Musicians from Northern Ireland by Instrument - Bass Guitarists from Northern Ireland, Drummers from Northern Ireland (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 141. Not illustrated. Chapters: Bass Guitarists From Northern Ireland, Drummers From Northern Ireland, Guitarists From Northern Ireland, Harpists From Northern Ireland, Keyboardists From Northern Ireland, Multi-Instrumentalists From Northern Ireland, Oboists From Northern Ireland, Saxophonists From Northern Ireland, Van Morrison, Gary Lightbody, Gary Moore, Andy Cairns, Jonny Quinn, Michael Mckeegan, Fyfe Ewing, Nathan Connolly, Derek Bell, Mark Mcclelland, Gerry Mcavoy, Ali Mcmordie, Lee Rogers, Tim Wheeler, Ricky Warwick, Foy Vance, Jim Armstrong, Henry Cluney, Mervyn Spence, Gordon Blair, Jim Reilly, Candida Doyle, Jamie King, Sean Martin, Steve Davis, Brian Faloon, Michael Bradley, Stuart 'pinkie' Bates, Foggy Lyttle, John O'neill, Alex Trimble. Excerpt: Van Morrison, OBE (born George Ivan Morrison; 31 August 1945) is a critically acclaimed Northern Irish singer and songwriter with a reputation for being stubborn and idiosyncratic. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely viewed as among the greatest ever made. Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a young teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone in a range of Irish showbands who covered the popular hits of the day before rising to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the gritty 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 al...