Library Rock's Backpages

Van Morrison: The Great Hall, Exeter University

Johnny Black, MOJO, April 1994

MAN. VAN. THE. UNTIL NOW THE ONLY WELL-KNOWN PHRASE or saying into which these three words could be re-assembled has been a synonym for irascible genius. Indeed, the word curmudgeon might have been invented for a man who once berated his audience for clapping. A man who took legal action against the Belfast Blues Society for trying to put up a plaque in his honour. A man who, when inducted into the American Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame, didn't attend the ceremony. In Exeter, though, something seemed to have warmed the cockles of his heart.

Total word count of piece: 937

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.