RetroJoe

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Member Since: 9/14/2004
Total Mixes: 296
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They Didn't Take Him Alive (In Memory of Dr. Thompson)

Artist Song
Pink Floyd  San Tropez 
Bob Dylan  Lay, Lady, Lay 
The Doors  Take It As It Comes 
Warren Zevon  Lawyers, Guns And Money (1978) 
Yardbirds  Mister, You're A Better Man Than I 
The Allman Brothers Band  Ramblin' Man 
Rare Earth  I Just Want to Celebrate 
Jefferson Airplane  3/5ths of a Mile in 10 Seconds 
The Animals  It's My Life 
The Rolling Stones  Can't You Hear Me Knocking 
Soul Asylum  Runaway Train 
Nilsson  Put the Lime in the Coconut 
Deep Purple  Smoke on the Water 
Jefferson Airplane  White Rabbit 
The Rolling Stones  Gimme Shelter 
Jimmy Buffett  A Pirate Looks at Forty 
Warren Zevon  You're a Whole Different Person When You're Scared 
Ramsey Lewis Trio  Slippin' Into Darkness 
Bob Dylan  Mr. Tambourine Man 

Comment:

Track 4 was written with Hunter S. Thompson in mind (15 years before Warren Zevon and the good doctor met and became fast friends). Track 17 was co-written with Hunter S. Thompson (his thumb prints are all over it) and released in 2002, the year before Warren lost his battle with cancer. Track 16 was chosen by Jimmy Buffett in live performances shortly after Thompson's death as a memorial (unscrolling a large portrate of him while the song was peformed). Track 14 played a prominent role in a near death experience from Thompson's classic book "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas". And the last track is the one Thompson requested be played full blast at the time his ashes were shot out of an 100 foot cannon over the valley of his ranch, clutched in a two thumbed fist in the spot that symbolized a peyote button. Sean Penn and Johnny Depp both wore memorial pins depicting the fist on top of a dagger at the Oscars.

Feedback:

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jab
Date: 3/3/2005
he will be missed. good mixx.
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Daydreamer
Date: 3/3/2005
Looks good.
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hemizen
Date: 3/4/2005
Nice one, Joe.
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 5/8/2006
Only a year late, but I'm glad I saw this....I'm a big Hunter S. and Warren Z fan.