In MemoriamMichael Peter SmithBorn September 7, 1941Died August 3, 2020 A note before reading. This website, and its contents: posts, history and reflections, are the domain of me, Jamie O’Reilly, a writer, performer, and friend of Michael’s. It is not a commercial or fan site. Nor do I act as agent, or handle his business […]

In MemoriamMichael Peter SmithBorn September 7, 1941Died August 3, 2020 A note before reading. This website, and its contents: posts, history and reflections, are the domain of me, Jamie O’Reilly, a writer, performer, and friend of Michael’s. It is not a commercial or fan site. Nor do I act as agent, or handle his business […]

A Christmas Memory Keep music in your heart and share it with the generations!   It was Christmas time, December 22, 1986. Nia was just born a few weeks before. I was singing with Jamie O’Reilly and the Rogues for the Flea Market, a live radio show from the Old Town School of Folk Music in […]

A Christmas Memory Keep music in your heart and share it with the generations!   It was Christmas time, December 22, 1986. Nia was just born a few weeks before. I was singing with Jamie O’Reilly and the Rogues for the Flea Market, a live radio show from the Old Town School of Folk Music in […]

March, 1996 from CD From My Mother to You, live recording :00 – 1:23 – Bridget O’Reilly On a Hot Summer Night, recollections/ 1:24 – 4:23 I See the Moon, sung by the (Crystal Lake) O’Reilly Family at the Chicago Cultural Center Listen: 21 Bridget poem_I See the Moon, 1996 I See The Moon lyrics […]

March, 1996 from CD From My Mother to You, live recording :00 – 1:23 – Bridget O’Reilly On a Hot Summer Night, recollections/ 1:24 – 4:23 I See the Moon, sung by the (Crystal Lake) O’Reilly Family at the Chicago Cultural Center Listen: 21 Bridget poem_I See the Moon, 1996 I See The Moon lyrics […]