9/3/2023 0 Comments Van morrison astral weeks bookBerns saw his protégé as “a rock & roll version of the Irish poet Brendan Behan.” But when Berns died, Morrison found himself owned by the mob. Morrison was reeling from his years on the rock scene, leading the tough Belfast band Them, who blew up with “Gloria.” Under the tutelage of manager Bert Berns (who also brought us Neil Diamond), he came to New York and scored the pop hit “Brown Eyed Girl,” which is probably playing right now at a mall somewhere in your town. Walsh even catches up with Morrison’s long-lost flower-child bride Janet Planet, now selling her love beads on Etsy, who tells him, “Being a muse is a thankless job, and the pay is lousy.” Lou Reed was often hanging around town, sharing hippie tracts on ritual magic with friends like Jonathan Richman. Future rock legend Peter Wolf was a radio DJ spinning the blues on the graveyard shift. In this fantastic chronicle, Van falls into a Boston underground scene full of outlandish characters – like Mel Lyman, the folkie harmonica player turned cult leader with a tribe of acid-crazed worshippers. But no matter how well you know him or his music, Astral Weeks is a book full of discoveries. Morrison has always refused to explain the mysteries of Astral Weeks – as ornery as ever, the Celtic bard doesn’t give his secrets away. Walsh’s new book Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 unearths the time and place behind the music.
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