6th May 1994
Edinburgh Playhouse
I have seen Van Morrison a total of 5 times (so far), and
on most occasions have found myself coming away vaguely dissatisfied. But this instance not so, for VM was pretty
special this evening. For this was his
Ballads, Blues, Soul, Funk & Jazz Revue, which The Man took around the
world in 1994. A couple of gigs from the
tour were later recorded and released as the A Night in San Francisco double CD
live album, which clocked in at a whopping two hours 25 minutes of music. I don’t think we were treated to quite that amount
this evening, but it could not have been far short.
I don’t really need to go too deeply into the set, as it reflected quite closely the SF live performance, particularly the salsa-lilted
opener Did Ye Get Healed, and the lengthy soul medleys built around I’ll Take
Care of You and See Me Through.
Van’s daughter Shana was invited on stage to perform Beautiful
Vision (which indeed she was) and You Don’t Know Me, whilst I also got my first exposure to Brian
Kennedy with his rendition of You Make Me Feel So Free. All floppy hair, scarlet jacket and silly
dancing he looked a bit of a prat, but he couldn’t half sing.
Other highlights were a rollicking Help Me and a
sumptuous In the Garden which morphed into Kennedy’s rendition of Sam Cooke’s
You Send Me. Quite magical.
Wouldn't it be great if it was like this all the time?
Setlist
Yeh
Yeh (Georgie Fame)
Did
Ye Get Healed
These
Dreams Of You
Wonderful
Remark
Vanlose
Stairway/Trans-Euro Train/Fool For You
You
Make Me Feel So Free
Beautiful
Vision
Raincheck
See
Me Through/Soldier Of Fortune/Youth Of 1000 Summers/Soul
Power/Thank You (Falletinme Bemice Elf Agin)
Ain't
That Loving You Baby
Don't
Cry No More
Stormy
Monday
Big
Time Operator/Baby What You Want Me To Do
Help
Me
Tupelo
Honey
Moondance/My
Funny Valentine
I'll
Take Care Of You/It's A Man's World
You
Don't Know Me
Lonely
Avenue
In
The Garden/You Send Me
Have
I Told You Lately
Gloria/Shakin'
All Over
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