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I first met Bill Morrissey before he achieved notice in the folk music world, when we both were staying at Jeff McLaughlin's Cambridge, Massachusetts home. He was a great guy; in turns poetic and irreverant, with a dry sense of humor that would leave you in stitches. He was still working pumping gas then, but already writing those great songs like "Barstow".

Stephen Holden, for the New York Times, once wrote, "Mr. Morrissey's songs have the force of poetry...a terseness, precision of detail and a tone of laconic understatement that relate his lyrics to the stories of writers like Raymond Carver and Richard Ford."

Between 1984 and 2007 Morrissey released 12 highly acclaimed albums and published the novel, "Edson" (Knopf). His live performance schedule took him from small coffeehouses to major concert venues like Carnegie Hall to prestigious festivals including Newport and Kerrville.
http://www.billmorrissey.net/

Bill died in 2011, and I'm pleased to be able to share this intimate glimpse into the man and his songs. Our duet of "Girl from the North Country" is certainly one of the more interesting juxtapositions of vocal qualities that ever appeared on the show, and I love it!

The "River City Folk" television program was produced in 1994-95 by Tom May, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Branson, Missouri's Americana Cable Network.
It was shown throughout the U.S. on cable networks and on PBS TV in Nebraska.

The radio broadcast of "River City Folk" was the inspiration for the television broadcast , and continues today, now in its 28th year. Check local listings for times, or
www.tommayfolk.com

Tom May also performs regularly and tours, as well as producing the national "River City Folk"
radio broadcast and the annual "Winterfolk" concert in Portland, Oregon.
www.tommayfolk.com