Among the musicians who contributed to Zevon's self-titled 1976 album were Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, the Beach Boys' Carl Wilson, the Everly Brothers' Phil Everly, Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks and the Eagles' Don Henley and Glenn Frey . . .
Mick Fleetwood plays drums on Zevon's signature tune, "Werewolves of London" . . .
Zevon's "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" was a Top 40 hit for Linda Ronstadt in 1978 . . .
Zevon co-wrote his 1980 song "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" with Bruce Springsteen . . .
Zevon and three members of R.E.M. released an album in 1990 under the name Hindu Love Gods; R.E.M.'s entire lineup appeared on 1987's Sentimental Hygiene . . .
Neil Young, Jerry Garcia, David Gilmour and Jorma Kaukonen all played guitar on Zevon's 1989 disc, Transverse City . . .
Longtime Zevon fan David Letterman appears on "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)," a track from Zevon's 2002 album My Ride's Here . . .
During Bob Dylan's 2002 tour, the folk-rock icon paid tribute to Zevon by performing three of his songs -- "Mutineer," "Accidentally Like a Martyr" and "Boom Boom Mancini."
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