TheResurrection OP t1_iu51jvh wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:31 PM

Reply to comment by lgm22 in This weekend is the 20th anniversary of Warren Zevon's final appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman by TheResurrection

My Shit's Fucked Up was actually released two years before his cancer diagnosis on the album Life'll Kill Ya. Several of the songs on that album did end up being prophetic two years later though.

Axeman517 t1_iu5sl7b wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:32 PM

Are we sure it was before his diagnosis, or before it was made public?

I met Warren backstage on that tour. Somewhere there’s a photo of us together that I never got to see.

TheResurrection OP t1_iu60e8x wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:26 PM

It's documented that he went to the doctor in August 2002 at the urging of his dentist, which is when he was diagnosed with cancer. After the diagnosis, he instructed his PR person to generate as much publicity about his terminal illness as quickly as possible.

Sources:

Axeman517 t1_iu67q20 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:18 PM

Thanks!

gwaydms t1_iu7fvzc wrote on October 29, 2022 at 3:15 AM

He may have saved some lives, or at least bought them more time.