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Van Morrison: Astral Weeks, Movement and Murder
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Feb 13, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
In 1968, Van Morrison was hiding out from the New York City Mafia in Boston, Massachusetts. Recently the victim of a physical attack from a Genovese crime family member, Morrison was desperately trying to piece together a band to complete what would become his landmark creative statement, Astral Weeks. One of the musicians who would help him achieve this goal—a young, handsome guitar player from Emerson College named Rick Philp—would mysteriously go missing and eventually wind up dead. Disgraceland pieces together this story using, as one of many sources, the critically acclaimed book Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 by Ryan Walsh.
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To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Feb 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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