I found Warren Zevon's music because of Linda Ronstadt. She recorded some of his songs, such as "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", "Mohammed's Radio", "Carmelita", "Hasten Down the Wind", and sang the descant in Zevon's Empty-Handed Heart.

I saw her in concert once, but was very far away from the stage. It was 1976, and she opened for the Beach Boys. I liked Ronstadt better.