Adventures In The Slipstream
Van Morrison playing 'Astral Weeks'? In sequence, at the Hollywood Bowl, November 7-8? With some of the original musicians?? When I read this story on the man's official website, I almost dropped my bacon sandwich. Surely a wind-up?
Apparently not. There's even a statement of intent from Mr Morrison.
"This is a welcomed opportunity for me to perform these songs the way I originally intended them to be," says Morrison. "It's about the world of creation and of the imagination: That is what a song is, a little movie with melodies and music built around it, poetry in moving pictures in the mind. In the '60's and '70s the record companies did not support the music, so I never got to take these songs on tour, and I certainly did not have the money to do it. These songs are as timeless and fresh right now as the day they were written and I am happy about taking them to the Hollywood Bowl."
Stepping lightly, just like a ballerina....
Comment number 1.
At 17:32 6th Oct 2008, fagendviv wrote:This storyis unbelievable! Has he lost the plot? Hear he has baned al alcahol from his gigs! What's next! No mokeing, no drink-------no dancin' in the aisles! Lif's no fun anymore! Bring back the sixties! I thik we had more sence then,what did we all have a revolution for! New Labour, no fun!!!!
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