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VAN MORRISON – ” Some Peace Of Mind ” With Bobby Womack

Posted: March 4, 2015 in MUSIC
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On Van Morrison‘s 35th studio album, the singer decided to take songs from his vast catalog and rework them with some of his favorite singers. Logically, the album is called“Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue.”

Morrison avoided picking classics like “Brown-Eyed Girl” and “Moondance,” and instead selected more obscure tunes from his library to tackle. The album opens with Morrison and R&B singer Bobby Womack performing “Some Peace of Mind” from 1991′s “Hymns to the Silence,” .

The song is one of Womack’s last studio performances; in June 2014, he passed away due to a variety of health problems. In this recording, the two singers alternate lines in a back and forth manner, coming together around the song’s title. Compared to the original, their new version is more upbeat – “there wasn’t enough punch in the original,” Morrison said. “Duets: Re-Working the Catalogue” on RCA Records. Along with Womack, Morrison duets with Michael Buble, Mavis Staples, Mark Knopfler, Taj Mahal, Steve Winwood, and more.

VAN MORRISON and BAND – ” Capital Theatre Passiac New Jersey ” 6th October 1979

Posted: February 28, 2015 in MUSIC
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Van Morrison – Full Concert
Recorded Live: 6/10/1979 at the Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJThe Capitol Theatre was an entertainment venue located at the intersection of Monroe Street and Central Avenue in Passaic, New Jersey. Built in 1926 as a vaudeville house, the Capitol later served as a movie theater (in its later years a XXX movie theatre) and (after John Scher bought the property) a venue for rock concerts.This concert from 1979, came from the period of albums like Wavelength, and Into The Music. We also get some of his hits from earlier albums.
His band, sounding great, is on fire this evening. Many of the band members have played with Van Morrison for several years, and it shows.

Highlights: Into The Mystic, Full Force Gale, Moondance and a great version of I’ve Been Working. Oh and I also have to mention when Wavelength seques into Tupelo Honey,

Setlist
0:00:00 – Kingdom Hall
0:03:30 – Bright Side Of The Road
0:07:21 – Here Comes The Night
0:11:33 – Into The Mystic
0:14:45 – You Make Me Feel So Free
0:19:12 – Warm Love
0:22:09 – Call Me Up In Dreamland
0:26:27 – It’s All In The Game
0:33:08 – Ain’t Nothing You Can Do
0:37:18 – Angeliou
0:46:21 – Full Force Gale
0:49:15 – Moondance
0:53:39 – Moonshine Whiskey (Incomplete)
0:57:44 – Wavelength / Tupelo Honey
1:11:20 – I’ve Been Working
1:15:04 – Troubadours
1:20:16 – Brown Eyed Girl
1:24:35 – Gloria

Throughout the 1970s and into the mid-1980s, the 3,200 seat theatre was a popular stop on nearly every major rock artist’s tour. The venue was known for its in house video system which resulted in a number of good quality, black and white video bootlegs. After it closed, the building fell into disrepair and it was demolished in April 1991.

Van Morrison – lead vocals, guitar
Katie Kissoon – vocals
Herbie Armstrong – guitar, vocals
John Platania – guitar
David Hayes – bass
Pete Wingfield – keyboards
Mark Isham – trumpet
Tony Marcus – violin, keyboards
Pee Wee Ellis – saxophone
Peter Van Hooke – drums

THEM – ” Them “

Posted: February 9, 2015 in MUSIC
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Them were a Northern Irish band formed in Belfast in April 1964, most prominently known for the garage rock standard “Gloria” and launching singer Van Morrison’s musical career. The original five member band consisted of Morrison, Alan Henderson, Ronnie Millings, Billy Harrison and Eric Wrixon. The group was marketed in the United States as part of the British Invasion.


Them scored two UK hits in 1965 with “Baby, Please Don’t Go” and “Here Comes the Night”. The latter song and “Mystic Eyes” were Top 40 hits. Them came from Belfast and they were tougher than most. They played r’n’b with a bristling, raw edge. Fronted by Van Morrison you knew they meant business. There was a rasp in Morrison’s delivery that defined ‘hurt’ and ‘pain’, he was unquestionably the real deal.


This was Them’s debut release and it still sounds as vital as it did when it was released. Direct and hard nosed this is every bit as vibrant as the debut albums by The Stones, Who or Kinks. The potential is all here. Anger truly was the energy. Van Morrison quit the band in 1966 and went on to a successful career as a solo artist. Although Them had a short-lived existence, the Belfast group had considerable influence on other bands, such as The Doors.

Them were together with The Rolling Stones and The Animals the greatest British R&B band in the 60’s, although they were very underrated. They played a raw and tougher blues than Rolling Stones and Animals. They had some hits like “Here Comes The Night”, “Baby Please Don’t Go”, “Gloria” and “Mystic Eyes”. Them (f. Van Morrison) had only two albums: “Them” and “Them Again”.

This album contains the hits and Morrison originals “Gloria” and “Mystic Eyes”, some blues standards and other wonderful songs like Morrison’s “You Just Can’t win” and “I’m Gonna Dress In Black” (reminds me of “House Of The Rising Sun”) Buy this album (and also Them Again) if you are a fan of the 60’s white R&b or if you are a Van Morrison fan.

VAN MORRISON BAND – ” Live In Belfast ” 2nd January 1979

Posted: December 29, 2014 in MUSIC
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Van Morrison – Full Concert Recorded Live: 2/1/1979 – Belfast (Belfast, Ireland) The film consists of a performance of ten tracks recorded in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in February 1979. “They open with “Moondance”, Katie Kissoon taking a verse, then a slightly ponderous “And It Stoned Me”, then flow gracefully “Into the Mystic”.  they then come bang up to date with a rocky “Wavelength”, the “poised blues” of “Don’t Look Back” and a rolling “Wild Night”. Katie Kissoon sings “Crazy Love”, “with Kyle’s flute circling, dipping and gliding off Peter Bardens’ delicate piano phrasing”. Van is back for “Checkin’ it Out”, with John Altham on baritone sax, then it’s “Kingdom Hall” and a raft of classics, a jangly and ragged “Moonshine Whiskey”, a controlled “Tupelo Honey”. On “Saint Dominic’s Preview”, when Van reaches the line about “it’s a long way back to Belfast city” the crowd explode, as do Van’s lungs on “I’ve Been Working”, blowing the guts out of his harmonica. Indeed they are part of the performance, adding to the inspiration. They shout fruitlessly for “Gloria”, between a ten minute “Caravan” and a final encore of “Cyprus Avenue”, where Van laughs, shouts, and falls to the ground.” This was the first time that Morrison had played in Belfast, since 1965. I’ve have  however read on several Morrison sites that the footage was recorded at Whitla Hall, Belfast, February 20, 1979 and National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland, February 22, 1979.

Setlist:
0:00:00 – Moondance,
0:04:02 – Checkin’ It Out,
0:07:19 – Moonshine Whiskey,
0:13:46 – Tupelo Honey,
0:20:10 – Wavelength,
0:26:46 – Saint Dominic’s Preview,
0:33:46 – Don’t Look Back,
0:38:24 – I’ve Been Working,
0:43:54 – Gloria,
0:47:59 – Cyprus Avenue,

Personnel:
Van Morrison – vocals John Altham – saxophones Herbie Armstrong – guitar Peter Bardens – keyboards Mickey Feat – bass Pat Kyle – saxophones Toni Marcus – violin & vocals Bobby Tench – guitar Peter Van Hooke – drums Katie Kissoon – backing vocals Anna Peacock – backing vocals

VAN MORRISON – ” BBC Four Sessions 2008

Posted: November 2, 2014 in MUSIC
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Live At LSO St. Luke’s, London, England, 10th February 2008. Setlist: Precious Time. Magic Time, I’m Not Feeling It Anymore, Song Of Home, Playhouse, End Of The Land, Van Lose Stairway, Help Me, One Irish Rover, Thats Entertainment, Keep It Simple, Behind The Ritual.

this is one incredible show, please just listen to the lyrics in “I’m Not Feeling It Anymore” the music is so infectious the whole set just leaves you smiling with joy.and what a band

VAN MORRISON – ” Astral Weeks ” Live in 2008

Posted: September 13, 2014 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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the wonderful album “Astral Weeks” has and always will be a classic recording and certainally along with the live album “its Too late To Stop Now” are among Van Morrison’s best output. On November 7th and 8th in 2008 almost 40 years after the release of “Astral Weeks” Van played the album in its entireity with a big band at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles taking the songs to a higher level with the opportunity to deliver a re-issue of its original sound

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