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Pantherville | Bill Morrissey | 2:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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It's Dangerous Out There | Bill Morrissey | 2:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Night Shift | Bill Morrissey | 3:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Married Man | Bill Morrissey | 2:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Ice Fishing | Bill Morrissey | 3:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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My Old Town | Bill Morrissey | 2:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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North | Bill Morrissey | 1:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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She Moved Through the Fair | Bill Morrissey | 2:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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He Drinks Alone | Bill Morrissey | 3:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Snow Outside the Mill | Bill Morrissey | 2:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Fishing a Stream I Once Fished As a Kid | Bill Morrissey | 2:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
Album Review
Morrissey's New England country accent and self-deprecating humor make it easy to miss the bite in many of his songs, which have a Hemingwayesque understatement both in their sly, sidelong observations and their matter-of-fact presentation. In fact, Morrissey is a taste well worth acquiring for anyone seeking perceptive songwriting and the occasional dry laugh.
Biography
Born: November 25, 1951 in Hartford, CT
Genre: Singer/Songwriter
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s
Beginning in the mid-'80s, Bill Morrissey released a series of albums of original songs that startled and delighted the following he built up touring around the Northeast. By his second LP, North, he'd been picked up by the Philo division of Rounder Records. Morrissey sang in a surprisingly flexible, deep voice (somewhat reminiscent of Leon Redbone's croak, but more supple). His songs were full of humor and pathos, expressed in keenly observed details about small-town life, sometimes desperate, sometimes...
Full BioTop Albums and Songs By Bill Morrissey
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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23rd Street | Bill Morrissey: The Essential Collection | 3:51 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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You Can't Always Get What You Want | Friend of Mine | 4:46 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Birches | Bill Morrissey: The Essential Collection | 3:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Long Gone | Bill Morrissey: The Essential Collection | 3:44 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Ain't Life a Brook | Friend of Mine | 3:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Fishing with Bill | Friend of Mine | 4:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Fifty | Bill Morrissey: The Essential Collection | 2:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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He Was a Friend of Mine | Friend of Mine | 2:48 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Boston Eyes | Bill Morrissey: The Essential Collection | 3:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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She's That Kind of Mystery | Standing Eight | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Singer/Songwriter, Music, Contemporary Folk
- Released: 1986
- ℗ 1986 Rounder Records Manufactured and distributed by Concord Music Group
