{"id":35798,"date":"2025-11-09T18:18:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=35798"},"modified":"2025-11-09T18:18:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T18:18:24","slug":"warren-zevon-inducted-into-rock-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=35798","title":{"rendered":"Warren Zevon Inducted Into Rock Hall Of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:223,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/rockhall.com\\\/inductees\\\/classes\\\/2025&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/rockhall.com\\\/inductees\\\/classes\\\/2025\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:224,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/variety.com\\\/2025\\\/music\\\/news\\\/david-letterman-warren-zevon-speech-rock-roll-hall-induct-1236573435&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260103215852\\\/https:\\\/\\\/variety.com\\\/2025\\\/music\\\/news\\\/david-letterman-warren-zevon-speech-rock-roll-hall-induct-1236573435\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 01:57:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 17:15:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 17:15:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>It is about damn time! The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rockhall.com\/inductees\/classes\/2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">induction of Warren Zevon<\/a><\/strong> is long overdue. Unfortunately, it was not in the performer category but in the &#8220;musical influence&#8221; category. I guess I will have to be satisfied with these crumbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years ago the<strong> Rock and Rock Hall of Fame held a vote <\/strong>to see which potential inductees should be voted into the Hall of Fame. Warren Zevon finished in third place which should have won him a spot in the Hall of Fame. The powers that be just flat out ignored the vote and put in those they wanted instead. I believe, if memory serves me correctly, they call it only an &#8220;advisory vote&#8221;. They did induct Willie Nelson. Now I like Willie but Willie ain&#8217;t rock and roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year they got their heads out of their rear ends and finally inducted Warren Zevon. Dave Letterman on whose show Warren often appeared gave the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/music\/news\/david-letterman-warren-zevon-speech-rock-roll-hall-induct-1236573435\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">induction<\/a><\/strong> speech. You can see parts of it below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ty3ZkYcApK4?si=gKTVij0ju1Co24xk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the ceremony, The Killers performed Zevon&#8217;s Lawyers, Guns, and Money. As anyone who has ever followed this blog knows, it was the influence for the name of the blog. Given I was a practicing financial planner at the time and not a lawyer, I decided to limit it to only guns and money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZlIUMemXuNs?si=EIgOmWRSt-CLIoAf\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are so many of Zevon&#8217;s song they could have featured but I am obviously glad they went with this one!<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is about damn time! The induction of Warren Zevon is long overdue. 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