Who Is The Van Morrison Song Crazy Love Really About?

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

Morrison and Rigsbee met in 1966 when she was only 19 (he'd later give her the nickname "Janet Planet"). He was passing through San Leandro, California, at the time and locked eyes with her from the stage. "I looked at him, he looked at me, and it was alchemical whammo," she once told inquirers. A few years later, they crossed paths again in New York and started dating (per Boston). Inevitably, she became the muse behind much of his music

After Morrison started facing looming threats of deportation back to Ireland, the young lovers decided to tie the knot (via The List). "Crazy Love" was conceived as a result of their relationship. It's an ode to a romance that makes the bad times good and the good times better, filling one with a sense of completion and totality.

In 1970, Morrison and Rigsbee would welcome a daughter, Shana Morrison. Sadly however, they separated a few years later in 1973 (via Boston).

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