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Popbitch in 2002 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 8:56 pm Van Morrison insists on his band turning up to rehearsals at bang on 8.30am, although Van himself often doesn't turn up until ten, and then goes straight to the toilet with a copy of Exchange & Mart to have a dump. One day, the band got so cross that they waited until Van was engaged and then, one by one, tip-toed over to Van's Sacred Harmonica Bag, full of harmonicas Van has collected from around the world, picked a specimen, and rubbed it in their anal clefts. Even now, when you see Van on Later, his band seemed particularly delighted when he does a harmonica solo.

benecol wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 9:26 pm Only so, so tangentially related, but harmonica chat always reminds me of this delightful `Van Morrison apocrypha:

Popbitch in 2002 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 8:56 pm Van Morrison insists on his band turning up to rehearsals at bang on 8.30am, although Van himself often doesn't turn up until ten, and then goes straight to the toilet with a copy of Exchange & Mart to have a dump. One day, the band got so cross that they waited until Van was engaged and then, one by one, tip-toed over to Van's Sacred Harmonica Bag, full of harmonicas Van has collected from around the world, picked a specimen, and rubbed it in their anal clefts. Even now, when you see Van on Later, his band seemed particularly delighted when he does a harmonica solo.

then goes straight to the toilet with a copy of Exchange & Mart to have a dump.