A rich distillation of Morrison’s later work ... WALTER SAMUEL (ENGINEER): Some of Van’s later albums are patchy, but Back On Top he really did enjoy. The songs are good.

Eric Clapton and Van Morrison turn their joint single “The Rebels” into a top 40 hit on several charts this week.

With top hits and Beach Boys classic songs like “Sloop John B ... This is often acclaimed as one of, if not the best Van ...

Van Morrison had proven he could do ... which featured long, free-flowing songs and wandering melodies that pulled Morrison’s vocals around as if he were in an emotive trance.

Light My Fire” wasn’t the Doors’ first single — that honor went to “Break on Through (To the Other Side).” It was actually ...

Morrison knew he had to write more conventional songs if his still ... 1990’s The Best of Van Morrison was a surprise bestseller, followed into the Top 5 that year by Enlightenment, whose ...

In 1976, Thin Lizzy were touring Jailbreak in the US and breaking big. Then disaster struck. Band manager Chris O’Donnell ...

“We’ve had four days to learn these songs,” Campbell announced early ... we see a very tipsy Robertson drop the needle on Van Morrison’s “Tupelo Honey,” which over the years became ...

Who: Van Morrison ... selves.” Morrison began his career 60 years ago, fronting the band, Them, and scoring a hit with “Gloria.” Soon he had his own ensemble creating such songs as ...

A 33/1 bet on Celtic Mist… Meet the real VAN MORRISON. For some 50 years ... Graeme Thomson “I don’t really ponder past songs unless I want to maybe redo it or do a different arrangement.