Tag Archive for ‘Van Morrison’
Dusting off the magnum opus
Somehow it’s become an inevitability, this business of reperforming your famous album. Lou Reed did it with Berlin, Brian Wilson did it with Pet Sounds, Roger Waters did it with Dark Side of the Moon, Arthur Lee (RIP) did it with Love’s Forever Changes. Even Anthrax did it, with Among the Living. The years pass, […]
Say it ain’t so, Van
Can someone please tell me that there has been some kind of mistake and that the above photo is not the real album cover for the live recording of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks concerts at the Hollywood Bowl? For crying out loud, the name of one of the best albums of all time is hot […]
Quotation: Van Morrison in Hollywood
“You could tell Van knew this counted. He wasn’t smiling, but he was delivering. The way a long in the tooth attorney digs deep to fight one more unjust murder accusation. All the chops were on display. Without saying look at me, you could see forty years of history. A real act, who reunited us […]
Elsewhere: Denison covers Van
The latest in a series of home-brewed cover songs Denison Witmer is releasing in the lead-up to the release of his new record on Nov. 11 is up at the Cover Lay Down blog. Mr. Witmer this time offers his take on Van the man with his own rendition of “Comfort You.” Click HERE to […]
News and Notes: Morrison to perform ‘Astral Weeks’
Van Morrison is the latest to jump on the live-performance-of-a-classic-album bandwagon that already includes the likes of Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma, Built to Spill and others. According to Billboard, Morrison will be performing his 1968 masterpiece Astral Weeks in its entirety during concerts on Nov. 7 and 8 in Los Angeles. Joining him will […]