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.