31 August 2007

Happy Birthday, Van Morrison



"Van Morrison" was born George Ivan Morrison on August 31, 1945, and grew up at 125 Hyndford Street in Bloomfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland as the pampered, only child of George, a longshoreman and Violet, a singer.

Morrison was exposed to music from an early age, as his father, having spent time working in Detroit collected American jazz, country and western, and blues albums.

His father's taste in music was passed on to him and he grew up listening to artists such as Jelly Roll Morton, Ray Charles, Lead Belly and Solomon Burke. HOLLA!

In a 2005 Rolling Stone article Van Morrison said, "Those guys were the inspiration that got me going. If it wasn't for that kind of music, I couldn't do what I'm doing now."

George Ivan Morrison is 62 today. Go on Amazon and buy some Them CD's to celebrate!









1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic

And when that fog horn blows I will be coming home
And when that fog horn blows I want to hear it
I don't have to fear it

I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
Then magnificently we will float into the mystic

And when that fog horn blows you know I will be coming home
And when that fog horn whistle blows I got to hear it
I don't have to fear it

I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will float into the mystic
Come on girl...

Too late to stop now


HOW THE F-U-C-K CAN WE NOT CELEBRATE THE HEART AND MIND FROM WHICH THESE LYRICS CAME?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VAN THE MAN.