My Ride's Here

by Warren Zevon

My Ride's Here cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 May 2002
  • Label: Artemis
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:15
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released shortly before his public cancer diagnosis, 'My Ride's Here' is an eerily prescient meditation on mortality wrapped in razor-sharp wit. The veteran songwriter leans heavily into literary collaborations, blending his trademark sardonic humor with surprisingly uplifting Celtic-rock arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, piano, satirical, storytelling, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Sacrificial Lambs (3:55)
  2. Basket Case (3:37)
  3. Lord Byron's Luggage (4:35)
  4. MacGillycuddy's Reeks (3:04)
  5. You're a Whole Different Person When You're Scared (5:14)
  6. Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song) (5:26)
  7. Genius (5:01)
  8. Laissez-Moi Tranquille (3:32)
  9. I Have to Leave (3:05)
  10. My Ride's Here (3:41)

Credits

  • Sheldon Gomberg - bass
  • Anton Fig - drums, drums (drum set)
  • Katy Salvidge - tin whistle [pennywhistle], fiddle [fiddles], fiddle, tin whistle
  • Ariel Zevon - vocals [additional vocals], vocals [avec la participation de], additional vocal
  • David Letterman - vocals [additional vocals], additional vocal
  • Jordan Zevon - vocals [additional vocals], additional vocal
  • Larry Klein - written-by
  • Carl Hiaasen - written-by

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