Episode 517: Van Morrison Spotlight Show - part 1 of 2 October 4, 2026

Intro & Homage
1. Ed Sheerhan / Galway Girl
2. The Pretty Things / Belfast Cowboy
3. Dan Penn / Bright Side of the Road
4. Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band / Brown Eyed Girl

Early Influences on The Monarchs
5. Bobby Blue Bland / Turn on Your Love Light
6. T Bone Walker / Stormy Monday Blues
7. Georgie & the Monarchs / O Twingy Baby
8. Muddy Waters / Hoochie Coochie Man

Them
9. David Bowie / Here Comes the Night
10. The Troggs / I Can Only Give You Everything
11. Them / Baby Please Don't Go
12. Bo Diddley / Bring it to Jermone
13. Eddie & the Hot Rods / Gloria-Satisfaction

Charted Hits @ Release of Them's First Hits
14. The Animals . House of the Rising Sun
15. The Rolling Stones / It's All Over Now
16. Dusty Springfield / I Only Want to Be with You
17. The Kinks / You Really Got Me

Early Influences on Van Morrison
18. Ray Charles / This Little Girl of Mine
19. Lead Belly / T.B. Woman Blues
20. Van Morrison / T.B. Sheets
21. Linda Gail Lewis & Van Morrison / You Win Again

The Skiffle Years
22. Sue Foley / Freight Train 
23. Lonnie Donegan / Rock Island Line 
24. Van Morrison / Worried Man Blues 
25. The Quarrymen (John Lennon) / Om Spite of All the Danger
26. Traveling WIlburys / Nobody's Child (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn)

Note: I am not kidding, whatever ghosts were in my machine, they came out to haunt and hinder our ability to create and post this show. It was a real labour of love - L-O-V-E