I have no idea who corralled who into doing what. Elvin Bishop is playing with Van Morrison. I assume that Van was available, and said, sure, I’ll be on your show, got a band handy? There are a few places where you can espy Van looking for something in the backing that isn’t there, and other places where something appears that he wasn’t expecting, but liked it. I love how he tries to hand the microphone to Elvin at the end, who’s not interested, and then drops it on the floor. Off duty is off duty, I guess.

I’ve played that song for money, and sang it, too. I stunk. We stunk. Didn’t matter. You can play that song with any old band, and it carries you along. It helps if any old band is Elvin Bishop’s, and Van sings it himself.