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FEATURING
ANTHONY PAULE MITCH WOODS ELVIN BISHOP TAJ MAHAL BUDDY GUY
TOM HAMBRIDGE JOHN ALLAIR
VAN MORRISON
SOMEBODY TRIED TO SELL ME A BRIDGE
ORANGEFIELD RECORDS
RELEASE DATE : JANUARY 23, 2026
MUSICIANS: VAN MORRISON – VOCALS, SAX (RACKS 1,2,14,15), HARMONICA (TRACKS 3,4,11,19), GUITAR (TRACKS 8,13,15), ACOUSTIC GUITAR (TRACK 16) BEN MCAULEY – TAMBOURINE (TRACK 18) DAVID HAYES – BASS ANTHONY PAULE – GUITARS JOHN ALLAIR – HAMMOND ORGAN (TRACKS 1–6,8,10,13,16–20), PIANO (TRACKS 7,9,12–15,17,18), VOCALS (TRACK 15) BOBBY RUGGIERO – PERCUSSION (TRACKS 1,3,6–18), DRUMS (TRACK 2) MITCH WOODS – PIANO (TRACKS 1–6,8,10,11,14,19,20) LARRY VANN – DRUMS (TRACKS 1,3–18) ELVIN BISHOP – GUITAR (TRACKS 4,6,12–14,18) TAJ MAHAL – HARMONICA (TRACKS 7,10), VOCALS (TRACKS 7,8,10), BANJO (TRACK 10) BUDDY GUY – GUITAR, VOCALS (TRACKS 19,20) TOM HAMBRIDGE – DRUMS (TRACKS 19,20) OMEGA RAE BROOKS – VOCALS (TRACKS 4,6,16–18) JOLENE O'HARA – BACKING VOCALS (TRACKS 1,3,9,11,13,14) DANA MASTERS – BACKING VOCALS (TRACKS 1,3) LARRY BATISTE – BACKING VOCALS (TRACKS 4–6,13,14,16–18) NONA BROWN – BACKING VOCALS (4–6,13,14,16–18) CRAWFORD BELL – BACKING VOCALS (TRACKS 9,11)
TRACKLIST: 01 KIDNEY STEW BLUES (EDDIE VINSON) 03:45 02 KING FOR A DAY BLUES (EDDIE VINSON) 03:46 03 SNATCH IT BACK AND HOLD IT (JUNIOR WELLS/BUDDY GUY) 03:58 04 DEEP BLUE SEA (JOHN LEE HOOKER) 04:18 05 AIN'T THAT A SHAME (FATS DOMINO/DAVE BARTHOLOMEW) 03:27 06 MADAME BUTTERFLY BLUES (DAVE LEWIS) 05:46 07 CAN'T HELP MYSELF (BROWNIE MCGHEE/SONNY TERRY) 03:42 08 BETTY AND DUPREE (CHUCK WILLIS) 04:59 09 DELIA'S GONE (BLIND BLAKE) 03:20 10 ON A MONDAY (HUDDIE LEDBETTER) 03:21 11 MONTE CARLO BLUES (VAN MORRISON) 02:54 12 WHEN IT'S LOVE TIME (BROWNIE MCGHEE/SONNY TERRY) 02:58 13 LOVING MEMORIES (VAN MORRISON) 04:31 14 PLAY THE HONKY TONKS (MARIE ADAMS) 03:50 15 (GO TO THE) HIGH PLACE IN YOUR MIND (JOHN ALLAIR) 03:53 16 SOCIAL CLIMBING SCENE (VAN MORRISON) 03:43 17 SOMEBODY TRIED TO SELL ME A BRIDGE (VAN MORRISON) 04:01 18 YOU'RE THE ONE (DEADRIC MALONE) 04:25 19 I'M READY (WILLIE DIXON) 03:29 20 ROCK ME BABY (B.B. KING) 05:32
Listen to samples - Van Morrison - Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge
WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING BEFORE ?
Yes, Van the Man is still by our side. “Astral Weeks” may be far away in time, yet close in memory, the moment when a universal troubadour revealed himself to the world. Sixty years behind an intimate and prophetic songbook, wandering down roads where successive generations of us have found him showing us the way. We have never had to go looking for the gruff personality, only to delight in his music and his loyalty to himself. Van Morrison has been the brightest and most fertile contribution to the pop music we all grew up with. God bless you, Van, my friend.
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