Speed of Life

by Gregg Chadwick Death to My Hometown (Song by Song Review of Bruce Springsteen's New Album - Wrecking Ball) Wisconsin Hometown photo by Gregg Chadwick Last year Bruce Springsteen took a turn as guest vocalist on the Boston based Irish American punk band The Dropkick Murphys' version of  Peg O' My Heart . They played Boston's House of Blues together in March 2011 and the sound seems to have carried over into Springsteen's rollickingly powerful Celtic inspired song  Death to My Hometown  ( Listen Here ).  The Dropkick Murphys and Bruce Springsteen House of Blues, Boston, Mass 2011 Like Springsteen, The Dropkick Murphys have been influenced by Woody Guthrie, going as far as using Guthrie's unpublished lyrics as the basis for their song  I'm Shipping Up to Boston  which   Martin Scorsese used masterfully in his film  The Departed .  We Stand With Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin 2011) photo by Gregg Chadwick  Inspired b...

by Gregg Chadwick Death to My Hometown (Song by Song Review of Bruce Springsteen's New Album - Wrecking Ball) Wisconsin Hometown photo by Gregg Chadwick Last year Bruce Springsteen took a turn as guest vocalist on the Boston based Irish American punk band The Dropkick Murphys' version of Peg O' My Heart . They played Boston's House of Blues together in March 2011 and the sound seems to have carried over into Springsteen's rollickingly powerful Celtic inspired song Death to My Hometown ( Listen Here ).  The Dropkick Murphys and Bruce Springsteen House of Blues, Boston, Mass 2011 Like Springsteen, The Dropkick Murphys have been influenced by Woody Guthrie, going as far as using Guthrie's unpublished lyrics as the basis for their song  I'm Shipping Up to Boston which   Martin Scorsese used masterfully in his film The Departed .  We Stand With Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin 2011) photo by Gregg Chadwick  Inspired by Guthrie...