''Transverse City'' is the seventh
studio album
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by American recording artist
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 ...
, released in October 1989 by
Virgin Records
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. It features appearances from guitarists
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the begi ...
,
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of the founder member Syd Barrett. By the early 1980s, Pink F ...
(of
Pink Floyd
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),
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 196 ...
(of
Grateful Dead
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) and
Mike Campbell (of
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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), as well as jazz pianist
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain (instrumental), Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" ...
.
Michael Ironside
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provides narration on the track "Run Straight Down".
Track listing
All tracks composed by
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 ...
, except where indicated.
Personnel
*Warren Zevon –
vocals
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,
guitar
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,
harmonica
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,
piano
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,
keyboards, harmony
*
Jorge Calderón
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–
bass
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* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...
and harmony on "Networking"; harmony on "Gridlock"
*
Mike Campbell – guitar on "Splendid Isolation"; guitar and mandolin on "Nobody's in Love This Year"
*
Jack Casady
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– bass on "They Moved the Moon" and "Gridlock"
*
Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain (instrumental), Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" ...
– piano on "The Long Arm of the Law"
*
Howie Epstein
Howard Norman Epstein (July 21, 1955 – February 23, 2003) was an American musician best known as a bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Early life
Epstein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He grew up in a musical household. Epste ...
–
banjo
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...
, mandolin on "Networking"; bass on "Down in the Mall"
*
Jerry Garcia
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the counterculture of the 196 ...
– guitar on "Transverse City" and "They Moved the Moon"
*
David Gilmour
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– guitar on "Run Straight Down"
*
Bob Glaub
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– bass
*
Richie Hayward
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–
drums
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*
Mark Isham
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–
flugelhorn
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on "Nobody's in Love This Year"
*Rob Jaczko – miscellaneous
percussion
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*
Jorma Kaukonen
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–
acoustic guitar
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and harmony on "Gridlock"
*
David Lindley –
saz,
steel guitar
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,
oud, harmony vocals,
lap steel guitar
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on "Down in the Mall"
*
John Patitucci
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Biography
John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began playing the electric bass at age 10, performing and composing at age 12, and at age 15, s ...
– bass on "Transverse City"
*
JD Souther
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– harmony vocals on "Run Straight Down", "Turbulence" and "Nobody's in Love This Year"
*
Benmont Tench
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Early years
Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin M ...
–
organ
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Biology
* Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function
* Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body.
Musical instruments
...
on "Networking"
*
Waddy Wachtel
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– acoustic guitar on "Run Straight Down", "Networking" and "Nobody's in Love This Year"
*
Neil Young
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– lead guitar on "Gridlock", harmony vocals on "Splendid Isolation"
*
Jordan Zevon – harmony vocals on "The Long Arm of the Law"
Production
*Producers: Warren Zevon, Duncan Aldrich, Andrew Slater
*Engineers: Duncan Aldrich, John Cutler, Andrew Jackson, Andy Jackson, Rob Jaczko, Tim Mulligan
*Assistant engineers: Heidi Hanschu, Robert Reed, Ira Rubnitz
*Mixing: Rob Jaczko
*Design:
Jimmy Wachtel Jimmy Wachtel is an American photographer, art director and designer based in Los Angeles. He has designed album covers for big artists such as Joe Walsh, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Michael Stanley, Jo Jo Gunne, John Cougar, and Buckingham Nicks ...
*Art direction:
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*Photography: Jonathan Exley, Nels Israelson,
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Charts
Singles
References
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Warren Zevon albums
Cyberpunk music
1989 albums
Virgin Records albums
Albums with cover art by Jimmy Wachtel