coming up on episode number 1,547, well, this coming weekend, Labor Day weekend, Mr. Van Morrison,

George Ivan Morrison, goes by Van, is turning 80, and of course that means we have to do a cover story for him.

So, of course, all your favorites, crazy love, brown-eyed girl, Stone Me, Moon, Dance, everything you want to hear.

All this and more coming up right now on Coverville. Greetings for tough now, just getting tougher, Whole world is rough, it's just getting rougher, cover me.

Come on, baby, cover me.

Well, I'm looking for a little hoo-go, come on in and cover me.

Greetings from Coverville for a Thursday morning.

It is Thursday, August 28, 2025.

My name is Brian Abbott.

Welcome to another cover story episode.

Today, focusing on Van the Man.

Yes, the Belfast Cowboy, Van Morrison Morrison born in Belfast, nearly 80 years ago, was a member of the band Them for a while.

And then just went solo, just had such an incredible career, both with them, the band Them and Solo, that so much material to pull from.

The guy is an incredible songwriter and has such a unique style to his voice.

I've had the pleasure of seeing him live.

From all accounts, he's not comfortable up on stage. So, in that the show i saw red rocks saw him at red

rocks which is a great place to see uh van morrison he wasn't uh up for performing for a crowd

let's just say that like he he put on an incredible show his voice was was on point, but man, when the show is over,

no encore is just, just lights on. House lights on. But that's how, you know, we went there for the

music and we got it and it was incredible. Let's get to the music. It's going to be a lot of covers

of Van Morrison with a couple covers by Van sprinkled in here.

But we're going to start off with this one right here from the album still skanking.

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