Overview
- The Wild Honey Foundation and the Zevon family staged Meet Me in L.A.: The Songs of Warren Zevon at the United Theater in downtown Los Angeles on October 24.
- Jackson Browne, Dwight Yoakam, Fountains of Wayne, Marshall Crenshaw, Shooter Jennings, Steve Wynn, Inara George and others cycled through his catalog in a three-hour, 25-plus-song program.
- Set highlights included Browne performing Desperados Under the Eaves and selections from Life’ll Kill You, Yoakam revisiting Carmelita, and Fountains of Wayne covering Poor Poor Pitiful Me.
- Proceeds benefit the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization and the Ed Asner Family Center, reflecting the family’s advocacy ties.
- The celebration comes weeks before Zevon receives the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Musical Influence Award, with David Letterman expected to induct him.