Bill Morrissey V4

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1)     Intro

2)    Girl from the North Country – 8/1/92 – Godfrey Daniels/Bethlehem, PA

3)    Tupelo Honey – 8/1/92 – Godfrey Daniels/Bethlehem, PA

4)    Sandy – 7/30/94 – Godfrey Daniels Coffeehouse/Bethlehem, PA

5)     Hang Me – 4/8/00 - Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

6)    Avalon Blues – 4/8/00 – Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

7)     Louis Collins – 4/8/00 – Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

8)    Winter Song – 5/17/01 - Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

9)    Black Sheep Boy – 5/11/03 – Chinook Café/Conway Village, NH

10)  Make Me Down a Pallet – 5/11/03 – Chinook Café/Conway Village, NH

11)  Do Re Mi – 5/11/03 – Chinook Café/Conway Village, NH

12)  Memphis, TN – 5/11/03 – Chinook Café/Conway Village, NH

13)  Dangerous Way – 2/2/6 – La Pomme d’Eve/Paris

14)  If You Don’t Want Me – 2/2/6 – La Pomme d’Eve/Paris

15)  Candy Man – 3/10/07 – Folkstage/Chicago, Ill

16)  Fix Your Hair the Way You Used To – 3/10/07 – Folkstage/Chicago, Ill

17)  Holden’s Blues – 6/20/08 – Godfrey Daniels/Bethlehem, PA

18)  OUTRO

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Bill Morrissey V3

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1)     Intro

2)    The Man from Out of Town – 5/17/01 - Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

3)     Casey, Illinois – 3/10/07 – Folkstage/Chicago, Ill

4)    Birches – 7/30/94

5)     Letters from Heaven – 7/30/94

6)    So Many Things – 7/30/94

7)     Different Currency – 4/8/00 – Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

8)    ‘Edson’ Reading – 4/8/00 – Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

9)    Just Before We Lost the War – 5/17/01 - Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

10) Buddy Bolden’s Blues – 5/17/01 - Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

11)  St. Valentine’s Day – 5/17/01 - Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

12) Traveling By Cab – 5/17/01 - Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

13) Will You Be My Rose? – 5/17/01 - Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

14) Boston Eyes – 3/10/07 – Folkstage/Chicago, Ill

15) Holden’s Blues – 2/2/6 – La Pomme d’Eve/Paris

16) By the Grave of Baudelaire – 2/2/6 – La Pomme d’Eve/Paris

17)  Victory at Sea – 3/10/07 – Folkstage/Chicago, Ill

18) OUTRO

Here is our last grouping of some of the original songs of Bill Morrissey. I talk about my feelings on Bill’s music a bit during the outro on this show so I won’t bore you here, just know that if you’re unfamiliar with this stuff, it is among the finest of any songwriter of any genre anywhere. Buy his albums, there is not a dud in the batch.  Find his book Edson, a beautiful novel about finding your way as you grow older from the perspective of an aging New England singer-songwriter. If you like the imagery painted during his song ‘Small Town on the River’ then you’ll love a novel-length version with plot and characters, just a beautiful story. He was purportedly working on a second. Below you’ll find links to his two main websites and I’ll spare you the many links to some very good articles on his life and death, you can find a host of great links already up on his site. We’ll get to volume 4 in good time, it will feature some of the many great covers Bill has done in various settings over his career. Next time will be a mix show, thanks for listening!

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Bill Morrissey V2

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1)    Intro...

2)    Pantherville – 11/8/86

3)    It’s Dangerous Out There – 1/16/87

4)    A Married Man – 11/8/86

5)    Ice Fishing – 4/8/00 – Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

6)    Handsome Molly – 5/17/01 - Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

7)    Up On the CP Line – 4/8/00 – Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH

8)    Summer Night – 7/30/94

9)    Girls of Santa Fe – 7/30/94

10)  The Driver’s Song– 11/8/86

11)  John Haber – 7/30/94

12)  These Cold Fingers – 11/8/86

13)  Petticoat Junction – 11/8/86

14)  Inside – 7/30/94

15)  Off White – 7/30/94

16)  Long Gone – 8/1/92

17)  OUTRO

         Part 2 of our look at the late, great Bill Morrissey's songs and performances samples the songs of his 3rd, 4th & 5th albums called North, Standing Eight & Inside respectively, all exceptional works.  Most are solo acoustic performances save for the Barnstormer Theater tracks which include some of the accompaniment from folks who would go on the form 'The Churchkeys' with Bill for covers shows up north a few years later (which we'll look at later in this series).

-Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH – 4/8/00

Bill Morrissey/guitar, vocals 

Dave Henderson/bass 

Peter Heimlich-guitar, vocals, banjo

-Barnstormer Theater/Tamworth, NH - 5/17/01

Bill Morrissey/guitar, vocals

Cormac McCarthy/harmonica

Dave Henderson/bass 

Peter Heimlich-guitar, vocals, banjo 

Kent Allen

Mark Elbaum