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35 Years Ago: Warren Zevon Follows Up His Big Hit With ‘Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School’
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Personnel: Warren Zevon (organ, synthesizer, bass, guitar, harmonica, piano, strings, keyboards, vocals); Jorge Calderón ( guitar on A Certain Gir"; backing vocals on Jungle Work); David Lindley (lap steel on Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School and Play It All Night Long; guitar on Wild Age); Rick Marotta (percussion, drums, vocals, bells, Syndrums); The Sid Sharp Strings (strings); Jackson Browne (guitar, slide guitar on Gorilla, You're a Desperado; backing vocals on A Certain Girl, Play It All Night Long and Gorilla, You're a Desperado); Don Felder (guitar on A Certain Girl); Glenn Frey (harmony vocals on Bill Lee and Wild Age); Don Henley (harmony vocals on Wild Age and Gorilla, You're a Desperado); Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar on Bed of Coals); Linda Ronstadt (descant on Empty-Handed Heart; backing vocals on Bed of Coals); Leland Sklar (bass); J.D. Souther (backing vocals on Gorilla, You're a Desperado and Bed of Coals); Waddy Wachtel (lead guitar on A Certain Girl; guitar on Empty-Handed Heart); Joe Walsh (lead guitar on Jungle Work and Jeannie Needs a Shooter)