“Angel Dressed In Black” by Warren Zevon

"Angel Dressed In Black" comes from Mr. Bad Example, the eighth studio album Warren Zevon put out on Giant in October 1991, and the writing credit is split three ways between Zevon, Julia Mueller and Waddy Wachtel, who also produced it. Wachtel leaned on Los Angeles session players for the album, and here the engine room is Bob Glaub on bass and Jeff Porcaro on drums.

Zevon sings lead, plays keyboards and takes the guitar solo himself, while Wachtel plays guitar and joins Tito Larriva on backing vocals; Marc DeSisto recorded it and John Beverly Jones mixed it. Zevon sometimes struggled to find ideas around this time, but once he started a song he always saw it through. He toured North America behind the album, with Odds as both his opening act and his backing band.

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