''Mutineer'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter

Warren Zevon Warren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer and songwriter. His most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner". All t ...

. The album was released on May 23, 1995, by

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. The album largely consisted of home recordings.

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covered "Mutineer" a number of times in concert after Zevon's passing. A cover version plays over the credits of " Otherwise", the finale of ''

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'' season nine.

Track listing

All tracks composed by

, except where indicated.

Personnel

*Warren Zevon – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion *

Peter Asher Peter Asher (born 22 June 1944) is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop music vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a manager and re ...

– additional vocals on "The Indifference of Heaven" *

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– additional vocals on "Jesus Was a Cross Maker" and "Mutineer" *

Jorge Calderón Jorge Calderón, originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer best known for his collaborations with Warren Zevon and Buckingham Nicks. Calderón sings, and also plays guitar, bass ...

– bass guitar on "Seminole Bingo", additional vocals on "Poisonous Lookalike" *

Bruce Hornsby Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, folk music, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock music, rock, heartland r ...

–

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on "Piano Fighter" and "Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse" *

Larry Klein Larry Klein is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is based in Los Angeles. He began his career as a bassist, playing with jazz artists Willie Bobo, Freddie Hubbard, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Way ...

– bass on "Rottweiler Blues" and "Mutineer" * David Lindley –

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

and

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on "Poisonous Lookalike"; fiddle on "Monkey Wash Donkey Rinse" * Michael Wolff – keyboards on "Similar to Rain"

Production

*Producer: Warren Zevon *Engineer: Duncan Aldrich

References

{{Authority control Warren Zevon albums 1995 albums Giant Records (Warner) albums