Radio stations often played the songs off the album, especially 'Werewolves of London.' 'Werewolves of London' and 'Excitable Boy' were both examples of black humor (jokes about bad things). In 1978, Zevon released his most popular and critically acclaimed album Excitable Boy. After the divorce, he dropped out of high school and moved from Los Angeles to New York to become a folk singer. Zevon's parents divorced when he was 16 years old. By the age of 13, Zevon sometimes visited Igor Stravinsky where he studied modern classical music. His parents were to William Zevon, a Secular Jew and Beverly Cope Simmons, a Mormon from Salt Lake City, Utah. He also had a paranoia of doctors and this killed him: he did not know he had cancer until doctors could not help him. He had a lot of problems in his life, including divorce, alcoholism, and suicide attempts. Letterman later sang with Zevon on 'Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)' with Paul Shaffer and members of the CBS Orchestra. He was often a guest on Late Night with David Letterman and the Late Show with David Letterman. He liked to sing Bob Dylan's 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' and Leonard Cohen's 'First We Take Manhattan'. Zevon sometimes recorded or sang cover songs. These include 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me' (a top 40 hit by Linda Ronstadt), 'Accidentally Like a Martyr,' 'Mohammed's Radio,' 'Carmelita', and 'Hasten Down the Wind'. Zevon has written many songs that were recorded by other artists. His most famous songs include 'Werewolves of London', 'Lawyers, Guns and Money', 'Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner' and 'Johnny Strikes Up The Band.' All of these are from his third and most famous album: Excitable Boy (1978).

Many famous musicians have said they liked Zevon's work, including Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young. Zevon wrote many songs that were humorous and often political Warren William Zevon (Janu– September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician known for including his strange and somewhat critical opinions of life in his lyrics.

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