Tribute Album for L.A. Musician Don Heffington to Feature Jackson Browne, Fiona Apple, John C. Reilly, Dave Alvin and More (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Don Heffington, a beloved L.A. musician who died of leukemia in 2021, will be the subject of a charity tribute album coming out this fall, with featured artists including Jackson Browne, Fiona Apple, Buddy Miller, John C.
Reilly, Dave Alvin and Watkins Family Hour. The album, “Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’: A Tribute to Don Heffington,” arrives Oct.
18, and is preceded by a teaser track from Browne that’s out now, “Everywhere I Look” (see below). Heffington was one of the most beloved of all musicians on the L.A.
scene over the last several decades, especially among figures associated with either the Largo or roots-rock scenes, with a renown that well outlasted and transcended his already-important tenure as the drummer for Lone Justice in the mid-1980s.
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