Mesothelioma Awareness day is just a few weeks away and on September 26th we encourage everyone to spread awareness about the disease. Awhile back I wrote about how Jordan Zevon has a radio campaign designed to bring awareness to mesothelioma. His father, beloved musician Warren Zevon, died on September 7, 2003 due to mesothelioma.

For those who are not familiar with Zevon’s music, he brought us such hits as "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and "Werewolves of London." Rolling Stone magazine described Zevon as, “literate, satiric, violence-obsessed, funny as hell, piano-pounding, equally capable of deranged rock-outs and beautifully sustained melodies."

Legendary late night talk show host David Letterman was a good friend of Zevon and he recalls his last meeting with Zevon in a recent interview with Rolling Stone Magazine. "Here's a guy who had months to live and we're making small talk. And as we're talking, he's taking his guitar strap and hooking it, wrapping it around, then he puts the guitar into the case and he flips the snaps on the case and says, ‘Here, I want you to have this, take good care of it.' And I just started sobbing."

There are two great ways for you to get involved from now until September 26th. First, we encourage people to contact their local radio stations and request Warren Zevon’s music, which will be followed by a 20 second segment where Jordan Zevon speaks out about mesothelioma. Secondly, individuals can help by contacting their local government officials to declare September 26th as Meso Awareness Day in their areas.