@@damienhunt4264 Irish? Hell, he and Tom Waits might be the two greatest solo artists ever. Who else has written, composed, played, and sung the greatest music ever for us?
Una y otra vez escucho esta versión del genial Von Morrison, y siempre tengo una enorme experiencia estética, me trasciende y reconozco lo que es arte, de lo que no es. Gracias Xavi, y gracias Von por hacerme gozar tanto.
Interestingly, if this is in fact 2-18-2008, SJI is NOT listed on setlist.fm...But an examination of the camera work does seem to indicate it's the same show as others on YT... Anyway it's my favorite - while good, Van is sitting down in the other cuts, this is the one with the energy.
Had no idea Morrison ever did any cuts like this. When I saw St. James Infernari I thought it was a joke. S/B Infirmary. A classic song done very well.
I thought by now someone might have added a comment about the similarity of theme of St James' Infirmary and TB Sheets, which Morrison wrote, and recorded in 1967. Colouring one's appreciation of this choice of material is the suggestion (there is no easily locatable publicly available information to confirm this) that the latter song is an autobiographical account of attending the deathbed of a young woman, perhaps a girlfriend.
mountainfree Have a listen to Rhiannon Giddens' version with the Silk Road Ensemble - completely different take with a lot of Gypsy jazz to it. Tom Jones has also done two superb versions with Jools Holland's Blues Band, one of them with Rhiannin Giddens duetting with him.
