Burning Ground
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| "Burning Ground" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Van Morrison | |
| from the album The Healing Game | |
| Released | March 4, 1997 |
| Genre | Folk rock |
| Length | 5:38 |
| Label | Mercury |
| Songwriter(s) | Van Morrison |
| Producer(s) | Van Morrison |
"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.[1]
Clinton Heylin calls the song "a potentially important song about a man still caught half-way between heaven and hell."[2]
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, ISBN 1-55652-542-7
- Hinton, Brian (1997). Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074-169-X
