Stand in the Fire

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Stand in the Fire
Live album by Warren Zevon
Released	July 1981
Recorded	The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	???
Label	Asylum
Producer(s)	Warren Zevon and Greg Ladanyi
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link
Warren Zevon chronology
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (1980)	Stand in the Fire (1981)	The Envoy (1982)

Stand in the Fire is a live album by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 1981. It featured two original songs ("Stand in the Fire" and "The Sin") and one cover ("Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger"). It has not yet been re-released on CD in the United States; however, the official Warren Zevon site says CD releases of SITF and The Envoy are in progress through WEA/Rhino. It was released in a limited edition, LP replica sleeve on CD April 25, 2006 in Japan.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 3 Charts

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Warren Zevon unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] Side one

1. "Stand in the Fire"
2. "Jeannie Needs a Shooter" (Bruce Springsteen, Zevon)
3. "Excitable Boy" (LeRoy Marinell, Zevon)
4. "Mohammed's Radio"
5. "Werewolves of London" (Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, Zevon)

[edit] Side two

1. "Lawyers, Guns and Money"
2. "The Sin"
3. "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me"
4. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"
5. "Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger" (Bo Diddley)

[edit] Personnel

• Warren Zevon – bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals, 12 string guitar
• Bob Harris – synthesizer, piano, keyboards, backing vocals
• David Landau – guitar
• Roberto Piñón – bass, backing vocals
• Marty Stinger – drums
• Zeke Zirngiebel – guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, steel guitar, vocals, 12 string guitar

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Billboard Pop Albums	80