{"product_id":"van-morrison-moving-on-skiffle","title":"VAN MORRISON - Moving On Skiffle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2LP - Limited Edition Sky Blue Vinyl. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt should come as no surprise that \u003cstrong\u003eVan Morrison\u003c\/strong\u003e has made an album inspired by skiffle. Van Morrison’s love of skiffle dates back to his childhood. He would hang out at the famed Belfast record store \u003cstrong\u003eAtlantic Records\u003c\/strong\u003e, where he’d hear early 20th century folk, blues and jazz from the likes of \u003cstrong\u003eLead Belly\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eJelly Roll Morton\u003c\/strong\u003e. So when he heard \u003cstrong\u003eLonnie Donegan\u003c\/strong\u003e’s take on ‘\u003cem\u003eRock Island Line\u003c\/em\u003e’ he intuitively understood the music he was creating. Before long, Van Morrison was playing with a skiffle band in school.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoving On Skiffle\u003c\/em\u003e finds him taking a homemade style that exploded across Britain in the mid-1950s and infusing it with a level of sophistication and soulfulness that it didn’t always possess the first time around. The 23-track album goes to the heart of the music Van Morrison has inhabited ever since he was six years old, hanging out in the smoky confines of Belfast’s Atlantic Records. It also contains songs that underline, in their messages on the importance of freedom and living on your own terms, his lifetime philosophy. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor the most part, Van Morrison plays these timeless songs straight. Several of them feature his own arrangements, while select others feature his own characteristic lyrical twists. The ever-rebellious Morrison has changed the title of ‘\u003cem\u003eMama Don’t Allow\u003c\/em\u003e’, recorded by both the\u003cstrong\u003e Memphis Jug Band\u003c\/strong\u003e and the Chicago blues man \u003cstrong\u003eTampa Red\u003c\/strong\u003e in the late 1920s, to ‘\u003cem\u003eGov Don’t Allow\u003c\/em\u003e’, a nod to his fight against the rise of government interference in our daily lives. And the gospel standard ‘\u003cem\u003eThis Little Light of Mine\u003c\/em\u003e’, a key anthem of the Civil Rights movement in ‘60s America, is transformed into the rollicking, upbeat ‘\u003cem\u003eThis Loving Light of Mine\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOpening track ‘\u003cem\u003eFreight Train\u003c\/em\u003e’ is an immediate highlight, a song which was originally written by \u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Cotten\u003c\/strong\u003e and then recorded by both \u003cstrong\u003ePeggy Seeger\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eChas McDevitt\u003c\/strong\u003e. Van Morrison has given it as a sophisticated jazz arrangement complete with rollicking organ, close harmony vocals and some new words. Elsewhere, ‘\u003cem\u003eWish I Was An Apple On A True\u003c\/em\u003e’ is given wonderful warmth, completed by jaunty washboard and treacle-rich vocal harmonies. ‘\u003cem\u003eGypsy Davey\u003c\/em\u003e’ remains timeless, while Van Morrison’s powerful vocal and impassioned sax complement the bluesy guitar on ‘\u003cem\u003eGreenback Dollar\u003c\/em\u003e’. The album closes with ‘\u003cem\u003eGreen Rocky Road\u003c\/em\u003e’, a plaintive folk gem and an ode to the troubadour life that was made famous by \u003cstrong\u003eFred Neil\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDave Van Ronk\u003c\/strong\u003e, and featured in the film ‘\u003cem\u003eInside Llewyn Davis\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKey contributors on the album include \u003cstrong\u003eDave Keary\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitars), \u003cstrong\u003ePete Hurley\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass), \u003cstrong\u003eColin Griffin\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums) and \u003cstrong\u003eSticky Wicket\u003c\/strong\u003e (washboard). Current Brit folk favourite \u003cstrong\u003eSeth Lakeman\u003c\/strong\u003e also contributes fiddle to five songs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exile","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Sky Blue Vinyl","offer_id":42841257672865,"sku":"SDZ-40294","price":37.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/products\/Van_Morrisson_-_Moving_On_Skiffle_2LP_Sky_Blue_Vinyl.jpg?v=1674245416","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/van-morrison-moving-on-skiffle","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}