I had the privilege of seeing Warren a nummber of times pre- and post-rehab. 
He was consistently enjoyable and a sparkplug, sober or not. 

Michael Curry writes: 

> ...and me. I've just picked up Stand In The Fire. A great live album. For 
> someone who had plenty of drunken mishaps on stage, this just sounds like 
> an awesome band having a great time. Shame it's not about an hour longer. 
> Zevon's vocals and ad-libbing take most of the songs to a completely 
> different level.