455. Dillon Warnek on Randy Newman 'The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1' (2003)
455. Dillon Warnek on Randy Newman 'The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1' (2003)  
Podcast: My Favorite Album with Jeremy Dylan
Published On: Tue Nov 11 2025
Description: This week's guest is Nashville singer/songwriter Dillon Warnek, who joins me to discuss 'The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1', featuring revisited, stripped back versions of songs spanning 33 years of the musician's legendary catalogue. We discuss Newman's wry humor and use of sarcasm in his writing and how that stylistic approach has influenced Dillon's own work, the layers of meaning to be discovered within a Randy Newman song and how they don't always reveal themselves on first listen, how the style of Newman's voice plays a huge role in how the song is interpreted versus the interpretations of his songs when sung by other artists, Newman's iconic work on film scores, which of Dillon's songs he'd like to hear covered by Tom Jones, and much more.