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Transverse City is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Warren Zevon, released in October 1989 by Virgin Records. It features appearances from a number of prominent musicians, including guitarists Neil Young , David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd ), Jerry Garcia (of Grateful Dead ) and Mike Campbell (of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ...
Jul 17, 2018 · When we talked in ’92 Zevon was touring behind his latest album, Mr. Bad Example, and we got to talking about his previous release, 1989’s Transverse City, which he explained was originally supposed to be a cyberpunk album, inspired by reading William Gibson and Thomas Pynchon.
This track, with several simultaneous vocal lines including a list of carcinogens in the environment I got from the Sierra Club, suggests the dense texture I was striving to create when I ran out of Virgin's money. We sent the 24-track tape to David Gilmour in London, and he recorded his leads and sent it back.
Sep 2, 2015 · The title track with Jerry Garcia on guitar, “Run Straight Down” with the David Gilmour guitar solos, not to mention the opening chemical recital (only Warren, eh?), “Turbulence”, which reaches back to his heritage and has those Roland-like lyrics.
It was basically the people who made the album with Warren (Andy Slater, Duncan Aldrich) asking musicians they either knew or have worked with in the past. There is a whole chapter about the making process of Transverse City in this book if you are really interested. https://www.amazon.com/Nothings-Bad-Luck-Lives-Warren-ebook/dp/B07H29B3TT
Dec 24, 2018 · The album features an impressive array of guest stars -- including Jerry Garcia, David Gilmour, Neil Young, Jack Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, and Benmont Tench -- but while its surface is as glossy as the albums Zevon created when he was the darling of the L.A. Mellow Mafia, the tone is as grim as anything the man ever created.
Apr 27, 2015 · “Transverse City”- Everything, including Zevon’s breathless visions of a futuristic society gone horribly wrong and Jerry Garcia’s wild soloing, gets a little lost in the overbearing sci-fi arrangement, maybe proving Warren’s point about too much the downside of technology all too well.
