Astral Weeks is a song (and album) that Van Morrison created while vacationing in the astral plane of existence in the early fall of 1968. I mean, he got out there:
If I ventured in the slipstream
Between the viaducts of your dream
Go on, Van, lead on...but I think I will ride along with the musicians, you seem to be in a trance, Talkin' to Huddie Ledbetter.
The music starts up all floppy hat dusty road minstrels, improvising their way through time and space, kinda bluesy guitar, folk, jazzy bass, light percussion. Then magic strings shimmer to the side, bring in some vibes, and a flute lifts us gently off the ground into the air around us. A perfect blend of mystic and organic. The whole universe is here. Ebbing and flowing within you and without you. Even the last few seconds of the song are trippy.
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