Listening To

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison.

Van Morrison has been a favorite of mine since the middle 60's when he was singing Brown Eyed Girl and Gloria. In the late 60's and early 70's he produced some of the best songs ever! Astral Weeks was his first sole album and the beginning of a string of great work. I think substance abuse (drugs/alcohol) derailed Morrison in the early 70's, but he seems to have overcome those problems as he continues to produce music today. Sometimes great music.

Astral Weeks has songs like Cypress Avenue, Madame George, Ballerina as well as the title song. This is perfect album to listen to when you need to mellow out, or get stoned...on life and music, not artificially. :)