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DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD


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DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD

 

Singer/songwriter/musician Van Morrison celebrates his sixty-ninth birthday today. Morrison is an artist who has absorbed all the strains of American popular music and recapitulated them in his own unique voice. Born in Belfast, he stands shoulder to shoulder with the greats in the pantheon of the Cosmic American Music.

Beginning with Astral Weeks in 1968, Morrison experienced a tremendous burst of creative energy that is also reflected on Moondance, His Band and Street Choir, Tupelo Honey andSaint Dominic’s Preview.

“Caravan” is one my favorite songs from this period. The song represents Morrison’s take on Curtis Mayfield’s “Gypsy Woman” as well as a a salute to radio and to the music that has inspired him. “Caravan” is not only one of the highlights of Moondance, it’s also one of the two songs that Morrison performed with the Band at the Band’s final concert on Thanksgiving in 1976 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Band’s Robbie Robertson had to talk him into the other song he performed that night, a beautiful version of “Tura Lura Lura.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/08/dweller-on-the-threshold.php

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