Episode 518: Spotlight on Van Morrison - part 2 of 2 October 4, 2026

"Sometime you win, sometime you lose, and sometimes the blues just gets hold of you just when you thought you had it made..."

Van & The Blues 27. Johnny Winter / Feedback Out on Highway 101 28. Joanne Shaw Taylor / Someone Like You

Blues Duets 29. Ray Charles w/ Van Morrison / Crazy Love 30. B.B. King w/ Van Morrison / If You Love Me

The "Celtic Soul" of Astral Weeks 31. Marianne Faithfull / Madame George 32. Belfast Cowboys / Domino 33. Bruce Springsteen / Rosalita 34. The Wallflowers / Into the Mystic

Name Droppin' Van 35. President Michael Higgins (Ireland) / Rave on John Donne 36. Widespread Panic / And It Stoned Me 37. Van Morrison / In the Days Before Rock n' Roll 38. Barrence Whitfiled & Tom Russell / Cleaning Windows

Notable Covers 39. Van Morrison & The Band / Caravan 40. John Mellencamp & Me'Shell Ndegeocello / Wild Nights 41. Nathan East & Michael McDonald / Moondance 42. Rod Stewart / Have I Told You Lately

More Tasty Covers (online only) 43. Elvis Costello / Full Force Gale 44. Wayne Toups & the Zydecajuns / Tupelo Honey 45. Brian Kennedy / Queen of the Slipstream 46. Hot House Flowers / Bright Side of the Road 47. Syl Johnson / Jackie Wilson Said 48. Jackie Wilson / Reet Petite 49. Betty LaVette / Real Real Gone

Note: this was thee hardest show ever to put together. Not only did I underestimage the width and bredth of Morrison's career and range of influence, any, absovlutely any technical glitch that could have occurred, did occur. It's been absolute madness. So very frustrating but I HOPE you enjoy the show.