- The Eternal Kansas City
Infobox Single
Name = The Eternal Kansas City
Caption =
Artist =Van Morrison
from Album =A Period of Transition
A-side = "The Eternal Kansas City "
B-side = "Joyous Sound"
Released = 1977
Format =
Recorded = Autumn 1976/early winter 1977
Genre =Folk rock ,R&B
Length = 5:26
Label =Warner Brothers
Writer =Van Morrison
Producer = Van Morrison
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Caldonia "
(1974)
This single = "The Eternal Kansas City "
(1977)
Next single = "Joyous Sound"
(1977)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album =A Period of Transition
Type = studio
prev_track = "It Fills You Up"
prev_no = 2
this_track = "The Eternal Kansas City "
track_no = 3
next_track = "Joyous Sound"
next_no = 4"The Eternal Kansas City" is a song by Northern Irishsinger-songwriter Van Morrison . It was the key songcite book |author=Brian Hinton |title=Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison (Sanctuary Music Library) |publisher=Sanctuary Publishing, Ltd |year=1999 |pages=p.198 |isbn=1-86074-169-X ] on the album "A Period of Transition ", released in1977 , and is his first single since "Caldonia " in 1974.Johnny Rogan describes the song as "The only song on the album where there was evidence of Morrison's mysterious majesty, it blended the lily-white sound of Anita Kerr Singers with strong gospelovertones " [cite book |author=Rogan, Johnny |title=Van Morrison: No Surrender |publisher=Random House UK |location=London |year=2006 |pages=p.309 |isbn=0-09-943183-1]Dr John describes the song as:The song that Van got the whole album hooked up around. It was a real deep thing for him to focus on. It goes from a real ethereal voice sound to a
jazz introduction and then into a kind of chunkyR&B .Personnel
* Van Morrison:
vocal
* Ollie E. Brown: drums
* Marlo Henderson:guitar
* Jerry Jumonville:alto saxophone
* Reggie McBride: bass
* Joel Peskin:baritone saxophone
* Mac Rebennack (Dr. John):piano
* Mark Underwood:trumpet
* Robbie Montgomery, Roger Kennerly-Saint, Gregory Wright, Carlena Williams, Paulette Parker, Candy Nash, Toni McVey, Gary Garrett and Joe Powell: backing vocalsNotes
External links
* [http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/?m=Content&Content(record_id)=b2950180e54389f3cf9d93ad908ac00e# Lyrics and Audio Samples] 1970s, A Period of Transition
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