
But there are also stories teeming with incidents and characters and grand travelogues, and extolling of life's simple pleasures." That's true of Coney Island, which Morrison said had a significance because as a boy, around 1959, he helped deliver bread in the van for Stewart's bakery in East Belfast and he would have to get up at 5am to make deliveries at the beach in Coney Island. In the foreword to the book of Morrison's songs, Lit Up Inside, author Ian Rankin says of Morrison's music: "There was a search for the spiritual in the commonplace. EVERLYPEDIA (formerly The Everly Brothers Index TEBI) Coordinated by Robin Dunn & Chrissie van Varik A complete (as far as is possible) index/encyclopaedia on every facet of Don & Phil Everly, covering their lives, careers, influences and connections of course, from us as huge fans, with all due respect to them and their families. CONEY ISLAND: A gorgeous spoken word song from the 1990 Avalon Sunset album, featuring Irish guitarist Arty McGlynn, in which Morrison describes a road trip to Coney Island in County Down.
