Editing Van Morrison (section)

===Influence===
Morrison's influence can readily be heard in the music of a diverse array of major artists. According to ''The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll'' (Simon & Schuster, 2001), "his influence among rock singers/song writers is unrivaled by any living artist outside of that other prickly legend, [[Bob Dylan]]. Echoes of Morrison's rugged literateness and his gruff, feverish emotive vocals can be heard in latter day icons ranging from [[Bruce Springsteen]] to [[Elvis Costello]]".<ref name="Van Morrison Biography: Rolling Stone" /> He has influenced an array of top tier performers, including [[U2]], with [[Bono]] recalling, "I am in awe of a musician like Van Morrison. I had to stop listening to Van Morrison records about six months before we made ''[[The Unforgettable Fire]]'' because I didn't want his very original soul voice to overpower my own".<ref>Bayles, Martha. ''Hole in Our Soul: Loss of Beauty and Meaning in American Popular Music.'' New York: Free Press, 1994, p.321.</ref> He has inspired [[John Mellencamp]] ("[[Wild Night]]");<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p105068|pure_url=yes}}|title=John Mellencamp Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas|access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref> [[Jim Morrison]];<ref name="HintonPage67" /> [[Joan Armatrading]] (the only musical influence she will acknowledge);<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/24/arts/the-pop-life-369888.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=The Pop Life|author=Holden, Stephen|date=24 August 1988|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> [[Nick Cave]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://larecord.com/interviews/2008/09/17/nick-cave-the-blood-drained-from-their-faces|title=NICK CAVE: THE BLOOD DRAINED FROM THEIR FACES|publisher=L.A. Record|author=Chris Ziegler|date=17 September 2008|access-date=15 March 2013|archive-date=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731085401/http://larecord.com/interviews/2008/09/17/nick-cave-the-blood-drained-from-their-faces|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Rod Stewart]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/02/15/have-i-told-you-lately-rod-steward-coming-singapore.html|title=Have I told you lately that Rod Stewart is coming to Singapore?|newspaper=[[The Jakarta Post]]|author=Petite, Kathy|date=15 February 2009|access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref> [[Tom Petty]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=21113 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109074719/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=21113 |url-status=dead |archive-date= 9 January 2009|author=Lang, Joe|date=29 July 2008|title=Tom Petty and Steve Winwood|website=Jazz.com|access-date=8 September 2008}}</ref> [[Rickie Lee Jones]] (recognises both [[Laura Nyro]] and Van Morrison as the main influences on her career);<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/rickie-lee-jones-the-devil-in-miss-jones-573273.html|title=Rickie Lee Jones: The devil in Miss Jones|author=Gill, Andy|date=16 January 2004|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|access-date=22 May 2010}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1786/19971107/jones_rickie_lee.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524204121/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1786/19971107/jones_rickie_lee.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 May 2011|title=You say it's your birthday: Rickie Lee Jones|date=7 November 1997|access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref> [[Elton John]];<ref>"Elton had clamored to get his new band on [[Tumbleweed Connection]] and succeeded with "Amoreena"... He also plays organ on the song and sings the lyrics in a lower voice than in the rest of the album. He later attributed this to Van Morrison's influence." see, Rosenthal, ''His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John'', pages 25–26.</ref> [[Graham Parker]];<ref name="segerfile.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.segerfile.com/influences.html|title=The Seger File|website=Segerfile.com|access-date=4 July 2008|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117071355/http://www.segerfile.com/influences.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Sinéad O'Connor]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sinead-oconnor.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=193&Itemid=179|title=No woman, No cry-Hot Press 1995|website=Sinead-oconnor.com|access-date=28 September 2008}}</ref> [[Phil Lynott]] of [[Thin Lizzy]];<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p19057|pure_url=yes}}|title=Phil Lynott Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|author=Prato, Greg|access-date=8 September 2008}}</ref> [[Bob Seger]] ("I know Bruce Springsteen was very much affected by Van Morrison, and so was I")<ref name="segerfile.com" />  [[Kevin Rowland]] of [[Dexys Midnight Runners]] ("[[Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)|Jackie Wilson Said]]");<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/dexys_midnight_runners/reviews/10194 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007072838/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/dexys_midnight_runners/reviews/10194 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 October 2008|title=Dexy's Midnight Runners – Too Rye Ay|author=Stephen Trousse|work=Uncut|access-date=29 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p17004|pure_url=yes}}|title=Dexys Midnight Runners Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|author=Huey, Steve|access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref> [[Jimi Hendrix]] ("[[Gloria (Them song)|Gloria]]");<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/lyrics/jimi-hendrix/gloria/3343797/lyrics.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722135337/http://www.cmt.com/lyrics/jimi-hendrix/gloria/3343797/lyrics.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2012|title=Music: lyrics Gloria|publisher=CMT|access-date=6 August 2008}}</ref> [[Jeff Buckley]] ("[[The Way Young Lovers Do]]", "[[Sweet Thing (Van Morrison song)|Sweet Thing]]");<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88091608|title=Assisted Listen: TV homage boosts Buckley|website=NPR.org |publisher=NPR|access-date=4 July 2008}}</ref> [[Nick Drake]];<ref name="Moon Page236">Moon (2008), page 238.</ref> and numerous others, including [[Counting Crows]] (their "sha-la-la" sequence in ''Mr Jones'' is a tribute to Morrison).<ref name="Salon VM bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/09/19/morrison|website=Salon|title=Van Morrison Biography|access-date=30 April 2010|archive-date=30 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130053322/http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/09/19/morrison|url-status=dead}}</ref> Morrison's influence reaches into the country music genre, with [[Hal Ketchum]] acknowledging, "He (Van Morrison) was a major influence in my life."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/20/songwriter-singer-nds-right-mix-his-life/|author=Fink, Jerry|date=20 May 2008|title=Songwriter, singer finds the right mix for his life|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|access-date=13 July 2008}}</ref> [[Ray Manzarek]] of the Doors described Van Morrison as "our [the Doors] favourite singer".<ref>{{cite book |first=Ray |last=Manzarek |author-link=Ray Manzarek |title=Light My Fire: My Life with the Doors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hX95AAAAQBAJ&pg=PT164 |date=15 October 1999 |publisher=Penguin Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-698-15101-7 |page=164}}</ref>

Morrison has typically been supportive of other artists, often willingly sharing the stage with them during his concerts. On the live album ''[[A Night in San Francisco]]'', he had as his special guests, among others, his childhood idols: [[Jimmy Witherspoon]], [[John Lee Hooker]] and [[Junior Wells]].<ref name="ANISF" /> Although he often expresses his displeasure (in interviews and songs) with the music industry and the media in general, he has been instrumental in promoting the careers of many other musicians and singers, such as [[James Hunter (singer)|James Hunter]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5364455|title=James Hunter in Concert|website=NPR.org |publisher=NPR|access-date=30 March 2007}}</ref> and fellow Belfast-born brothers [[Brian Kennedy (singer)|Brian]] and [[Bap Kennedy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.briankennedy.co.uk/biography.html|date=July 2006|title=Biography-Brian Kennedy|website=Briankennedy.co.uk|access-date=30 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183256/http://www.briankennedy.co.uk/biography.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310234504/http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 March 2008|title=My cultural life: Bap Kennedy|website=Culturenorthernireland.org|access-date=3 August 2009}}</ref> He has also influenced the visual arts: the German painter [[Johannes Heisig]] created a series of lithographs illustrating the book ''In the Garden – for Van Morrison'', published by Städtische Galerie [[Sonneberg]], Germany, in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portal.d-nb.de/opac.htm?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=Woe%253D11910413X%2526any&currentPosition=6|title=Catalogue of German National Library|access-date=21 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702175139/https://portal.d-nb.de/opac.htm?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=Woe%3D11910413X%26any&currentPosition=6|archive-date=2 July 2017}}</ref>

====Next generation====
Morrison's influence on a younger generation of singer-songwriters is pervasive. The list of such singer-songwriters influenced by Morrison includes Irish singer [[Damien Rice]], who has been described as on his way to becoming the "natural heir to Van Morrison";<ref>{{cite news|url=http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article3038395.ece|author=Perrone, Pierre|date=8 October 2007|title=Damien Rice, Wembley Arena London|work=The Independent|location=UK|access-date=17 November 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013083854/http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article3038395.ece|archive-date=13 October 2007}}</ref> [[Ray Lamontagne]];<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p96200|pure_url=yes}} |author=Leggett, Steve |title=Ray Lamontagne Biography |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=8 December 2008}}</ref> [[James Morrison (singer)|James Morrison]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/31606/james-morrison-undiscovered/|author=Joseph, Mike|date=13 March 2007|title=James Morrison Undiscovered|website=PopMatters|access-date=30 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/M/Morrison_James/2007/04/10/3972282.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629025303/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/M/Morrison_James/2007/04/10/3972282.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 June 2012|author=Daniell, Mark|title=Morrison Tries to Live up to Hype|website=Canoe.ca|access-date=14 April 2007}}</ref> [[Paolo Nutini]];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-paolo-nutini-sunny-side-up-atlantic-1692411.html|title=Album: Sunny Side Up Review|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|author=Gill, Andy|date=29 May 2009|access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref> [[Eric Lindell]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nola.com/keithspera/2008/01/eric_lindell_shines_on_new_low.html|author=Spera, Keith|date=25 January 2008|title=Eric Lindell shines on new Low on Cash, Rich in Love|website=Nola.com|access-date=3 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128143722/http://blog.nola.com/keithspera/2008/01/eric_lindell_shines_on_new_low.html|archive-date=28 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]] and [[Ed Sheeran]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2011/0909/1224303728073.html|title=Ed Sheeran|author=Clayton-Lea, Tony|date=9 September 2011|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=19 December 2011|archive-date=4 June 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604022612/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2011/0909/1224303728073.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> are also several of the younger artists influenced by Morrison. [[Glen Hansard]] of the Irish rock band [[the Frames]] (who lists Van Morrison as being part of his holy trinity with Bob Dylan and [[Leonard Cohen]]) commonly covers his songs in concert.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/dylan-support-slot-a-dream-come-true/2007/08/15/1186857582503.html|date=15 August 2007|title=Dylan support slot a dream come true|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref> American rock band [[the Wallflowers]] have covered "[[Into the Mystic]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-w/wallflowers_main.htm|title=The Wallflowers – Timeline|website=Rockonthenet.com|access-date=13 July 2008}}</ref> Canadian blues-rock singer [[Colin James]] also covers the song frequently at his concerts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/J/James_Colin/2006/10/17/2048468.html|title=Colin James makes big return|website=Jam.canoe.ca|author=McEwen, Kerra|date=17 October 2006|access-date=22 May 2010|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709142102/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/J/James_Colin/2006/10/17/2048468.html|archive-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> Actor and musician [[Robert Pattinson]] has said Van Morrison was his "influence for doing music in the first place".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fandango.com/commentator_exclusive+interview3a+robert+pattinson_203?wssac=123&wssaffid=11842|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123202825/http://www.fandango.com/commentator_exclusive+interview3a+robert+pattinson_203?wssac=123&wssaffid=11842|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 January 2013|website=Fandango.com|title=Exclusive interview: Robert Pattinson|author=Atkin, Hillary|date=16 November 2008|access-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> Morrison has shared the stage with Northern Irish singer-songwriter [[Duke Special]], who admits Morrison has been a big influence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/?a=323&pr=77&day=&genre=|title=Greenbelt – Duke Special|website=Greenbelt.org.uk|access-date=4 December 2008}}</ref>