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Feb 28: Van Morrison released the album Moondance in 1970

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In Moondance, Morrison bursts forth in warm Technicolor. The Van Morrison that the public would come to know and recognize over the decades—Van the Man, the Belfast Cowboy, etc—essentially makes his first appearance on Moondance.
~Erik Hage

This is Van Morrison’s 6th Symphony; like Beethoven’s equivalent, it’s fixated on the power of nature, but rather than merely sitting in awe, it finds spirituality and redemption in the most basic of things. The pinnacle of Van The Man’s career, and maybe, of non-American soul in general.
~Nick Butler

And It Stoned Me:

And It Stoned Me (live @ Montreux 1980):

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Today: Van Morrison released the album Moondance in 1970 44 years ago

van morrison Moondance

In Moondance, Morrison bursts forth in warm Technicolor. The Van Morrison that the public would come to know and recognize over the decades—Van the Man, the Belfast Cowboy, etc—essentially makes his first appearance on Moondance.
~Erik Hage

 

This is Van Morrison’s 6th Symphony; like Beethoven’s equivalent, it’s fixated on the power of nature, but rather than merely sitting in awe, it finds spirituality and redemption in the most basic of things. The pinnacle of Van The Man’s career, and maybe, of non-American soul in general.
~Nick Butler

Van Morrison, April 1970
Photo: David Gahr

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Bob Dylan & Van Morrison performing together (videos)

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This a collection of videos & audio I’ve found of Bob Dylan & Van Morrison performing together.

Philopappos (The Hill Of The Muses)
Athens, Greece
27 June 1989

  1. Crazy Love (Van Morrison)
  2. And It Stoned Me (Van Morrison) – incomplete
  3. And It Stoned Me (Van Morrison)
  4. Foreign Window (Van Morrison)
  5. One Irish Rover (Van Morrison)

bob dylan greece 1989

Dundonald Ice Bowl
Belfast, Northern Ireland
6 February 1991

#14 Tupelo Honey/Why Must I Always Explain (audio)

Fleadh Festival
Finsbury Park
London, England
12 June 1993

#6. One Irish Rover (Van Morrison)

The Theater
Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York
21 January 1998

Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)

NEC Arena
National Exhibition Center
Birmingham, England
24 June 1998

#11 Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

 

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