Van Morrison discusses 'Astral Weeks'

With a two-night Hollywood Bowl stand next week, he muses on the 'poetry and mythical musings' of a classic. If necessity is the mother of invention, it might follow that desperation is the father of inspiration. That was certainly the case 40 years ago, when Belfast-bred blue-eyed soul singer Van Morrison found himself broke and stranded on the East Coast despite coming off his first hit as a solo artist, the Top 10 single "Br...

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