Van Morrison & Eddie Delahunt
Those of you who are Irish more than 1 or 2 weekends of the year may have noticed that Dublin’s Eddie Delahunt wasn’t in Kansas City a couple of weeks ago. If you thought you saw him in K.C. when he was in fact in L.A. well, it was probably an astral projection.
Eddie, well known in KC for fine versions of Van songs himself, was at the Hollywood Bowl to see Van Morrison perform live one of the most loved albums of all time, his now 40 year old Astral Weeks.
“It was historic,” Delahunt said. “I’ve seen Van before, and sometimes he can be grumpy with the material. This was the best I’d seen him. He played it straight and true. You could see he was real with it.”
Delahunt’s $250 terrace seats placed him dead center, about 40 yards from the stage. He said the high prices - tickets started at $350 - kept the crowd over 30 years old and the bowl under capacity.
“Everyone loved ‘Madame George,’ but ‘Cypress Avenue’ was the best for me. He played it closest to the album and you could see he was enjoying it,” Delahunt said. “During a song like ‘Slim Slow Slider,’ he wasn’t just playing the harmonica, but humming into it.”
Maybe in 37 years Kansas City will get to see Eddie Delahunt perform Original Sing straight through.
See Joel Francis of The Daily Record for the whole interview and review.
For regular and special gigs when you can see Eddie Delahunt perform in the KC area, check out the Kansas City Irish events calendar.
See Also:
• Delahunts’ Pooka Party Raises $1,500 for GSA
• Delahunt’s Original Sing reviewed by Sing Out! Folk Journal
• A Night of Irish Music with Eddie Delahunt
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