"Ask any of Warren's peers-Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, hell, ask Igor Stravinsky-Warren Zevon is in my Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Actually, his own wing,"
"So that night, with Warren on the show [22 years ago]... he's got a guitar there that he's used every time he's appeared on our show. And as we're chatting, he picks up the guitar and he puts it in the guitar case. And then he flips up those two little guitar clippies on a guitar case. How long do I need to do this? He closes the guitar case, he hands it to me and he says, 'Take care of this for me.' So in my head, I think I've seen this movie; I know what's supposed to happen now, and sure as hell, it did happen. I started to sob uncontrollably. Warren and I hugged and I said, 'Warren, I just love your music.'"
Warren Zevon received a posthumous induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the annual ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio. David Letterman presented the induction and shared an emotional story about a guitar Zevon gave him after his final performance. A tribute reel included comments from Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, and others about Zevon's musical impact. Letterman handed the gifted guitar to Dave Keuning, and the Killers, joined by session guitarist Waddy Wachtel, performed Zevon's 1978 song "Lawyers, Guns and Money." Other inductees included the White Stripes, OutKast, Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden, Bad Company, Chubby Checker, and Joe Cocker.
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