many famous musicians have said they liked zevon's work, including jackson browne, bruce springsteen, bob dylan, and neil young. 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). zevon has written many songs that were recorded by other artists. 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".