They Adore Van In Tupelo

Van Fit Enough For A King

In fact when I was in Elvis Presley's birthplace a couple of years ago my Ulster accent was immediately latched onto by the locals who have been big fans of Mr Morrison since he first sang Tupelo Honey, which is sort of the unofficial anthem of the region out there.
The locals, as kindly a bunch as you could wish to share a Cajun cooked chicken with, appealed to me to pass on an invitation to Van to see if he would perform at the annual Elvis Festival there, something which I was only too glad to do to Van's management when the Belfast Blues King appeared at the outdoor 2002 Earth Festival at Prehen Playing Fields, Waterside.