“Welcome to Folk Alley’s presentation of highlights from ‘A Friend of Mine: A Bill Morrissey Tribute Concert.’  The concert was indeed a gathering of friends of the New England based singer-songwriter who passed away suddenly in Georgia on July 23, 2011.  Through his long career Bill wrote eloquently of the small towns of New England and the characters who lived there.  So on an appropriately rainy November 17^th night, nearly 2 dozen of his friends gathered at the sold-out Somerville Theater outside Boston to sing sad songs and tell funny stories.  We’ll hear the best of that evening from the likes of Patty Larkin, Shawn Colvin, John Gorka and longtime Morrissey friend and member of the New York Dolls David Johansen. The younger generation of performers was represented by Anais Mitchell and Mark Erelli who also accompanied others on guitar and mandolin.  I’m David Dye from NPR’s World Cafe and I had the honor to host the night along with Bill’s long time friend Cliff Eberhardt who began the evening flanked by Bill’s guitars spot lit on either side of the stage. “  ~ David Dye, World Café

The complete, unedited, concert is available for streaming on-demand at FolkAlley.com.  http://www.folkalley.com/music/livefrom/bill-morrissey

“Welcome to Folk Alley’s presentation of highlights from ‘A Friend of Mine: A Bill Morrissey Tribute Concert.’  The concert was indeed a gathering of friends of the New England based singer-songwriter who passed away suddenly in Georgia on July 23, 2011.  Through his long career Bill wrote eloquently of the small towns of New England and the characters who lived there.  So on an appropriately rainy November 17^th night, nearly 2 dozen of his friends gathered at the sold-out Somerville Theater outside Boston to sing sad songs and tell funny stories.  We’ll hear the best of that evening from the likes of Patty Larkin, Shawn Colvin, John Gorka and longtime Morrissey friend and member of the New York Dolls David Johansen. The younger generation of performers was represented by Anais Mitchell and Mark Erelli who also accompanied others on guitar and mandolin.  I’m David Dye from NPR’s World Cafe and I had the honor to host the night along with Bill’s long time friend Cliff Eberhardt who began the evening flanked by Bill’s guitars spot lit on either side of the stage. “  ~ David Dye, World Café

The complete, unedited, concert is available for streaming on-demand at FolkAlley.com.  http://www.folkalley.com/music/livefrom/bill-morrissey