Summertime In England

It ain't why ...

Pastoral delight, romantic poets, high in the art of suffering with Mahalia Jackson coming through the ether.

Smoking up in Kendal and ridin' down by Avalon. And Jesus walking ...

It ain't why ... why ... why ...

Shhhh ...

Can you feel the light?

Can you feel the silence?

It just is.

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Linden Arden Stole The Highlights

And he loved the little children ... I don't know why this song is so intoxicating. It puts me in the room with Van, drink in hand, while he sits at the piano and tells me all about this man. I feel like I know him intimately. Almost as if somehow it is my story as well. Or could be. Touching, beautiful and wondrous. Lord, he was a drinking man ...

Avalon Of The Heart

Going down by Avalon ... Magnificent in it's concept and performance, Van leading massed strings and gathered voices exulting in the magic of Avalon, the grail and the promise of rebirth. In the Upper Room the cup doth stand… Gonna make a brand new start ...

Rough God Goes Riding

Riding on in ... As soon as the brooding harmonica comes in you know you are in for something special. A companion piece to Cash's 'The Man Comes Around.' Albeit one that draws upon Van's own bitter experiences. Nowhere to hide. Riding on in ...

And They Stood Upon The Lawn ...

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