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Burning Ground
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Wikipedia article
"'Burning Ground'" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1997 album, 'The Healing Game'. For this song, Morrison got his inspiration from a common scene from his childhood when jute was shipped to Belfast from India in the 1950s.Hinton. Celtic Crossroads. p.335
Clinton Heylin calls the song "a potentially important song about a man still caught half-way between heaven and hell."Heylin. Can You Feel the Silence? p.474
Personnel on original release
*Van Morrison vocals, harmonica
*Ronnie Johnson electric guitar
*Alec Dankworth double bass
*Leo Green tenor saxophone
*Geoff Dunn drums
*Pee Wee Ellis baritone saxophone, backing vocals
*Robin Aspland piano
*Brian Kennedy backing vocals
*Katie Kissoon backing vocals
*Horns arranged by Pee Wee Ellis and Leo Green
Notes
References
*Heylin, Clinton (2003). 'Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography', Chicago Review Press,
*Hinton, Brian (1997). 'Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison', Sanctuary,
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