A story about Van Morrison

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Our son told us another story from his double bass playing days. I’m not too sure on the details but he, along with a number of others, were rehearsing for some sort of concert with Van Morrison. Apparently, Van can be a bit grumpy at times, often runs late for rehearsals and sometimes doesn’t turn up at all. Some of those in the orchestra were quite young and a bit intimidated by his star status. One was a young oboe player. An oboe has two reeds which are short pieces of bamboo which are attached to a mouthpiece and through which the player blows. When you’re not actually playing, the reeds need to be kept moist and the girl had placed her reeds in a glass of water while they were waiting for Van to arrive. I think she had removed them before Van suddenly came storming in, saw the glass and promptly swigged the water. Everybody kept very quiet. The photo is of our son but this time playing in a traditional Irish group. Sorry about the quality