Bill Morrissey singing his song "Birches," a poignant tale of a marriage and the tradeoffs we make in love. You can read about this song at the music blog, Nightly Song: nightlysong.com You can buy this song form iTunes here: itunes.apple.com. + Informações

Bill passed away in his sleep in a motel room in Georgia on July 23rd, 2011. He'd stopped over to rest en route to Philadelphia to visit his mother. Peterborough Folk Music Society President and Program Director, Deb McWethy, hosted Bill Morrissey at many PFMS shows and reflected, "Bill was a man who had demons to fight every day of his life. While he was with us he handled them with grace and humor even though through his music and stories we often heard his pain, and also his beautiful words about love and loss and about our place on this earth. My last conversations with him made me want to go to him and give him a hug. At the same time I know in his heart he knew we all loved him. It was his battle and we all gave him what we could; our attendance at his concerts, our standing ovations, booking him at our venues and playing his music for ourselves and our friends. Rest in peace , Bill. Your music carries on forever.". + Informações

A clip from the movie "Hellhounds On My Trail"..A Robert Mugge film from 1999. + Informações

David performing one of Bill Morrissey songs "Inside"...Very emotional moment as David choked up as well as the audience. + Informações

From Bill Morrissey's "Standing Eight" album, with my own photos.. + Informações

Bill Morrissey at Toogenblik, Haaren (Brussels), April 15 2005. Set 2, part 2 : Intro (Muddy Waters sings Suzanne Vega's Luka) ; Handsome Molly ; Fix your hair the way you used to.. + Informações

I hope Bill finds it just like he described it.. + Informações

"First of all, the craft is there. He knows how to write a song, how to make it rhyme, make it catchy, how to write a chorus - and to put it all together so it sings. Beyond that, there's the world he writes about. His characters are blue-collar, small-town people, well-drawn and always believable so you feel like you know them. His women characters are as believable as his male characters, so it's not always first-person, 'let-me-tell-you-this-about-my-life'. I mean, you're right there with him; you feel like you've been there. He's a songwriter who's got an eye like a fiction writer." ~Suzanne Vega on Bill Morrissey "Inside" is the title track a 1992 album.. + Informações

From the album: "Standing Eight". RIP Bill. Buy this album!. + Informações

From Bill's last album: "Come Running" RIP Bill.. + Informações

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Small Town on the River from Bill Morrissey's eponymous album. Accompanied by a few images of my small town on the river - where the PAC still stands - as well as others from small town New England.. + Informações

Bill Morrissey at Toogenblik, Brussels, April 15, 2005. Fifth and last part of Set 1. Bill performs "Off-White Dress" and "Birches". + Informações

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Bill Morrissey, Toogenblik (Brussels), April 15, 2005 Second set, part 1 : Just before we lost the war / I ain't walking. + Informações

From the album: "Inside". RIP Bill. We miss you.. + Informações

Bill Morrissey playing his timeless song "Birches" at the me&thee coffeehouse,,Marblehead, MA on Feb 13, 2009. + Informações

Friend of Mine: Tribute to Bill Morrissey, Somerville Theatre, 11/17/11. + Informações

From the album: "Inside". RIP Bill. Buy this album from Amazon.com. + Informações

The Grave of Baudelaire. + Informações

Various artists -- John Gorka, Shawn Colvin, Patty Larkin, Cormac McCarthy, Cliff Eberhardt, Mark Erelli, Anais Mitchell, Fred Koller, Peter Case, P. Keane, P. Nelson, Barry Crimmins, David Johanssen, David Dye. + Informações

bill morrissey, Toogenblik, Brussels, April 15, 2005. Part 8 : Hot Times in the Old Town, The new Walking blues,. + Informações

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A tribute to a truly amazing folk singer who passed away recently. This is a song from his early 90s release Inside.. + Informações

From their 1993 collaboration 'Friend of Mine,' this recording of Washington state native Danny O'Keefe's 'The Road,' a song so much about movement and loss you're never quite sure if he is referring to the life of a traveling musician or just life itself. © 1993 Philo Records. This recording shared here with the world with the greatest respect, gratitude, and admiration for the artists and publishers who brought it to my ears, but without their specific consent.. + Informações