Album – Van Morrison : Tupelo Honey

CB couldn’t have got a better opening than ‘Wild Night’.  I wanted to be in this song Van was singing and do the “Boogie Woogie”. It had a lot of the same vibe as the Springsteen I was listening too.  The first two songs on the album weren’t doing anything to lessen Morrison’s grip on CB.  Great images combined with perfect music. He gets in a jazzy/blues groove with ‘Woman’.  Love it. Van’s style.

Side two opens with the title song and it grabbed me right away. Love Morrison’s vocals and commitment on this one.  He’s pulling it from somewhere. Background singers always get CB and they are great on this one, answering Van’s “she’s an angel” the sax seals it.  some nice guitar licks.  Beautiful tune.  How much good music was in this Van guy?  How does he follow that song up? With more solid tunes. It feels like he’s in a good space with the music.  A feel good record.

I was wanting more Van Morrison music and I got my fix with this solid album.  This was definitely a CB type record. No filler just some knock out songs.  I was just starting to open the big door into Morrison’s music. I was scratching the surface and I was anticipating what was next in my choices.  I was in for the long run.

( Check out the remastered ‘Wild Nights’ )