Stand in the Fire

Stand in the Fire
Live album by Warren Zevon
Released	December 26, 1980 (1980-12-26)
Recorded	August 1980 The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	1:00:32
Label	Asylum
Producer	Warren Zevon Greg Ladanyi
Warren Zevon chronology
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980) Stand in the Fire (1980) The Envoy (1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A− [2]
Music Box	[3]

Stand in the Fire is a live album by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released December 26, 1980. It was recorded in August 1980 during a five-day residency at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California and featured two new original songs ("Stand in the Fire" and "The Sin") and one new cover ("Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger"). The album was dedicated to Martin Scorsese. It was released in a limited edition, LP replica sleeve on CD April 25, 2006 in Japan. A remastered and expanded edition was released on March 26, 2007 in the U.K., March 27, 2007 in the U.S.

Band members Zeke Zirngiebel, Bob Harris and Marty Stinger were in Boulder, a band signed to Elektra Records.^[4] The singer was Stan Bush. Their self-titled album was released in 1979 and it included Zevon's "Join Me in L.A." Bob Harris later went on to work with Frank Zappa.

Zevon called the concerts "The Dog Ate the Part We Didn't Like Tour".^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Warren Zevon unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Stand in the Fire" – 3:26
2. "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" (Bruce Springsteen, Zevon) – 4:00
3. "Excitable Boy" (LeRoy Marinell, Zevon) – 3:52
4. "Mohammed's Radio" – 4:45
5. "Werewolves of London" (Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon) – 4:48
6. "Lawyers, Guns and Money" – 3:49
7. "The Sin" – 3:06
8. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" – 4:08
9. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" – 4:28
10. "Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger" / "Bo Diddley" (Bo Diddley) – 4:15

Bonus Tracks on 2007 Remastered Edition

1. "Johnny Strikes Up The Band" – 3:58
2. "Play It All Night Long" – 4:50
3. "Frank and Jesse James" – 4:27
4. "Hasten Down The Wind" – 4:33

Personnel

• Warren Zevon – bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals, 12 string guitar
• David Landau – lead guitar
• Zeke Zirngiebel – guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, steel guitar, vocals, 12 string guitar
• Bob Harris – synthesizer, piano, backing vocals
• Roberto Piñón – bass, backing vocals
• Marty Stinger – drums

Technical

• George Gruel - road manager
• Jimmy Wachtel, Michael Curtis - art direction, photography
• Recorded by Billy Youdelman and Greg Ladanyi
• Mixed by Greg Ladanyi, assisted by James Ledner

Charts

Album

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