Bill Morrissey

*25-11-1951 Hartford, CT, +23-07-2011

2nd version

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1977 unknown – Bill Morrissey and Trigger Cook
001 LIVE FREE OR DIE Shoit The Cat STC-001/Philo PH-1105
002 TRAILER PARK Shoit The Cat STC-001
early 1984 Sommerville Media Arts Porject, Sommerville, MA– Bill Morrissey
003 BARSTOW Reckless RK-1917
004 SMALL TOWN ON THE RIVER Reckless RK-1917
005 DARLIN' LISA Reckless RK-1917
006 OIL MONEY Reckless RK-1917
007 MORRISSEY FALLS IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Reckless RK-1917
008 TEXAS BLUES Reckless RK-1917
009 MY BABY AND ME Reckless RK-1917
010 THE PACKARD COMPANY Reckless RK-1917
011 A PROBLEM WITH LOGIC Reckless RK-1917
012 RUN YOU THROUGH THE MILL Reckless RK-1917
013 GRIZZLY BEAR Reckless RK-1917
014 ROSIE Reckless RK-1917
ca. 1986 unknown - Bill Morrissey, * and Cormac McCarthy (Bill Morrissey [vcl/gt], Edward Gerhard [ac gt/slide gt], Bill Morrison [bass], Charlie Jennison [clarinet/synthesizer]. Producer: Edward Gerhard)
015 PANTHERVILLE Philo PH-1106
016 IT'S DANGEROUS OUT THERE Philo PH-1106
017 NIGHT SHIFT Philo PH-1106
018 MARRIED MAN* Philo PH-1106
019 ICE FISHING Philo PH-1106 Rounder 11595-2
020 MY OLD TOWN Philo PH-1106
021 NORTH Philo PH-1106
022 SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR Philo PH-1106
023 HE DRINKS ALONE Philo PH-1106
024 SNOW OUTSIDE THE MILL Philo PH-1106
025 FISHING A STREAM I ONCE FISHED AS A KID Philo PH-1106
1989 unknown - Bill Morrissey (Bill Morrissey, Suzanne Vega, Patty Larkin, Johnny Cunningham, Shawn Colvin, Richard Gates, David Patt, John Curtis, Peter Keane, David Ruskin, Robin Ratteau, Eric Lillequist, Dean Adrien, Rick Watson, Cormac McCarthy, Greg Hopkins, Leslie Sivolkos. Producer: Darleen Wilson)
026 HANDSOME MOLLY Philo PH-1123 Rounder 11595-2
027 LOVE SONG/NEW YORK, 1982 Philo PH-1123
028 PARTY AT THE U.N. Philo PH-1123
029 LAST DAY OF THE LAST FURLOUGH Philo PH-1123
030 MOTELS AND PLANES Philo PH-1123
031 UP ON THE C.P. LINE Philo PH-1123
032 SUMMER NIGHT Philo PH-1123
033 SHE'S THAT KIND OF MYSTERY Philo PH-1123
034 GIRLS OF SANTA FE Philo PH-1123
035 THE DRIVER'S SONG Philo PH-1123
036 CAR AND DRIVER Philo PH-1123
037 JOHN HABER Philo PH-1123
038 SHE'S YOUR BABY NOW Philo PH-1123
039 THESE COLD FINGERS Philo PH-1123 Rounder 11595-2
27 February 1991 unknown – Bill Morrisey, * and Nick Klaus (Bill Morrissey [vcl/gt], Producer: Bill Morrissey, Ellan Karas)
040 BARSTOW Philo PH-1105 Rounder 11595-2
041 SMALL TOWN ON THE RIVER Philo PH-1105 Rounder 11595-2
042 DARLIN' LISA Philo PH-1105
043 OIL MONEY Philo PH-1105
044 MORRISSEY FALLS IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Philo PH-1105
045 TEXAS BLUES Philo PH-1105
046 MY BABY AND ME Philo PH-1105
047 THE PACKARD COMPANY Philo PH-1105
048 A PROBLEM WITH LOGIC Philo PH-1105
049 RUN YOU THROUGH THE MILL Philo PH-1105
050 GRIZZLY BEAR Philo PH-1105
051 ROSIE Philo PH-1105
052 LITTLE BIT OF WHISKEY Philo PH-1105
053 AMNESIA* Philo PH-1105
Tracks above are rerecordings of the first album
1991 unknown - Bill Morrissey (+Suzanne Vega, Richard Gates, Ron Levy, Greg Brown, Johnny Cunningham, John Jennings, Doug Plavin, Ed Sheridan. Producer: John Jennings)
054 INSIDE Philo PHCD-1145 Rounder 11595-2
055 EVERYBODY WARNED ME Philo PHCD-1145
056 OFF-WHITE Philo PHCD-1145
057 GAMBLER'S BLUES Philo PHCD-1145
058 LONG GONE Philo PHCD-1145 Rounder 11595-2
059 MAN FROM OUT OF TOWN Philo PHCD-1145
060 RITE OF SPRING Philo PHCD-1145
061 ROBERT JOHNSON Philo PHCD-1145 Rounder 11595-2
062 HANG ME, OH HANG ME Philo PHCD-1145
063 CHAMELEON BLUES Philo PHCD-1145
064 SISTER JOE Philo PHCD-1145
065 CASEY, ILLINOIS Philo PHCD-1145
1992 Long View Farm, North Brookfield, MA - Bill Morrissey   (Bill Morrissey [vcl/gt], Ellen Cross [vcl], David Johansen [vcl], Duke Levine [el gt], Top Topham [12-string gt], Peter Keane [gt], Richard Gates [bass], Billy Conway [drums/percussion], Johnny Cunningham [violin], Vernon David [cello]. Producer: Ellen Karas)

066 NIGHT TRAIN Philo PHCD-1154
067 SANDY Philo PHCD-1154
068 BIRCHES Philo PHCD-1154 Rounder 11595-2
069 COLD, COLD NIGHT Philo PHCD-1154 Rounder 11595-2
070 LETTER FROM HEAVEN Philo PHCD-1154 Rounder 11595-2
071 ELLEN'S TUNE Philo PHCD-1154
072 SOME MANY THINGS Philo PHCD-1154
073 LOVE ARRIVES Philo PHCD-1154
074 BLUES IN THE MORNING Philo PHCD-1154
075 BROKEN WALTZ TIME Philo PHCD-1154
076 WALK DOWN THESE STREETS
077 TIME TO GO HOME Philo PHCD-1154
1993 Long View Farm, North Brookfield, MA - Bill Morrissey and Gregg Brown
078 AIN'T LIFE A BROOK Philo PHCD-1151
079 LITTLE RED ROOSTER Philo PHCD-1151
080 HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE Philo PHCD-1151
081 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Philo PHCD-1151
082 THE ROAD Philo PHCD-1151
083 YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT Philo PHCD-1151
084 DUNCAN AND BRADY Philo PHCD-1151
085 TOM DULA Philo PHCD-1151
086 SUMMER WAGES Philo PHCD-1151
087 I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE Philo PHCD-1151
088 FISHING WITH BILL Philo PHCD-1151
089 BABY, PLEASE DON'T GO Philo PHCD-1151
1995 Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans, LA- Bill Morrissey (Bill Morrissey [vcl/ac gt, harmonica], Michael Toles [ac/el gt/piano/Hammond B-3 organ], James Singleton [ac bass], Lee Allen Zeno [el bass], Johnny Vidacovich [drums], Tom Fischer [clarinet], Bill Samuel [tenor/baritone sax], Jamil Sharif [trumpet], Chris Belleau [trombone], Charles Elam III, Earl J. Smith, Jr. [bck vcl]. Producer: Scott Billington and Ellen Kasas)
090 WHEN SUMMER'S ENDED Philo PHCD-1194
091 YOU'LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN Philo PHCD-1194 Rounder 11595-2
092 MARRIED FOR MONEY Philo PHCD-1194
093 AS LONG AS THE SUN Philo PHCD-1194
094 ASHES, GRAIN AND SAND Philo PHCD-1194
095 WINTER LAUNDRY Philo PHCD-1194
096 WAITING FOR THE RAIN Philo PHCD-1194
097 DIFFERENT CURRENCY Philo PHCD-1194 Rounder 11595-2
098 HILLS OF TUSCANY Philo PHCD-1194
099 CLOSED-DOWN MILL Philo PHCD-1194
100 TURN AND SPIN Philo PHCD-1194
101 BIG LEG IDA Philo PHCD-1194
1998 Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans, LA- Bill Morrissey (Bill Morrissey [vcl/ac gt, harmonica], Peter Keane [gt/bck vcl], Frederic Koella [mandolin], James Singleton [ac bass], David Lee Watson [el bass], Johnny Vidacovich [drums], David Torkanowski [piano], Cormac McCarthy [harmonica], Ed Peterson [sax], Jamil Sharif [trumpet], Elaine Foster, Lisa Foster [bck vcl]. Producer: Ellen Kasas)
102 IF YOU DON'T WANT ME Philo 11671-1216-2
103 AVALON BLUES Philo 11671-1216-2 Rounder 11595-2
104 SHAKE THAT THING Philo 11671-1216-2
105 LOUIS COLLINS Philo 11671-1216-2
106 FIRST SHOT MISSED HIM Philo 11671-1216-2
107 BIG LEG BLUES Philo 11671-1216-2
108 HEY, HONEY, RIGHT AWAY Philo 11671-1216-2
109 JOE TURNER BLUES Philo 11671-1216-2 Rounder 11595-2
110 I'M SATISFIED Philo 11671-1216-2
111 BEULAH LAND Philo 11671-1216-2
112 FUNKY BUTT Philo 11671-1216-2
113 COFFEE BLUES Philo 11671-1216-2
114 MONDAY MORNING BLUES Philo 11671-1216-2
115 GOOD MORNING, CARRIE Philo 11671-1216-2
116 HOT TIMES IN THE OLD TOWN Philo 11671-1216-2
ca. 2000 Blue Jay Recording Studio, Carlisle, MA - Bill Morrissey (Bill Morrisey [vcl/gt], Kent Allyn [gt/ piano/ keyboards/ fretless bass], David Henderson [bass], Johnny Cunningham [violin], Cormac McCarthy [harmonica], Marc Elbaum [clarinet/ tenor sax]. Producer: Bill Morrissey)
117 TWENTY-THIRD STREET Philo 11671-1227-2 Rounder 11595-2
118 HARRY'S LAST CALL Philo 11671-1227-2
119 JUST BEFORE WE LOST THE WAR Philo 11671-1227-2 Rounder 11595-2
120 WINTER SONG Philo 11671-1227-2
121 MOVING DAY Philo 11671-1227-2
122 BUDDY BOLDEN'S BLUES Philo 11671-1227-2
123 ST. VALENTINE'S DAY Philo 11671-1227-2
124 TRAVELING BY CAB Philo 11671-1227-2
125 FIX YOUR HAIR THE WAY YOU USED TO Philo 11671-1227-2
126 JUDGMENT DAY Philo 11671-1227-2
127 MOBILE Philo 11671-1227-2
128 WILL YOU BE MY ROSE? Philo 11671-1227-2
ca 2004 unknown – Bill Morrisey
129 FIFTY Rounder 11595-2
130 JUST TODAY Rounder 11595-2
131 BOSTON EYES Rounder 11595-2
2007 unknown – Bill Morrisey (Bill Morrisey [vcl], Dave Alvin [gt], Billy Conway, Dana Colley)
132 I AIN'T WALKING
133 THIRTY YEARS
134 DANGEROUS WAY
135 HOLDEN'S BLUES
136 HE'S NOT FROM KANSAS CITY
137 SUMMER JUMPED ALL OVER ME
138 BY THE GRAVE OF BAUDELAIRE
139 CANAL STREET
140 I WAS A FOOL
141 DEATH LETTER
142 VICTORY AT SEA
143 NEW WALKING BLUES
144 JOHNNY'S TUNE
Tracks above issued on album Come Running


ALBUMS
Reckless RK-1917 Bill Morrissey: Barstow; Small Town on the River; Darlin' Lisa; Oil Money; Morrissey Falss in Love at First Sight; Texas Blues; My Baby and Me; The Packard Company; The Problem With Logic; Run You Through the Mill; Grizzly Bear; Rosie - 84
Philo PH-1106 North: Pantherville; It's Dangerous Out There;Night Shift; Married Man (Bill Morrissey And Cormac Maccarthy);Ice Fishing; My Old Town; North; She Moved Through The Fair; He Drinks Alone; Snow Outside The Mill; Fishing A Stream I Once Fished As A Kid - 86 (CD reissue in September 1991)
Philo PH-1123CD Standing Eight: Handsome Molly; Love Song/New York; Party at the U.N.; Last Day of the Last Furlough; Motels and Planes; Up on the C.P. Line; Summer Night; She's That Kind of Mystery; Girls of Santa Fe; The Driver's Song; Car and Driver; John Haber; She's Your Baby Now; These Cold Fingers – 15-10-89
Philo PH-1105CD Bill Morrissey: Barstow; Small Town on the River; Darlin' Lisa; Oil Money; Morrissey Falss in Love at First Sight; Texas Blues; My Baby and Me; The Packard Company; The Problem With Logic; Run You Through the Mill; Grizzly Bear; Rosie;Live Free or Die; Little Bit of Whiskey; Amnesia – 91 (re-recording of first album with three additional tracks)
Philo PH-1145CD Inside: Inside; Everybody Warned Me; Off-White; Gambler's Blues; Long Gone; Man From Out of Town; Rite of Spring; Robert Johnson; Hang Me, Oh Hang Me; Chameleon Blues; Sister Jo; Casey, Illinois – 21-01-92
Philo PH-1151CD Friend Of Mine: Ain't Life a Brook; Little Red Rooster; He Was a Friend of Mine; Memphis, Tennessee; The Road;You Can't Always Get What You Want; Duncan and Brady; Tom Dula; Summer Wages; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive; Fishing With Bill; Baby, Please Don't Go – 01-04-93 w. Greg Brown
Philo PH-1154CD Night Train: Night Train; Sandy; Birches; Cold, Cold Night; Letter From Heaven; Ellen’s Tune; So Many Things; Love Arrives; Blues In The Morning; Broken Waltz time; Walk Down These Streets; Time To Go Home – 17-09-93
Philo PH-1194CD You'll Never Get To Heaven: When Summer's Ended; You'll Never Get to Heaven; Married For Money; As Long as the Sun; Ashes, Grain and Sand; Winter Laundry; Waiting For the Rain; Different Currency; Hills of Tuscany; Closed Down Mill; Turn and Spin; Big Leg Ida – 16-04-96
Philo 11671-1216-2 Songs Of Mississippi John Hurt: If You Don't Want Me; Avalon Blues; Shake That Thing; Louis Collins; First Shot Missed Him; Big Leg Blues; Hey, Honey, Right Away; Joe Turner Blues; I'm Satisfied; Beulah Land; Funky Butt; Coffee Blues; Monday Morning Blues; Good Morning, Miss Carrie; Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight – 02-02-99
Philo 11671-1227-2 Something I Saw Or Thought I Saw: Twenty-Third Street; Harry's Last Call; Just Before We Lost The War; Winter Song; Moving Day; Buddy Bolden's Blues; St. Valentine's Day; Traveling By Cab; Fix Your Hair The Way You Used To; Judgment Day; Mobile; Will You Be My Rose? – 01

Rounder 11661-11595-2 The Essential Collection: Barstow; Inside; Robert Johnson; Fifty*;These Cold Fingers; Lce Fishing; Just Before We Lost War; Avalon Blues; Letter From Heaven; Handsome Molly; Different Currency; Cold Cold Night; Small Town on the River; You'll Never Get to Heaven; Birches; Long Gone; 23rd Street; Joe Turner Blues; Just Today*; Boston Eyes* - 08-06-04 (*previously unissued)
Turn And Spin no # (UPC 837101338219) Come Running: I Ain't Walking;Thirty Years; Dangerous Way; Holden's Blues; He's Not From Kansas City; Summer Jumped All Over Me; By The Grave Of Baudelaire; Canal Street; I Was A Fool; Death Letter; Victory At Sea; New Walking Blues; Johnny's Tune – 22-05-07

SINGLES
Shoot The Cat (1977)
STC-001 Live Free Or Die / Trailer Park - 77