Lou Reed was often hanging around town, sharing hippie tracts on ritual magic with friends like Jonathan Richman. Future rock legend Peter Wolf was a radio DJ spinning the blues on the graveyard shift. In this fantastic chronicle, Van falls into a Boston underground scene full of outlandish characters – like Mel Lyman, the folkie harmonica player turned cult leader with a tribe of acid-crazed worshippers. But no matter how well you know him or his music, Astral Weeks is a book full of discoveries. Morrison has always refused to explain the mysteries of Astral Weeks – as ornery as ever, the Celtic bard doesn’t give his secrets away. Walsh’s new book Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 unearths the time and place behind the music. Every Awful Thing Trump Has Promised to Do in a Second Term
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