.

[@SydneyForTheDuration]

Cafe in Valparaiso Chile, 2002, that ex Wham guy George Michael singing Freedom (from music industry parasites) on the jukebox. If WZ was not an influence I will eat my cabbage hat.

[@ChasBeauregarde]

Thank you for your service! They were heady times indeed. Glad you were there.@@SydneyForTheDuration

[@gbonkers666]

Sounds like good times...

[@werriboy55]

To future generations who look back and try to put our society in context, this is how to rock.

[@billc6087]

I want this played at my funeral, loudly.

[@MB-wk4sb]

I'll send flowers, guns & money

[@bruusgaard1]

@@MB-wk4sb Underrated comment

[@AlbertoVO5]

Let me know when it is. Will take care of.

[@MB-wk4sb]

@@AlbertoVO5 asking someone to let you know when their funeral is is problematic, they won't be around to tell you.

[@AlbertoVO5]

@@MB-wk4sb oh good. You got it. 😳

[@savedbyrockandroll2]

thanks dad for always being there for me no matter how far or wild i traveled

[@ecmorgan69]

I love this song so much. It tells such an awesome story in just 4 and a half minutes. 😁👍🏻

[@robertreynolds1167]

The completely lovable madman musician. Thank you Warren!

[@JohnMoore-xf5wy]

Well put!

[@karlalang8816]

Loved Warren, and his hair was perfect! 😎

[@timshelley8635]

I miss this man so much! RIP Legend 🙏

[@funkygilagila]

For my dad, who passed away a week ago. This was his theme song

[@funkygilagila]

To my dad as well. My dad passed away in February. This was his song. Thank you for comment. Cheers from someone you haven't meet, but have a connection

[@lusoverse8710]

Best...Riff... Ever... This guy is so missed.

[@jurgenwille135]

Very !!!

[@gsmith207]

can we talk about the band? Holy shit… All of them legends nobody knows them except us

[@daletraylor8094]

I play this song 3 times a week... it still stands up to all folks... love the line the shit has hit the fan.... Awesome...

[@alanrogs3990]

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[@gregsawka201]

Hilarious! Absolutely one of the best lines EVER in pop music!!!

[@carlphelps4098]

SAME💥💯😎

[@janewhite4486]

When my business partner and best friend started our business in Arizona in 1981, this was our theme song. Singing Dawg Records in Scottsdale .

[@daletraylor8094]

That is a great song if you are going into business!!! Even more appropriate for todays business environment… especially if you live near a big city… I still love this song!!!

[@bikerider5296]

While going through some legal issue in the early 80's this song really helped keep my head screwed on straight. "The sh1t has hit the fan". Ain't that the truth!

[@JohnMoore-xf5wy]

Story of my life. DAMMIT!

[@charlenemack7040]

Enjoy every sandwich. That was said by Warren Zevon on David Letterman show many years ago. I never forgot it.❤❤❤

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

This was a REAL rock band.

[@timothythomas8082]

I'm turning 50 this month. For 40 plus years I've had many "favorite songs", but this one has had a lifelong consecutive run in my all-time top ten favorites. When my Atlanta Braves won the World Series back in '95', my best friend and I were both 21 at the time. We were wearing sunglasses to hide the red-eye hangover look, and we both had 24oz cold tall boy Miller Lites in our hands, and 24inx36in poster board signs folded in our laps up in the nose bleed section on a sweltering day in Atlanta just past the halfway mark of the MLB season in July of 1995. My buddy Kyle's sign read, "Hi Mom, I lost my job. Living on oatmeal, and washing clothes in the tub. Please send $." Mine, of course, read "I was gambling in Havana. I took a little risk. Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money. Dad, get me out of this." We appeared on the jumbotron screen during the 7th inning stretch and both stood up and unfolded our signs with our smiling heads beaming above the top of our art. The coolest thing was the next day when a few mutual friends of ours said that they saw us on TV at the Applebee's bar and they just yelled like we hit a grandslam hahaha. Hot girls we knew that worked the bar said that we were the coolest. 😎 😆 🤣 😂

[@jorgepineda7482]

I live in Honduras, and I love my country. But it wouldn't hurt to have some Lawyers, guns and money...😅😅

[@bobloblaw2958]

Zevon still rocks 2023.

[@sharonelliott7905]

I'm not sure how i got here, but happy to have arrived. Classic!!!

[@timothyboucher5557]

I am eternally grateful for having seen him before he passed. Genius.

[@JohnB00007]

The brilliance of Warren Zevon is beyond belief!

[@user-lw3cc3qu6z]

What an awesome performance... HEY!

[@michaelpickersgill5665]

Dear Warren, somehow the shit always hits the fan

[@jimranallo686]

Love this zevon song... mucho mucho mucho.... I'm an expat living in mexico for a long long time...many yrs ago when an apprentice electrician...and drinking in executive martini bars...I discovered this song on the flip side of werewolves of London...skipped over and over... til the executive types went nuts...still love the song and suggested it to a great R'n'Roll Band from Guadalajara .... cheers from Mexico

[@jimranallo686]

I forgot to add... That when given his "death sentence"... Warren was a brave man and an example for all of us to follow... Not blaming anyone and accepting the choices he made... He made this world a better place and left for his "next engagement" with dignity...cheers to Warren

[@anthonykobiec8569]

Raspberry Beret, Werewolves of London, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, and my favorite My $hit is all f'd up.

[@user-dc1dr9kr8x]

This is dangerous....this is rock and roll

[@letsgobrandon6018]

Anytime I need a pickme up I put this on , crank the volume knob and I’m good!

[@peterhoare3219]

I play this when I'm in deep shit with a female or Da Law....

[@SoCali_Surfer]

Lyrics don't get better than this!

[@davidcox3076]

Yes, he was quite the wild man on stage. But his songwriting was top notch, too.

[@tangogrrl]

I miss his voice so much. (I know I made you miss that chord when I walked by. Thanks for looking. ;) Love you Warren.)

[@cuchopenaloza3725]

One of the best songs on the whole youtube channel ... 15 years Warren you left this planet THANKS

[@gooddaysahead1]

Physics - He didn't leave.

[@utuber1a]

Boy, do I miss Warren. R.I.P., you genius.

[@molassio1989]

My mom saw Warren before he got sober and he said he was an absolute wild man of a performer, jumping off of his piano, etc. Then she and my dad saw him later on and it was amazing as well, but he had mellowed out.

[@thomasmartin8202]

Same for me with Steve Ray Vaughan, during and after his drug days. Hate to say it but the after were good but the during were amazing.

[@ericgugi8912]

'Enjoy every sandwich " Warren Zevon

[@patmcstuff671]

One of the best songwriters of his generation, he wasn’t that great of a live performer but he could do it, Detox Mansion!

[@nickasab]

Damn! That's what I needed. This was one of my fave songs back in the day (along with others from same album). WZ and the band killed it. Sounds like the original, but with that fire of a live show. Love it. Thanks for sharing!

[@VanBredlove]

We miss you Warren; nobody can ever fill your shoes.....

[@peterbauer7271]

Highway 61 is such a great album. So many amazing songs. He was criticised for using an electric guitar. No wonder he got the Nobel. His output of no 1 singles is prodigious. Greatest song wrier of the 20th Century? Cole Poter should get a mention

[@dylanyoung4194]

HOLY Spirit AMEN

[@johnshields6852]

I was 19 back then, he had a few great songs like this one. thanks for ride back.

[@007JHS]

One of my favourite songs by Warren Zevon.

[@kimhanna7971]

This the best version of the song I have ever heard

[@waltermameli2026]

Warren was a diamond in the ruff of Rock n Roll.....marvelous showman.....

[@Someone-kg8qf]

This was performed 2 weeks after I was born.

[@user-vq2gh5fn8u]

If there was a youth anthem for that era, this was it. Satire at its best. RIP WZ.

[@richhammond3518]

Gotta say I love this song, live your life

[@sjmckenzie101]

what a gorgeous riff.

[@peterjohnson617]

Thanks for all the songs, be at peace......

[@huckthomas7231]

I live in LA and got drunk with him several times that last year he started drinking again. No songs came of it, but there was poetry.

[@anthonyrichard8001]

saw rm in chicago. with my brother in law. bonnie raitte and steve earl. . lucky for me... never 4gottn. thank you.....

[@wayne_twentyfive]

This is a great performance of this brilliant song ! .. Lots of energy and attitude, but at the same time sticking closely to the melody and feel of the original recording .. Love it !

[@bensdadfrank]

The best song, IMHO to perform , and also to listen to. Written I believe, in honor of Hunter S. Thompson.

[@DrElektrika]

bensdadfrank I think it's about the tour he did prior to writing the song and how utterly out of control he was....although I could see it being an ode to HST.

[@bluthbanana21]

It definitely feels like a Hunter S. Thompson story put into song form

[@briannixon4111]

Zevon once stated that this was based on a true story. He and his manager were partying in Mexico, when the "party" decided to take to the road and it looked liked it was "about to hit the fan." Zevon's manager feigned a phone call: "Send lawyers." Zevon jumped in: "And guns... and money." The part about hiding in Honduras might be referring to O Henry, the author. In 1894, he'd embezzled $5000 ($150k+ in today's dollars) from the bank he was working at and had fled to Honduras to avoid prosecution. He was eventually caught when he returned to Texas to be with his terminally ill wife.

[@marymarysmarket3508]

@@bluthbanana21 ....or “Ain’t that Pretty at All”...would be Hunter’s

[@pac401]

One of the great regrets of my life was not seeing him in concert.

[@bgsuvinc]

pac401 amen to that big error on my part

[@kenmarkovich1860]

+pac401 Saw him when he did a solo, acoustic show in a very small bar in Allentown, PA. One of the best shows ever, pure classic!

[@my81lowrider]

+pac401 I came late to his music and I can't believe I never saw him. I first heard Lawyers Guns and Money played at full blast at a party (in 78 I think it was) That's all it took

[@mojorising0071950]

+ken markovich he was one of a kind

[@bluthbanana21]

I was going to say the exact same thing! I unfortunately got into his music after his passing.

[@rickwilliamson1417]

Awesome

[@MrDuneedon]

I love this song. Warren, we miss ya, buddy.

[@larryinca693]

MAJOR TALENT. ALL TIME. MISS YOU WARREN!

[@StePat67]

+Larry Barrett agreed!

[@sandyreidle5584]

I'm glad you got to hear this awesome man! So sorry about your father, this man died of cancer as well SUCH A FAVORITE! Listened TO THIS PARTICULAR (TAPE, THEN,) IN 1978 COMING FROM COLORADO AT ROLLING STONES CONCERT, WOOHOOO! KILLER TIME! I'm now 65, still my favorite artist and times!

[@wholeftthevaultdooropen8852]

We do this song at our parties. I've sang lead with our band on it a few times . When I'd get to the last line where the shit hits the fan, I felt high voltage shooting up through my spine. AAAGGGHHH!

[@alanoneill3065]

Don't stop

[@steveedlund3218]

Mine too.

[@tryingndoing]

I LOVE THIS BAND! When SHTF this is the song I want in my head!!!

[@richcerbone5521]

What a huge talent...gone too soon!

[@darksarcasm4835]

I saw Warren in B’ham AL and he was fantastic. I miss him.

[@SandraQuinlan-mz3nh]

GREAT SONG!!!!!

[@davidmaslow399]

The guys in the band are having so much fun!

[@joeengland5993]

Amazing, Frank Zappa on lead and Donny Osmond on keys.

[@poempadgett4664]

lol

[@buckkidder6435]

I followed the comments to see if anyone else caught Zappa. I was embarrassed to post it myself, but I told my wife, "That's FZ, right there!" I missed Donny O, but watched it again after reading your comment, and it is!

[@cynthiaking5308]

@@buckkidder6435I thought that was him, too.

[@JohnMoore-xf5wy]

RIP, Wild Man! 💥🌹

[@larrygoerke9081]

"Freak me out frank !" 'Miss you both. 'Catch you both in The Great WA, Brethren.

[@dianesawyer8523]

Always first in my playlist

[@ferdterguson124]

Amazing

[@jimmyfischbeck9872]

Now it's really safe to say,,,,We will never see his like again! RIP Warren.

[@dannyboyle7068]

Sad loss.man,what a star,lyrics,songs,superb!

[@mikepanado4195]

Absolutely 💯 Great saw him Live Jannus Landing St. Petersburg Fla 2002!!! Awesome show!!! Great Memories.... miss you Warren...

[@sa65cn1]

I'm so thankful that I got to see him twice at Tipitina's in New Orleans. He was great, RIP

[@toivotooming1243]

One of those moments that make me wonder, have I born too late into this world? Good stuff!

[@kenbrice6075]

Never heard this until I was on BBC Radio 5 on Wednesday. Totally amazing! Ken, Toronto, Canada

[@richardbarnes5529]

Always my favorite Zevon song. It’s been my personal theme all my life. My friends always say it is so you.

[@kimkloeppel2144]

So incredible! None like him!

[@s.douglas9531]

This song should’ve been used in Better Call Saul

[@peterhoare3219]

Fucken A!

[@davidmaslow399]

What Wonderful musicians playing with Warren!

[@wyattanderson7345]

Saw him twice at Sugarloaf in Maine.

[@carolkrouzek195]

I'm jealous. Been wishing I could be so talented and have such friggin fun since 84 when I first saw this. Killing it in the clouds!

[@crapht]

the shit has hit the fan

[@18Bobjohn]

I was at this show. Good to see it again.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

The Capitol in Passaic was THE place to see great acts for years in the NYC Metro area.

[@michaelnoller3441]

That was a great live cut. Man, what a talented boy, lol.

[@robertblair4647]

My favorite song writer

[@derrellthomas239]

Him and Uncle Neil Young.

[@keithinscho374]

TREMENDOUS. THE KIDS TODAY HAVE NO IDEA....

[@carolanncesare7170]

My ole crew and I always sang this in a pinch !

[@magunda100]

This song is composed of grit and granite. A base layer of necessities.

[@kimmckersie9661]

I will forever regret missing this concert

[@shannonschaerer1010]

DAMN - THIS IS FRIGGIN GR8!! I Love this Song - & This Version Kicks Ass!! THANKS - Made My DAY!!

[@-dirk-65]

That limo driver should have drove straight to the Hall Of Fame

[@rbotton6272]

this concert was performed 2 days after my birthday...oh the nostalgia