Warren Zevon’s final live performance returns in a striking new format. ‘Epilogue: Live at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival’ arrives April 17 as a two-LP opaque metallic silver vinyl release on Omnivore Recordings (OVLP-614). Produced by Cheryl Pawelski, Adam Unger, and Matt Cartsonis, the album captures Zevon’s August 9, 2002 performance at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, a powerful closing set in front of 14,000 people that became the final concert of his career.
The Edmonton appearance was never originally planned. Zevon was invited by festival producer Terry Wickham after a strong showing at the Calgary Folk Music Festival two weeks earlier. On stage, Zevon was joined by musician and longtime friend Matt Cartsonis, who added acoustic and electric guitars, dulcimer, banjo, fiddle, harmony, and background vocals. The audio was provided by the Edmonton Folk Music Festival team and later mastered and restored by Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves and Jordan McLeod of Osiris Studio with Cartsonis.
The setlist moves across Zevon’s catalog with both signature songs and unexpected turns. “Lawyers, Guns And Money,” “Poor Poor Pitiful Me,” “Play It All Night Long,” and “Werewolves Of London” anchor the performance, while “Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)” and “Detox Mansion” highlight the sharp storytelling that defined his work. The album also includes a rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “A Case Of You,” the traditional folk song “Canadee-I-O,” previously recorded by Nic Jones and Bob Dylan, and “Dirty Life And Times,” a song Zevon performed live only twice.
The release spreads across three sides of music and an etched fourth side. Side One features “Lawyers, Guns And Money,” “I Was In The House When The House Burned Down,” “I Don’t Play Too Many Festivals,” “A Case Of You,” and “Detox Mansion.” Side Two includes “Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song),” “Werewolves Of London,” “For My Next Trick I’ll Need A Volunteer,” “A Tune With No Name,” and “Dirty Life And Times.” Side Three closes the performance with “Poor Poor Pitiful Me,” “Play It All Night Long,” and “Canadee-I-O.”
Originally released on black vinyl in the United States on Nov. 28, 2025 for Record Store Day Black Friday, ‘Epilogue’ stands as a vivid document of Zevon’s final night on stage. Soon after the Edmonton appearance he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Zevon died Sept. 7, 2003 at age 56 and was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November in the Musical Influence category. The new silver vinyl pressing is available for preorder now.