Category: Van Morrison

  • Gettin’ Churchy: JGB at the Stone, Sunday, November 30, 1986

    LN jg1986-11-30.jgb.all.aud-corley.21301.shn2flac Spun on its 34th anniversary yesterday, this show supplied me with a delightful hour and a half of easy-feeling post-coma Jerry Band. “Stop That Train” opens the show for the second and final time ever (also 1/29/77), and returns to the lineup after nine years away (11/26/77a). “My Sisters And Brothers” also returns after…

  • Last Freddie-ish Gig on Tape: JGB at the Stone, May 28, 1987

    update: I can’t believe I didn’t know that Freddie didn’t actually run the Stone and KPA. I knew the Coronas were involved, but Corry informs me in comments that they actually ran the KPA and the Stone, and Freddie really only had the Berkeley club. Learn something new everyday. I will still refer to this…

  • NGC: Van Morrison and Toulouse Ta Truck

    Via the Facebook page of the amazing Jake Feinberg, which is a treasure trove of text snippets from Jake’s radio show, which you should listen to and support. Too Loose to Truck, By Steve Mitchell I was playing with a piano player 4 nights a week at a club called “Shipwreck Pete’s.” It was John…