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The 12 Boots of Christmas – Walking in the Foothills with the Worrier King

The third installment of the 12 Boots of Christmas series comes straight from the snowy Rocky Mountains to your computer somewhat interrupted by a detour through Palestine, Berkeley, London and the North Pole that took about 17 years to navigate.

Sorry for the wait.  You should have seen Santa’s face when this one came back from the lost and found…

With only thirty days left in the 1992 calendar year, we find Warren Zevon performing solo at the Fox Theater in beautiful Boulder, Colorado on December 1.

Warren is in town visiting old friends and previewing his upcoming album, 1993’s live retrospective Learning to Flinch, for the mile-high faithful.

In a fact that Zevon (and Santa) would find worthy of celebration, it is also the one-year anniversary of voters from the Ukraine approving a referendum for independence from the former Soviet Union.

Emptying the acoustic suitcase on both piano and guitar, Zevon treats us to a grab bag of 20 tunes that span his colorful career, all of which are presented in pristine living stereo for your repeated listening pleasure.

It’s all here, from the hits (“Werewolves of London,” Lawyers, Guns & Money,” “Poor Poor Pitiful Me”) to the “oh wow, he’s doing that song” (“Splendid Isolation,” “Worrier King,” “Hasten Down the Wind,” “Piano Fighter”) to the staples that we all know and love (“Mohammed’s Radio,” “Play It All Night Long,” “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner").

As he always did in the solo acoustic setting,  Zevon proves himself to be the consummate entertainer; a great instrumentalist, a gifted lyricist, and an engaging storyteller.

Just the kind of guy that Santa loved….

WARREN ZEVON SETLIST

Disc 1 - complete zipped download
Disc 2 - complete zipped download

Splendid Isolation

Lawyers Guns & Money

Mr. Bad Example

Carmelita

Excitable Boy

Hasten Down the Wind

The French Inhaler

Worrier King

Roland Chorale

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

Searching for a Heart

Boom Boom Mancini

Piano Fighter

Werewolves of London

The Indifference of Heaven

Detox Mansion

Poor Poor Pitiful Me

Things to Do In Denver When You're Dead

Play It All Night Long

Mohammed's Radio