Dean Heckel covering "Into The Mystic" by Van Morrison 

And April 2024 I stumbled upon this.

The great thing about RU-vid, you can stumble on something posted five years ago that is awesome. Well done, Dean.

Dean, this is fantastic - one of the best versions of this awesome song, I’ve heard 👍🏻

what a superb voice. Dean Heckel - a new favourite.

Amazing Dean, you deserve an audience that appreciates your God given talent. Great cover

Been 3 years since I commented, this is my favorite version of this amazing song. Well done. Love all your stuff.

I want to add this song to my set list, this is the very best solo acoustic version out there, Nice job man!!!! Great sound!!

My cousin recently passed away and my dad showed me this song, brought me to tears instantly. Great cover brother, you do it justice.

I hate how freaking great this is!

Best acoustic cover of this song I've ever heard. Perfect tempo and "fatness", most other acoustic covers are too fast and thin. Good job 😎

A musician friend of mine played this at my mother's life remembrance ceremony yesterday. It was perfect.

This is such a great cover of this tune. Absolutely nailed it. Your music is great would live to see you live.

What a great voice and best cover of this song I’ve heard.

This is one of my favorite songs, and you just made it that much better. You have an incredible voice, and I love your guitar playing... I hope to see you on The Voice or American Idol or something someday. Keep 'em coming!

Still coming back for this!

Among the other acoustic cover of this song I've heard so far this is THE best. Makes me wanna pick up my old guitar and practice even more. Thanks for the inspiration. :)

Probably the best cover I’ve heard of this amazing song. Well done sir.

Bro!!! Dean!! My brother!!! You spoke to my soul with this man. We gotta rap. You need to speak to the masses brother.

This is magnificent. Not that my opinion matters, but this is the best version of the song online

Wow, what an outstanding job! That song, done that way, is like an ice-cold beer on a hot day with a whiskey chaser, nothing better!

The hammer on’s are incredible. I wish I knew the sequence...I love this song and to play it like that would be amazing.

Pretty cool, even the background chatter of the crowd was nice as it ebbed and flowed, too.

Dean you have God's heart he gave you that beautiful voice. When I hear you sing I hear God 😭❤️🌹🎁💯😲🔥💯💯💯💯💯

This should have about ten million listens!

I Love This Song. Beautiful cover. Thanks for Sharing

People go overboard for many worthy efforts. I share their enthusiasm on this occasion. Nice. Very well done👍🏼

what an amazing voice

wow, great job man. Excellent voice!

I just stumbled onto this guy looking for covers of Valerie but wow he has got something! Great voice and handles that guitar so well. Bravo man! I'm now a fan!!

Dean , I love the way you play. Your relaxed play has me digging this song more than I ever have. Nice job. I play as well.

Boi..... you’ve been piggybacking my last few months of enthusiasm for new covers and the musicianship of acoustic and lyrics that you display is something I aspire too. I first saw cold shot and then into the mystic. as far as random RU-vid searches go, you are no longer a random in my catalogue! Thanku Dean, glad u do what u do. Keep at it bro. standing ovation from this man right here ⛳️......🏌🏼‍♀️

Beautiful...........

Hands down the best cover I’ve seen. You are amazing bro.

Beautiful voice, guitar, and performance!

Van would love this

Wow wow wow. One of my favourite singers and song and you made it just magical. Raw talent.

This is very well done. Great tone and control.....funky jam on the guit

Really NICE job, Dean! Great voice & clean playing!!

Lovely! I would love to hear more from you Dean.

Beautiful version…and helped with learning the bass. Thanks

Very accomplished performance of a great song....

I can tell thats in jeffersonville.. I go to that side of the bridge all the time

Outstanding cover Dean. You keep the playing simple yet sufficiently thick, but Man... your voice is really smooth, perfect for this song.

Holy fuck dude. Absolutely blown away.

Dean, this is a great job. The more I work with Van's stuff, the more I really appreciate his work.

fantastic - glad this came my way

From one Dean to another that is brilliant mate 👏

Hell yeah man. Beautiful soul. I think Van would be proud. Also great view! :)

Walking it down and everything. Beautifully done, brother! 🙌🏼

Wow. Incredible.

Nice job, really nice job. Hitting the difficult spots really well with sincerity. Van Morrison would be impressed.

Cheer's from Australia great cover

Holy smokes! You rule this song! Amazing

I cannot believe people were talking as you did this. I would have dropped everything.

So so good, love everything about this performance, can’t believe people were talking in the background,,, peasants!! Good job.. 👏

My man! That was exquisite.

VERY good.

what a voice! nice version

dude...u r killing me....excellent guitar and vocals. carry on!

Fantastic!

Damn good cover man. Beautifully sung. Excellent job.

Great cover of my favorite song, the voice reminds me of Darius Rucker

Dean I've watvched all your videos man!! BIG FAN here hope to see more to come in the future...

Fantastic man!

i love this song so much

That's is awesome man

lovely and soulful.....and a fine song.

beautiful!

Dean, Dude what a voice! Love your posts.

Superb mate

Wow! Nailed it. Great voice.

Wow! Who is this guy? That was fantastic. I agree with the comments below. That is by far the best cover of this song, one of my favorite songs, that I have ever heard. Way to go, Dean Heckel!

You.Are. An.Amazing.Artist. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Wow, just found this and want to compliment you for the extraordinary performance of this classic song. I still often play the Allman Brothers version done with Warren Haynes but now have to rank this as right up there at the top. Considering this is a solo performance I just have to tip my hat to you Dean for a soulful rendition!

Good God man! You nailed this...

Just Awesome..............Great Job man

Freakin sweet

Absolutely killed it mate, bravo

I'm picky about this song being covered but you nailed it. Great Job!

Great voice !

Love your guitar-playing and voice doing this song...I would go there and sit and watch and listen all day long and be the worst conversationalist at the venue...lol

Very nice!👍

So good…

Awesome cover!

Great performance!

100% a gun cover. Mint.

Simply WOW!!!

Really nicely done.

My kind of artist! 🔥

Niceee Work brotherrrrr

Love this ❤

Mystic Bridge in Boston, perfect backdrop.

Beautiful, well done man!

Damn, you're awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Amazing

Very good! Well done!

Fantastic vocals

Well done!

Classic HJBF Material Harvest Jazz N Blues.. Fredericton New Brunswick

So good!