Which is to say, the difficulty of sifting this mammoth catalog containing dozens of albums down to less than 40 tracks is a formidable task indeed. Add to the mix Van’s musically eclectic nature that is as likely to find him singing country with Jerry Lee Lewis’ sister, jazz with Georgie Fame, skiffle with Lonnie Donegan, blues with John Lee Hooker, Celtic fronting the Chieftains or his own mystically moody pop and you have an artist who is arguably the most diverse and artistically all-encompassing of any of his peers, of which there aren’t many. Among his peers, only Neil Young comes close to Morrison’s historically impulsive behavior. ![]() It’s just another strange turn in a 50 year and counting career that longtime fans of the Irish singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist have come to expect.
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