I fell in love with the country blues -Son House, Skip JamesР Р†Р вЂљР’В¦ I looked at the Stones records to see who wrote what, then go get the originals. 'Some guy would figure out a Chuck Berry riff and it would travel through town like a virus until everybody got it. When he was 14, Bill's family moved to the Boston area. The jazz versions of Porgy and Bess by Miles Davis - John Coltrane's 'My Favorite Things' (The Sound of Music).' I still listen to stuff from the golden years, the 40's, 50's and early 60's. 'My folks had a good Broadway collection. His first influences came from his parents' records. We talked about how he got involved in music as a teenager. With typical wry sarcasm, he said of New Hampshire, 'We've got ten months of winter and two months of mud.' In spite of the hardships, he's quoted in the local newspaper interview in praise of Tamworth, the town where he lives: 'Р Р†Р вЂљР’В¦ it's like living in 1963. The driveway had washed out and he needed to get someone across the gully. Initially, Bill apologized for missing my first call. Beyond the customary guitar and vocal, the songs also use horns and bear witness to Bill's lifelong fascination with jazz, blues and even funk. The new album is richly textured and melodically diverse. Re-emerging, he looked at it and said it made Nick Nolte's arrest photo look 'just handsome as hell.' That was a year and four months ago, and he's been sober since. A local New Hampshire newspaper quoted him, 'I just hit the point where enough is enough.' A photo was taken of him upon entry to the Long Island, NY clinic. A quick check around the internet revealed that Bill had recently undergone successful treatment for alcoholism,Р вЂќР вЂћ long-running condition that finally threatened to destroy him. There was a new album, Come Running, and a golden opportunity to promote the CD and get reacquainted. She and her husband, bassist/producer Jeff Eyrich, suggested I contact him. Kelly Flint, vocalist for the on-hiatus band Dave's True Story, has embarked on a solo career and is touring often with Bill. While I was intrigued, the unflinching look at life's bleaker moments was something I didn't want to focus on then. I wish you knew me like the desk clerk did,Р вЂќР вЂћnd he tried to warn me 'look out kid' ('Everybody Warned Me').Р вЂќР вЂћ slate gray sky seemed to loom above the characters in both songs. Take a look in the mirror and tell me how I feelР Р†Р вЂљР’В¦ You can look around but here's nothing here to steal.

In the railroad flats they talk in tonguesР вЂќР вЂћnd nobody breathes 'til the song has sung. You're just like me, with no place to go ('Inside'). It never really gets that good.Р вЂќР’В¬all it love if you think you should. As he sang, in a reedy baritone, the figures sprang to life:

In the early 90's, the title track from Bill's fifth album, Inside, and another track from the same album, 'Everybody Warned Me' were getting heavy airplay on WFUV. Caring, all the while, for every soul he catches. And with it came a laser beam of an eye for every tragic twist and laughable absurdity.

It's as if God gave him x-ray vision for the human spirit - all its hidden motives and knee -jerk responses. During my Metaphysics final, I looked into the soul of the boy next to me.'Р вЂќР вЂЎor Bill Morrissey, this isn't cheating. One of the best Woody Allen quips goes something like this: 'I got kicked out of NYU for cheating.

Set me free everybody everybody song