The Famous Van Morrison In Concert!
rowena on Mar 9th 2009
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2000, Morrison ranked number twenty-fifth on American cable music channel VH1’s list of its “100 Greatest Artists of Rock and Roll”, and in 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him forty-second on their list of “Greatest Artists of All Time”.
Guess who is this very prominent musician? Its non other than Van Morrison himself! George Ivan Morrison was born in Belfast, Ireland on August 31st, 1945. With a mother who was a singer and a father who collected classic blues and American jazz, George had been surrounded by music since birth. At the age of 15 he quit school to join a local R&B group and began touring the military bases throughout Europe. He eventually returned home to start up his own band, ‘Them’, which released their debut single ‘Don’t Start Crying Now’ in 1964, earning the group a devout local following. Morrison left ‘Them’ following a 1966 U.S. tour due to constant line up changes, and decided to quit the music business.
Watch Van Morrison live from this string of his live music videos!
Morrison, in 1978, took to the stage for the first time in nearly five years in support of his new release ‘Wavelength’. A year later ‘Into the Music’ was cut with ‘Inarticulate Speech of the Heart’, ‘A Sense of Wonder’, and ‘No Guru, No Method, No Teacher’ all to follow. Morrison teamed up with the Chieftains in 1988 to release an album of traditional folk songs. It wasn’t until 1993 Morrison experienced a commercial rebirth of sorts when Rod Stewart covered ‘Have I Told You Lately That I Love You’ from the 1989 album, ‘Avalon Sunset’.
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