Editing Van Morrison (section)

==='Caledonia' theme===
The name "[[Caledonia]]" has played a prominent role in Morrison's life and career. Biographer [[Ritchie Yorke]] had pointed out already by 1975 that Morrison has referred to Caledonia so many times in his career that he "seems to be obsessed with the word".<ref name="Yorke Page159" /> In his 2009 biography, Erik Hage found "Morrison seemed deeply interested in his paternal Scottish roots during his early career, and later in the ancient countryside of England, hence his repeated use of the term ''Caledonia'' (an ancient Roman name for Scotland/northern Britain)".<ref>Hage (2009), page 52</ref> As well as being his daughter [[Shana Morrison|Shana]]'s middle name, it is the name of his first production company, his studio, his publishing company, two of his backing groups, his parents' record store in Fairfax, California in the 1970s, and he also recorded a cover of the song "[[Caldonia]]" (with the name spelt "Caledonia") in 1974.<ref name="Yorke Page159" /><ref>Collis (1996), page134"</ref> Morrison used "Caledonia" in what has been called a quintessential Van Morrison moment in the song, "[[Listen to the Lion]]" with the lyrics, "And we sail, and we sail, way up to Caledonia".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/11/listening-to-old-voices-van-morrison.html|website=Paste|author=Whitman, Andy|title=Listening to Old Voices: Van Morrison The Lion In Winter|date=14 November 2005|access-date=17 January 2009}}</ref> Morrison used "Caledonia" as a [[mantra]] in the live performance of the song "[[Astral Weeks (song)|Astral Weeks]]" recorded at the two [[Hollywood Bowl]] concerts.<ref name="latimes9Jan" /> As late as 2016's ''[[Keep Me Singing]]'' album, he recorded a self-penned instrumental entitled "Caledonia Swing."