Van Morrison through decades

Regarding “Van Morrison Figures He’s Done Paying Dues” [Feb. 1]: Thanks for Randy Lewis’ article on my favorite alltime musician. I have all his albums but, regrettably, I have never seen him live. I danced to “Gloria” on the Great White Steamer to Catalina at my grad party in 1965. I lived on the North Shore of Oahu when “Astral Weeks” came out. When I had kids, they knew all of Van’s songs after continuous play in our VW bug. And it added to my fandom that he is a fan of Louis Prima and Keely Smith, who are part of my library of music, and have the best rendition of “Just a Gigolo.” Nancy Roeger Carlsbad

Back in the mid-’60s every teenage boy with a guitar learned those three simple chords, then strummed them while screaming G-L-O-R-I-A. Thanks for a good memory. Mike Ray North Hollywood