Warren Zevon arrived at my house on Saturday and said he was in the mood to write a few songs about Hockey. "Thank God you're home," he said. "I had to drive all night to get out of Utah without ...

With Buck and his fellow R.E.M. bandmates Mike Mills and Bill Berry alongside musician Bryan Cook, the quintet recorded a few demos and went on to play a one-off gig with Michael Stipe. But things ...