Van Morrison Concert

Anonymous | Thursday, June 18, 2009 | 9:19 pm

van the man

Anonymous | Friday, May 29, 2009 | 8:18 am

Saw Van the very next night (11/02), second show at The Palladium in NYC. He dumped the mic over and did an exit stage-right halfway thru "Natalia". Amazingly, Bobby Tench (lead guitarist) picked up the lead vocals and the band finished the song. They then did an instrumental "Help Me" (which is basically 'Green Onions' w/o vocals), waiting for Van to reappear, which he never did. The band rushed the ending of "Help Me', scurried off the stage under the cover of darkness and the security goons assumed their positions on the foot of the stage. I was bullshit, after having hitched down from NH for the sole purpose of catching that show (after two at Boston's Orpheum on 10/16). It was one gloomy long train ride back to South Station, I'll tell ya. I eventually forgave him, tho, and was in attendance at his Boston/Wang Centre show on 05/17/85. But, this little Palladium crash & burn effectively marked the end of the American segment of the Wavelength Tour for Van. Incredibly, Rockpile, his opening act, continued on to DC & Chicago without him. Save for a contractual obligation with SNL on 11/04, Van didn't reappear until 11/26 at The Roxy in LA (another decent boot, but not up to this one, imho). Appears two shows per night, night after night, in the wake of a 4-year layoff proved too much, too soon. Too bad, because Van soon after wrestled his demons, and hung up his rock n' roll shoes. Last of the wild nights. This is the first of two shows that night, and is hands-down my favorite bootleg of all-time. It really should have been (should be) released commercially. Too many fat cats worrying about the motion on the ocean, I spoz.

TDowd | Saturday, March 21, 2009 | 10:39 pm

Love that love. Hearing again brings back so much.

jidda | Friday, February 06, 2009 | 8:28 am

Awesome concert. Love Van. Can't wait til Astral Weeks Live comes out 2/10/09. He's the bes!!!

jhill1178 | Wednesday, February 04, 2009 | 3:48 pm

The ''Wavelength''album is Excellent-the tour behind was AWSOME,Glad to be listening to this

rwcook56 | Monday, January 26, 2009 | 8:10 pm

I saw Van around this same time at The Paramount Thtr. in Seattle...same band, same tour, similar set. What a great way to bring back the memory. the Vault rocks!

Cvetkovic Dragan | Monday, January 26, 2009 | 12:17 pm

Van te MAN!!! Mozart of rock and roll. Most talented rock songwriter. Thanks God for him ! "If you don't like the blues you gotta have a hole in your soul! Keep on rocking, Van The MAN!!!

postmandavid | Friday, January 16, 2009 | 4:25 pm

I saw Van live in San Fran around this same time,he was incredible. Tower of Power opened the show.

Dopeburger | Wednesday, December 24, 2008 | 11:30 am

Yes that definitely sounds like Peter Wolf...Also in attendance this night was Bill Graham, who did the introduction for the live radio simulcast. Thanks for listening!

Anonymous | Tuesday, December 23, 2008 | 9:43 am

that is definitely Peter Wolf from the J.Geils Band doing the introduction at the beginning of the show. Any confirmation of this? I don't see him listed as a performing artist. Love the wooba-gooba!