Excitable Boy

~ Release by Warren Zevon (see all versions of this release, 11 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Johnny Strikes Up the Band 2:54
2 Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner 4 3:50
3 Excitable Boy 4 2:44
4 Werewolves of London 4.85 3:32
5 Accidentally Like a Martyr 3:45
6 Nighttime in the Switching Yard 3 4:19
7 Veracruz 3:35
8 Tenderness on the Block 3:58
9 Lawyers, Guns and Money 4.5 3:38
10 I Need a Truck (outtake) 0:50
11 Werewolves of London (alternate version) 5 3:42
12 Tule's Blues (Solo Piano version) 3:14
13 Frozen Notes (Strings version) 2:00

Credits

CD 1

Spanish acoustic guitar:
Luis Damian (track 7)
Manuel Vasquez (track 7)
drums (drum set):
Mick Fleetwood (track 4)
Russel Kunkel (tracks 1, 3, 5)
Russ Kunkel (track 2)
Rick Marotta (tracks 7–9)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Jeff Porcaro (track 6)
bass guitar:
Kenny Edwards (Bryndle/Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt) (tracks 7–9)
Bob Glaub (track 6)
Leland Sklar (track 5)
cowbell:
Greg Ladanyi (track 6)
recorder:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist) (track 7)
synthesizer:
Warren Zevon (track 6)
organ and piano:
Warren Zevon (track 2)
guitar:
Danny Kortchmar (track 6)
Waddy Wachtel (tracks 5, 7, 9)
bass:
Kenny Edwards (Bryndle/Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt) (track 9)
Bob Glaub (tracks 2–3)
John McVie (track 4)
Leland Sklar (tracks 1, 5)
percussion:
Danny Kortchmar (track 1)
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist) (track 3)
piano:
Warren Zevon (tracks 1, 3–5, 7–9)
harp:
Arthur Gerst (track 7)
guitar family:
Waddy Wachtel (tracks 1, 3–4, 8–9)
guitar family and synthesizer:
Waddy Wachtel (track 6)
background vocals:
Karla Bonoff (track 5)
The Gentlemen Boys (tracks 5–6, 8)
background vocals [harmonies]:
Karla Bonoff (track 5)
The Gentlemen Boys (tracks 2, 5)
Linda Ronstadt (track 3)
Jennifer Warnes (track 3)
Waddy Wachtel (track 3)
background vocals [harmony]:
Waddy Wachtel (track 1)
background vocals and other vocals:
Jorge Calderón (track 7)
composer:
Zevon (tracks 1, 5)
engineer:
Dennis Kirk (tracks 1–9)
Greg Ladanyi (tracks 1–9)
lyricist:
Zevon (tracks 1, 5)
producer:
Jackson Browne (tracks 1–9)
Waddy Wachtel (tracks 1–9)
writer:
Jackson Browne (track 8)
Jorge Calderón (tracks 6–7)
Lindell (track 2)
David Lindell (track 6)
LeRoy P. Marinell (tracks 4, 11)
Marinell (track 3)
Waddy Wachtel (tracks 4, 6, 11)
Warren Zevon (tracks 4, 6–8, 11–13)
Zevon (tracks 2–3, 9)
phonographic copyright by:
Elektra Entertainment (renamed from Elektra 1989–2004; revived as Elektra 2009-06-01) (1978) (tracks 1–5)
Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (1978) (tracks 1–9)
publisher:
Leadsheet Land Music (tracks 4, 11)
Polite Music (tracks 3–4, 11)
Tiny Tunes (tracks 4, 11)
Zevon Music (tracks 1–5, 9, 11)
is the basis for:
All Summer Long (tracks 4, 11)
Varulven taggen (tracks 4, 11)
later parody versions:
There Are Werewolves Among Us (tracks 4, 11)
recording of:
Accidentally Like a Martyr (track 5)
Excitable Boy (track 3)
Frozen Notes (track 13)
Johnny Strikes Up the Band (track 1)
Lawyers, Guns and Money (track 9)
Nighttime in the Switching Yard (track 6)
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (track 2)
Tenderness on the Block (track 8)
Tule's Blues (track 12)
Veracruz (track 7)
Werewolves of London (tracks 4, 11)