Warren Zevon never asked to be mythologized—but it happened anyway. Whether behind a piano in Echo Park or subbing in for Paul Shaffer on Late Night with David Letterman, Zevon carried the weight of contradiction like a badge and a burden.
It is one of the best known examples of modal jazz, set in the Dorian mode and consisting of 16 bars of D Dorian, followed by eight bars of E♭ Dorian and another eight of D Dorian.
The “Hamilton” Broadway musical Uber hit of the 21st Century may leave one with the impression that Hamilton was well loved during his historical time. What is clear from contemporaries and contemporaneous writings for Hamilton’s period is that Hamilton and Adams/Jefferson had distinct differences on the constitution, and future direction of these United States of America.
