1st Degree Angel

Today at Song Lyric Sunday, Jim has requested that we choose a song that has to do with food. So, I’ve chosen one of my all-time faves, Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison.

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Song Facts

“Tupelo Honey” is an unreserved typically mystic take on the domestic happiness Morrison had found since he’d married his wife Janet. They’d met during his time with the Irish R&B band Them. She’d already been his muse for several of Morrison’s earlier songs.

Born in Belfast, Ireland, Van Morrison’s musical career has bridged such a wide variety of genres that he is difficult to label. He has written and performed some of rock music’s most enduring standards, including “Gloria,” “Brown Eyed Girl,” and “Moondance,” and is a member of both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 1993, Robbie Robertson, former member of The Band, said of Morrison, “In the tradition of the great Irish poets and the great soul singers, he is the Caruso of rock and roll.”

Morrison married Janet Rigsbee in 1968. Known as “Janet Planet,” she inspired songs like “Crazy Love” and “The Way Young Lovers Do.” She became known as Morrison’s Earth-goddess muse, but their relationship was rocky, and they split in 1973. The couple had one child together, a daughter named Shana.

 

 

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Van Morrison and Janet (Rigsbee) Planet

Author: The Abject Muse

Susan Marie Shuman is an author and freelance writer/editor who currently resides in the wilds of Birmingham, AL. She shares her life with four spoiled cats, several friends (not all of them imaginary) one husband and one step-son. When she's not working, Susan enjoys horseback riding, reading, taking her cats for a spin in their pet stroller, and taking naps. An ex-bartender, recovering crash test dummy and all-around late bloomer, Susan graduated from the University of South Alabama in 2004 with a BA in English. She minored in Russian. Long-range goals include visiting Israel, the Czech Republic and Liechtenstein. Susan is also planning to launch a micronation which would be called either Suzannistan or Eastern Suzanorovia.

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  4. What a wonderful choice. I love this song and “Crazy Love.” I’m enjoying hearing it again.

    I didn’t know about Janet. She’s beautiful. Too bad they split, but that’s not unusual. Intensity like that is hard to handle. Anyway I love that picture of the two of them.

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  5. Tupelo Honey is known as the Queen of the Honey World for its soft, buttery sweetness. It is guaranteed to delight, when it is added it to anything elevating the dish to a culinary perfection. I never get tired of listening to this song. Thanks for adding this song Susan.

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