A to Z Challenge: My Favorite Storytellers-- V

Vi is special. V makes me happy. V is for

Van Morrison

My all time, absolute, hands down favorite musician forever. And I firmly believe that he, like Leonard Cohen, transcend simply being a songwriter and qualify as a storyteller. Allow me to demonstrate, with my all time, absolute, hands down favorite song:


We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won and we sailed in the mystic
Hark now hear the sailors' cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic

Truly moving, AND he's Irish AND his daughter's name is pronounced the same as mine AND he has been writing amazing music for more than 50 years.

And, he is one of those musicians that people don't think they've heard, but then they realize how many people cover Van Morrison Songs, like Wild Night, Have I Told You Lately that I Love You, or Brown Eyed Girl and realize they DO know him...

Any fans? What are your favorites?