A ’50s Teen Idol Inspired Warren Zevon’s ‘Werewolves of London’

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“Werewolves of London,” from Warren Zevon’s 1978 Excitable Boy album, was written by Zevon with longtime friends Waddy Wachtel and Roy Marinell. Jackson Browne, who produced the song, told Rolling Stone that “Werewolves of London” is a “Victorian nightmare.”

“It’s about a really well-dressed ladies’ man, a werewolf preying on little old ladies. In a way…