"Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade"
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The subtext is loyalty, but also systems thinking. “Partner” is doing heavy lifting here; it’s not “sideman,” not “hired gun,” not “bandmate.” It frames creativity as sustained partnership, the kind built on repetition, trust, and shared taste - and probably shared stamina. Zevon, whose catalog often skewers hypocrisy and romance with a hard grin, is oddly tender when he talks shop. He knows the public loves a singular auteur. He’s quietly correcting that, pointing to craft and continuity as the real engine.
Context matters: late-career Zevon was reckoning with legacy and mortality, and his public statements from that period often feel like inventory - not sentimental, just clear-eyed. Naming Aldrich is part of that reckoning. It’s a musician acknowledging that the “Zevon sound” wasn’t a miracle that struck once; it was maintained, rehearsed, argued over, and rebuilt project after project. The line reads like gratitude without ceremony, and that restraint is exactly why it hits.
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"Duncan Aldrich has been my partner in most recording projects, and touring projects, for the past decade." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/duncan-aldrich-has-been-my-partner-in-most-58994/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
