Van Morrison - 2019 - Three Chords & The Truth [EAC FLAC]

Van Morrison - 2019 - Three Chords & The Truth [EAC FLAC]



Artist: Van Morrison

Title: Three Chords & The Truth

Format: CD, Album

Country: US

Producer: Van Morrison

Release Date: October 25, 2019

Recorded 2019 at:

Esplanade Studios, New Orleans

Holy Wood Studio, Co. Down

Musicbox Studios Ltd, Cardiff

The Covent, Stroud

The Hideout Recording Studio, Las Vegas

Label: Exile

Catalog: 2508016639

Barcode: 602508016639

Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter

Duration: 67:54





Van Morrison:







Wikipedia:

Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBE (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer, songwriter and musician. He has received six Grammy Awards, the 1994 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2016 he was knighted for his musical achievements and his services to tourism and charitable causes in Northern Ireland.

Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands covering the popular hits of the day. He rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B band Them, with whom he recorded the garage band classic "Gloria". His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl" in 1967. After Berns' death, Warner Bros. Records bought out his contract and allowed him three sessions to record Astral Weeks (1968).

Even though this album would gradually garner high praise, it was initially a poor seller; Moondance (1970), however, established Morrison as a major artist, and he built on his reputation throughout the 1970s with a series of acclaimed albums and live performances. Morrison continues to record and tour, producing albums and live performances that sell well and are generally warmly received, sometimes collaborating with other artists, such as Georgie Fame and the Chieftains. In 2008 he performed Astral Weeks live for the first time since 1968.

Much of Morrison's music is structured around the conventions of soul music and R&B, such as the popular singles "Brown Eyed Girl", "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)", "Domino" and "Wild Night". An equal part of his catalogue consists of lengthy, loosely connected, spiritually-inspired musical journeys that show the influence of Celtic tradition, jazz and stream-of-consciousness narrative, such as the album Astral Weeks and lesser-known ones such as Veedon Fleece and Common One. The two strains together are sometimes referred to as "Celtic soul".





Three Chords & The Truth:







AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek:

Over the past four years, Van Morrison has recorded no less than six albums. Most have been populated with excellent covers of blues, soul, and jazz standards with a smattering of original numbers woven in between. Three Chords & the Truth (titled after Harlan Howard's famous description of country music), is his first collection of all-new original material since 2016's Keep Me Singing. Morrison penned 14 of the 15 songs here. In addition to his road band, he recruited old friend, acoustic jazz guitarist Jay Berliner (who played on Astral Weeks) for some of the sessions. The album's sound is warm, punchy, and immediate, despite being cut in five studios.

Opener "March Winds in February" boasts a punchy upright bassline, bubbling B-3 organ, brushed snares, and traded lead guitar lines between Berliner's acoustic and Dave Keary's electric. It crisscrosses Celtic R&B, gospel, and jazz; it's timeless Morrison. "Fame Will Eat the Soul" is a raw-sounding duet with the Righteous Brothers' Bill Medley, who out-growls the singer. "Dark Night of the Soul" references the metaphorical spirituality and hypnotic musicality that informed his records between 1980's Common One and 1991's Hymns to the Silence. "In Search of Grace" and "Read Between the Lines," with their bumping, jazzy calypso B-3s, find Morrison digging deep into the memorial previous with grooving authority. The cultural indictment in "Nobody in Charge" is fueled by the same vamp that drove "These Dreams of You" so many years ago. When Morrison takes on the jazz-blues in "You Don't Understand," he's supported by a meaty upright bass and a brooding organ. His singing wields the tension and authority of an apocalyptic gospel singer, and the tune purposely contains a direct harmonic nod to Bob Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin Man."

We hear Celtic Soul Brother No. 1 on "Does Love Conquer All," and the skiffle and rockabilly devotee delivering the choogling boogie of "Early Days." Morrison co-wrote the tender balladic waltz "If We Wait for Mountains" with fellow OBE honoree, lyricist Don Black. The title track is an excellent example of fingerpopping, hard-swinging R&B. "Bags Under My Eyes" is a humorous take on the perils of the road, delivered as a honky tonk waltz. "Days Gone By" completely reimagines -- lyrically and musically -- "Auld Lang Syne" by using bits of the original melody in a modern paean to acceptance and aspiration. Given Three Chords and the Truth's 70-minute run time, there's a lot to digest, but it's worth it. Morrison is in excellent voice throughout; his energy is kinetic and his songwriting -- even when he's complaining -- is fresh, humorous, soulful, and insightful. A natural companion to Keep Me Singing, this is Morrison at his best.





Tracklist:



01. March Winds In February (4:35)

02. Fame Will Eat The Soul (4:51)

03. Dark Night Of The Soul (5:57)

04. In Search Of Grace (3:42)

05. Nobody In Charge (4:13)

06. You Don’t Understand (6:18)

07. Read Between The Lines (3:42)

08. Does Love Conquer All? (4:43)

09. Early Days (3:41)

10. If We Wait For Mountains (2:43)

11. Up On Broadway (6:23)

12. Three Chords And The Truth (5:00)

13. Bags Under My Eyes (4:06)

14. Days Gone By (7:43)





Personnel:



Van Morrison - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Piano (Electric), Producer, Saxophone, Spoken Word, Vocals

John Allair - Organ (Hammond)

Jay Berliner - Guitar (Acoustic)

Jeremy Brown - Bass

Richard Dunn - Organ (Hammond)

Colin Griffin - Drums

David Hayes - Bass

Pete Hurley - Bass

Dave Keary - Bouzouki, Guitar (Electric)

Teena Lyle - Percussion, Piano, Vibraphone

Stuart McIlroy - Piano

Bill Medley - Vocals

Paul Moran - Organ

Bobby Ruggiero - Drums











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