Did it die in Altamont?
Sure.
Come to think of it, it probably isn't dead but it's dying, specifically it's dying a slow and agonizing death. I was witness to this knell's song first hand on Tuesday at the "Van Morrison" concert.
The problem is not that his voice is worn, that his songs have become too "organized jazz," or he's gone way too into the delta blues. Well actually the Delta blues thing may be right, he's lost his Celtic spirit and his "dark side". He no longer has his Celtic sensibilities, his psychological issues, and his insecurities. He's basically lost everything that separated him from the singer song writer crowd. He no longer plays any songs from Astral Weeks his defining album, it's as if giving up alcohol and becoming religious removed the problems that defined him, certainty destroyed the wonder in his music.
Would you find me?
Sadly, not anymore.
