by The nominees for election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for 2023 were announced today. Among the nominees was the late Warren Zevon who is a first-time nominee. That he is not already in the Hall of Fame is an absolute travesty.
If you didn’t know or didn’t figure it out, this blog’s name came from one of Zevon’s most recognizable songs Lawyers, Guns, and Money. It was from his third album Excitable Boy which went as high as number eight on the Billboard charts. Below is a live version of it from 1980.
The Hall of Fame allows you to vote once daily for up to 5 of the nominees. While there were others on the list that I might have voted for such as Willie Nelson, The Spinners, or Cyndi Lauper, I “bullet voted” for Warren Zevon. You do have to log in to vote but you can use your email, Facebook, Google, or Amazon accounts to do it.
To vote, go here: https://vote.rockhall.com/en/
I would urge you to vote early and often for Warren Zevon. As he passed away almost 20 years ago from cancer, it is up to me and other fans to push his election.
I don’t know whether he was a gun guy but he did another song that featured firearms – Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner. It was centered on the African bush wars and the mercenaries that often fought in them.
UPDATE: Thanks to all who are voting each and every day, Warren Zevon is solidly in 3rd place in the standings. Only Cyndi Lauper and George Michael are ahead of him. Time to keep it up!
Warren who?
And why is Willie on there? What rock & roll did he ever do?
Thanks so much for that. You are correct, it is a damn shame he wasn’t in it years ago. What a talent. Lived life on his own terms, and went out like a man. His last appearance with Letterman was something to be admired. I’ll pass this news around.
It seems like I saw the list once of all of the musicians who are in the R&R Hall of Fame and those who are not, and it cheapens the whole thing. I can’t recall the exact ones who were on each list, but it was truly shameful as I recall. I understand that the entire industry has some issues, especially now when music means money, and not talent so much, with things like auto tune and such. But damn, the way that they are doing things, it truly is a shame. But thank you, John, for at least recording these most excellent musicians, in their prime. Those of us who turn around and find ourselves at the age of 62 scare ourselves, as we still think that we are 17 in our head. It is only our bodies that tell us that we sure as heck are NOT youngsters any longer. That and our 3rd attempt to get out of bed without everything hurting. Oh, and for men, prostrate issues. ‘Nuff said.