Zevon replied, "Just how much you're supposed to enjoy every sandwich." Track listing Īll songs written by Warren Zevon, except where noted. Letterman asked Zevon if there was anything he understood now, facing his own mortality, that he didn't before. The album's title comes from an interview Zevon did on the Late Show with David Letterman following Zevon's having been diagnosed with terminal pleural mesothelioma. It includes two unreleased Zevon songs: "The Wind," sung by actor Billy Bob Thornton and "Studebaker," sung by Warren's son Jordan Zevon. so How do women toss out perfectly good sandwiches? I think it is the 100 things in their heads.Īll those 100 things probably seem valid at the time they are walking that sandwich from the table to the garbage disposal.Jorge Calderón, Evan Frankfort, Brendan O'Brien, Ken Stringfellow, Twangtrust, and Waddy WachtelĮnjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon, released in 2004, is a tribute album to the late Warren Zevon by many famous musicians. The worst thing that you can do to a sandwich is to refuse it. I think that is exactly what Warren was getting at. Taking the title from a quote by musician Warren Zevon who also died. Where I'm going is the puzzling situation that occurs when a sandwich is just left on the plate. Enjoy Every Sandwich: Living Each Day as If It Were Your Last The Last Lecture +. For the first time in print, here are many (how could we get them all) of Warrens songs presented for all his fans to savor. Zevon is widely considered one of rock musics greatest songwriters. I'm not trying to stake out the crown of best sandwich maker in the land. Since Warren Zevons untimely passing, his legend and influence have only continued to grow. Some of them have their own shows and a huge following. There are loads of guys who are making perfectly fine sandwiches day in day out. The point of this is not that I'm the best sandwich maker out there. There has been the genuine heartfelt response to an artistic presentation " That really is a nice sandwich." And even when I get carried away and overdo it I've heard "Yow, I can't believe how big that sandwich is!" But even those formidable feasts are so good that that there is no need for a doggy bag. I can say I enjoy watching a happy customer enjoy a sandwich. They were so dainty that a farm girl with a healthy appetite must have gone through 100 of them in an hour "I never knew I could do that!" was her response. A particularly flavorful sandwich invoked a "Wow that was the most intense sandwich I ever had!" Another day I was making those small crust-less finger sandwiches. All aspects of the sandwich have been commented on by satisfied customers. I make a pretty good sandwich, or so I've been told. I mean unless it if obviously decaying and oozing putrid compost, a sandwich is a sandwich and I'm here to enjoy them, if you get my drift. Someone puts a sandwich in front of me, I eat it. They don't need something like cancer to help figure out what matters. New Yorkers are also the smartest people in America. New Yorker's, from what I hear, have more sandwiches than anyone else in America. From what I understand, most of those women end up in New York. But there are some women who can get past the chatter. With all that going on, I can see the problem focusing. How long will the wrinkle guard on the dryer run? What if the kids come home in the middle of the sandwich? What is that noise? Will this sandwich make me look fat? Did I remember to record Oprah? They have a 100 things going through their minds. What I've heard from women is that they can't focus near as well on the sandwich as men. Put a little of that in a sandwich, it's going to be, well, something special. I never told her the secret ingredient, but it was a special sauce. She said her husband made good sandwiches too, but mine were better. Up to then, she was a huge fan of my sandwiches. In the 5 and half months after getting sick, she never enjoyed another sandwich. I had a female friend who came down with cancer a few years back. If poets were punctuation, Zevon was a great, big, bold, in-your-face exclamation point in a world. If I could, I'd enjoy sandwiches every minute of the day. The late 20th century rock star and malcontent, Warren Zevon, succumbed to lung cancer at 52. My thought process goes like this "wow this is a great sandwich. Pretty much every sandwich I've ever had has been a fully focused experience. But on the flip side, we can concentrate. Sure I get the rap that guys can't multitask. In general, enjoying a sandwich is not a problem for a guy. The surprising thing about this quote is that is came from a guy. When Dave asked him if he learned anything new since his diagnosis his answer was "Just that you really should enjoy every sandwich." He was on Letterman after being diagnosed with cancer. His mind locked on that quote and he was kind enough to pass it along. He is wrestling with a cold that on any given day could turn into something much worse. My brother just passed along the title of this story.
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