Part poetic visionary, part misanthropic crank, Van Morrison has long had a rep for being as difficult as his most challenging music. Clinton Heylin had zero cooperation from Van the Man (who, in ...

Van Morrison opened his 1999 album, "Back on Top," with a song called "Goin' Down Geneva." Sung as a straight blues in the style of one of Morrison's heroes, Bobby "Blue" Bland, "Goin' Down Geneva ...

Van Morrison performing at Spring Sing on Boston Common in 1968. (Courtesy MONTUSE/Dick Lacovello) Its song lyrics are dotted with references to the artist's native Ireland.

Van Morrison has been busy, releasing three recordings in quick succession, Roll With the Punches (Exile, 2017), Versatile (Exile, 2017), and presently You're Driving Me Crazy with jazz organist Joey ...

Heylin's weighty new biography of enigmatic music man Van Morrison is an ambitious and prodigiously researched work. It is most gripping in the early chapters describing Morrison's rise from his ...

At his best, Morrison sounds divinely inspired, yet biographer Clinton Heylin (author of the Dylan bio Behind The Shades) can scarcely find anyone to say a nice word about him.

Van Morrison: a new biography by Clinton Heylin The leading player in the Awkward Squad. Charles Shaar Murray. Thursday 28 November 2002 01:00 GMT. Comments. Your support helps us to tell the story.