Despite its vast size, seating almost 18,000 - he’s usually played indoor theaters with anywhere from 2,000 to 6,000 seats on recent U.S. He plans to record the Bowl concerts and release them on his own label on vinyl, CD and DVD around the first of the year. Then I thought, well, we have lost the great Connie Kay already and Larry Fallon the original arranger, so I thought I should probably get to it now.” “I had always wanted to do these songs fully orchestrated and live, I never got around to it. “I am not ‘revisiting’ it really, as this is a totally different project,” Morrison said, responding by e-mail so he could consider each question put to him. ![]() ![]() ![]() He’ll realize that long-standing wish on Friday and next Saturday when he performs “Astral Weeks” live in its entirety over two nights at the Hollywood Bowl backed by an orchestra and two of the key musicians, bassist Richard Davis and guitarist Jay Berliner, who accompanied him so many years ago. So, despite the awe the album inspired among music aficionados for its remarkable depth - Morrison was only 22 when he made it - he was never able to go on tour and play the songs live the way he wanted.
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