Warren Zanes is an American musician and writer who has been known as guitarist for The Del Fuegos, a solo artist, and the biographer of Tom Petty.

The Del Fuegos toured with X, ZZ Top, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, INXS, and others during the time Warren was in the band.

Zanes returned to making music as he was writing his Ph.D. dissertation at The University of Rochester, signed by The Dust Brothers to their then-label, Ideal Records.

[3] Zanes acted as consulting producer for director Morgan Neville's Oscar-winning 20 Feet From Stardom, received a Grammy nomination as a producer of the PBS series Soundbreaking, and served as writer for director Thom Zimny's The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash.

[4] He has also edited a collection of essays on Jimmie Rodgers, collaborated with Garth Brooks on two volumes of the artist's ongoing series, and written for Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, The Oxford American, and more.