Van Morrison
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, CA
April 27, 1972
01 Moondance
02 Come Running
03 Blue Money
04 Caravan
05 He Ain’t Give You None
06 I’ll Be There
07 Misty
08 Jackie Wilson Said
09 Tupelo Honey
10 Moonshine Whiskey
11 Domino
12 Wild Night
13 Brown Eyed Girl
Band Members (not verified. possibly the same as in 1971 but without his wife)
Van Morrison – Harmonica, Vocals, Guitar and Piano
Alan Hand – Keyboards
John Klingberg – Bass
John Platania – Guitar
Dahaud Shaar – Drums
Jack Schroer – Saxaphone
Collin Tilton – Saxaphone & Flute
Keith Johnson – Trumpet
Ellen Schroer – Backing Vocals
Martha Velez – Backing Vocals
* – Sax and Piano Solo Intro by Van
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Wow, I can’t thank you enough for this Mat. I’ve been collecting Van boots for quite a while, and I’d say this falls in the top 5-10 due to how early it is, how relatively clear it is for an Aud tape, the setlist (He Ain’t Give You None? Amazing)
Thanks for kicking off the weekend just right!
thanks for the van!
Many thanks – great to hear the first live performance of Jackie Wilson…
Incidentally, the line up is not as listed here – it was some of the people who had been recording Saint Dominic’s Preview at that time: Jack Schroer, Jules Broussard, Doug Messenger, Tom Salisbury, Bill Church, Gary Mallaber, with (probably) Janet Planet, Ellen Schroer and Mark Springer on backing vocals. I’m about to publish a book called Saint Dominic’s Flashback and have been tapping the memories of a number of the musicians…
Thanks for the information.
Very, very nice! If only a soundboard tape of these shows existed haha!
Comments from deleted reposts:
DylanDave says:
March 25, 2013 at 5:52 pm
Fantastic, hope there’s more of these Bill Craven jewels to come
Big thanks as always
25thBeatle says:
March 27, 2013 at 12:03 am
Thank you very much Mat. I appreciate this report very much. You are THE MAN….finding your groove and recoverying from the past 6 months of trials and tribulations.
Peace,
Ken
Grant says:
October 11, 2012 at 6:20 am
Don’t miss this one! One of the few reeeeally early Van tapes around. Thanks Mat!
Grant says:
July 5, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Thanks for this Mat! Great to see some Van again here – cheers!
Mat Brewster says:
July 5, 2012 at 11:24 pm
You are welcome. Like everybody I’m hoping our good friend Free Morrison comes back soon.
Grant says:
July 6, 2012 at 6:45 am
That sounds great Mat – thanks so much. And I have been enjoying your other posts too for sure. I’m just a Van fanatic, I can’t help it! 🙂 And yes, I too hope FM stops back by, his contributions were awesome also!
MZ says:
December 16, 2018 at 9:28 am