Burning Ground
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"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