Celtic Moment

“And the Healing Has Begun” is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and recorded on his 1979 album, ‘Into the Music’. Its a fantastic song! Biographer Brian Hinton calls it the central song in the album and ‘perhaps in Morrison’s whole career. “It starts just like ‘Cyprus Avenue’, no coincidence as the line about ‘songs from way back when’ hints, and with a walk down the avenue (of dreams), to the sound of a haunted violin. A song of full, blazing sex as well as revelation. The healing here is like that in Arthurian myth, the wounded King restored through the action of the Holy Grail, but it is also through as graphic a seduction, almost, as the original live version of “Gloria”‘. Author Clinton Heylin concludes that “what makes the song, and indeed Into the Music work is its self-awareness. Gone is the awkward self-consciousness…It is replaced by a newly assured tone, born of a genuine awareness of what he (Morrison) was attempting.” Personnel on original release • Van Morrison: vocals, guitar • John Allair: organ • Herbie Armstrong: guitar • David Hayes: bass guitar • Mark Jordan: piano • Toni Marcus: violin, viola • Peter Van Hooke: drums en.wikipedia.org Genres: Soul, Blues, R&B, Folk, Celtic, Rock Disclaimer: “Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by …

Unbelievably good song by Van with his band including Georgie Fame and Brian Kennedy. Originally on the album/cd of the same name “The Healing Game”. *Copyright music and lyrics owned by Exile.