The picture research is superb, paticularly for Morrison's early days in seminal Irish R&B band Them, and in the late 60s hippie phase with his flower-child wife, the wonderfully named Janet Planet who inspired 'Ballerina' and other songs off the classic Astral Weeks. Author Steve Turner has done his leg-work, tracking down old colleagues and archival memorabilia to flesh outthe life-story of a man who, as an interview subject, rivals Harpo Marx for inarticulateness. But asthe book entersthe 80s, and Morrison's endless search for gurus, methods and teachers, Turner leans too heavily on lyric analysis and his only interview with Morrison (for his book about rock music and religion). As Morrison has said, "It's the music that matters. All the rest is a distraction." CHRIS BOURKE
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Rip It Up, Issue 199, 1 March 1994, Page 28
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