Live Free Or Die

Although I'm not much of a songwriter, I'm going to step up and say that Bill Morrissey classifies as a songwriter's songwriter. A folk singer who is loved in that circle yet not tied inside. Comfortable walking the not so definable path of the songwriter who can as easily play a roadhouse as a folk show at a Unitarian church.

His songs are deeply rooted with a sense of place. New Hampshire and cold New England winter days and lonely nights. Fly fishing for brook trout, watching birch wood burn fast in a wood stove and of course the drink. This is the geography of Bill Morrissey songs and he captures it as well as Greg Brown's upper midwest, Dave Alvin's California bread basket and Tom Russell's desertscape border regions.

Bill recently put out a new album called Come Running which is well worth checking out. If you're looking for a broader introduction to his catalog, pick up Rounder's compilation, The Essential Collection.

Bill Morrissey
* photo credit Annie Provenzano