Tuesday 10th November, 2015
Van Morrison, who has worked with an array of blues and soul greats including John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, Junior Wells, Mavis Staples and many more, joins the late Bobby Womack as the only other recipient of this prestigious award.
Two of the music world's most visionary artists collaborated together on stage for the very first time last night to bring this year's Prudential BluesFest to a thrilling end. Headlining The O2 arena to a sold out audience of 14,000, Van Morrison and Tom Jones performed their own solo sets before pairing up to duet on rousing versions of Sticks and Stones, Lonesome Road, Goodnight Irene, and others including the Morrison penned I'm Not Feeling It Anymore and Sometimes We Cry.
Bluesfest Director Leo Green, who joined Morrison and Jones on stage to play sax, said “There’s been some fantastic shows this year, but finishing Bluesfest 2015 off with Van & Tom was the icing on the cake for us - to hear these two, telling stories to the audience and duetting on some of their favourite soul and blues songs was incredible; a real privilege to witness."
Before the concert, Jones presented Morrison with the Prudential BluesFest Lifelong Achievement Award (pictured below), to recognise and acknowledge Van’s colossal contribution to Blues & Soul music.
Van Morrison, who has worked with an array of blues and soul greats including John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, Junior Wells, Mavis Staples and many more, joins the late Bobby Womack as the only other recipient of this prestigious award.
