Handsome Molly - Bill Morrissey
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This song is one of his best I think.. Fantastic!
2 years ago 5
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I put Bill Morrissey right up there with Springsteen, Mark Knopfler, and yes, even Dylan.
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RIP Bill...your soul was deep, as was your pain. I will miss you....sail on.
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Bill's version was inspired by Dylan's performance of the traditional Handsome Molly on the bootleg "Gaslight Tapes." I had scored a copy of that bootleg (long before the record company issued Dylan's "bootlegs" as a series) and Bill and I spent a couple days in Chicago in the late 80s listening to the whole thing. He was really taken with Handsome Molly, and of course did his own beautiful thing with it. I also love the violins in the studio version but there is something haunting about thi
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Followed his career from the 1970s, long before he'd cut an album, and when his only vehicle was his thumb (actually, he used his guitar case as a sign for destination). Sometime 1991(?), Rolling Stone magazine reviewed "Inside" (four stars!), and Bill's right thumb soon got a little warmer. His music began to sell on a national level. I'll never forget seeing him in all those old clubs; honing his craft.
Thanks for all the music, brother. We love you, Bill.
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wish the sound was better on this.. but this is one of my favorite songs ..that Bill Sings.. its so beautiful..~
RIP Bill... rest in peace~
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Love this by Bill Morrissey. Unmistakeably his.
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His best....love the violin on the recorded version of this..nice.
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chuckdubdubdub 6 months ago
RIP Bill. Thanks for playing the request, you were a kind soul.
chuckdubdubdub 6 months ago 2
Yes, I didn't realize that it is actually a traditional folk standard, though Bill Morrissey has modified it wonderfully!
chuckdubdubdub 2 years ago