Van Morrison "Astral Weeks" Color:Olive (ROCKTOBER) throaty croon similar to that

throaty croon similar to that of MMJ frontman Jim James (right down to the gratuitous amounts of reverb)

Barry (along with sometime accompanists Josh Small and sister Caitlin Hunt) selected an equally wooden venue: his own shed

Emotional Creature

The album's title (translation: "The Mysteries of the Worm

these evocative songs still hit just as hard while also tugging at your heartstrings

Van Morrison "Astral Weeks" Color:Olive (ROCKTOBER) throaty croon similar to that47 years after it's release, Morrison's label debut album has achieved a near mythic status across generations of listeners who have "ventured in the slipstream" and fallen under the music's spell. "Any best of list is unthinkable and worthless without it," writes Cory Frye in the album's liner notes.