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Van Morrison

Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 25 June 1977

EVERYONE calls him Van the Man. For reasons of symmetry, mainly; Van Morrison the Man as opposed to the Musician is pretty elusive. Vague slogans like 'The Belfast Cowboy' do little to illuminate the mystery.

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