Live on St. Patrick's Day from Boston, MA

• Artist: Dropkick Murphys
• Rating:
• Release Date: September 10, 2002
• Type: Live
• Genre: Rock

Review

Great live albums accomplish two things: They show how an artist sounds in real life (or something close to it) and they make you wish that you were there the night they recorded this gig. By this measure, Live on St. Patrick's Day From Boston, MA is one of the best of the breed. You may have to go back to Live at Leeds to catch this kind of stage energy. Dropkick Murphys, working-class heroes in blue-collar Boston, crash through their set with hair-raising exuberance. Their sound, a muscular collision of punk and traditional Irish elements, connects directly with the crowd, whose presence is never lost in the mix; throughout the set the band welcomes relatives in the balcony, runs footage of old Boston Bruins hockey games as a video backdrop, opens the stage to a bunch of step-dancers, brings a guy up from the audience to propose to his girl as the crowd roars its approval (the girl, no fool, says yes), and invites any woman in the crowd to join them as their massive, beer-swilling piper, Spicy McHaggis, plays a jig. ("His pipes are gigantic, and so is his schlong," Al Barr yells as the band thunders merrily.) From the opening moments, a stirring skirl provided by the Boston Police Gaelic Column Pipes & Drums, to a final chant of "Let's go, Murphys!" performed in the wreckage that follows the finale, Live on St. Patrick's Day From Boston, MA is ultimately a raucous, brawling, and sentimental testament of love between a band and their perfectly matched audience. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Intro		Dropkick Murphys	(0:56)
For Boston		Dropkick Murphys	(1:26)
Boys on the Docks	Rick Barton, Ken Casey	Dropkick Murphys	(2:25)
Road of the Righteous	Mike McColgan, Rick Barton	Dropkick Murphys	(2:38)
Upstarts & Broken Hearts	Dropkick Murphys	Dropkick Murphys	(2:49)
The Gauntlet	Dropkick Murphys	Dropkick Murphys	(2:57)
Rocky Road to Dublin	Traditional	Dropkick Murphys	(2:35)
Heroes from Our Past	Dropkick Murphys	Dropkick Murphys	(3:50)
Finnegan's Wake	Traditional	Dropkick Murphys	(2:13)
Wich Side Are You On?		Dropkick Murphys	(2:31)
A Few Good Men	Dropkick Murphys	Dropkick Murphys	(3:11)
Curse of a Fallen Soul	Dropkick Murphys	Dropkick Murphys	(3:15)
The Torch	Dropkick Murphys	Dropkick Murphys	(3:47)
Gang's All Here	Dropkick Murphys	Dropkick Murphys	(4:52)
Forever	Dropkick Murphys	Dropkick Murphys	(3:34)
Spicy McHaggis Jig	Dropkick Murphys	Dropkick Murphys	(3:23)
John Law	Dropkick Murphys	Dropkick Murphys	(1:29)
Wild Rover	Traditional	Dropkick Murphys	(3:23)
Fortunate Son	John Fogerty	Dropkick Murphys	(3:23)
Nutty (Bruin's Theme)		Dropkick Murphys	(1:37)
Good Rats	Dropkick Murphys	Dropkick Murphys	(4:10)
Amazing Grace	John Newton	Dropkick Murphys	(2:27)
Alcohol	Chris Doherty, Chuck Stilphen	Dropkick Murphys	(1:54)
Barroom Hero	Ken Casey	Dropkick Murphys	(2:43)
Dirty Water	Ed Cobb	Dropkick Murphys	(3:20)
Bloody Pig Pile		Dropkick Murphys	(3:14)

Credits

Dave Burke (Staff), Phil Greene (Engineer), Paul Q. Kolderie (Producer), Paul Q. Kolderie (Mixing), Greg Riley (Voices), John Toomey (House Sound), Darren Hill (Management), Johnny Jay (Staff), Dropkick Murphys (Liner Notes), Ron Ragona (Staff), Ken Casey (Bass), Ken Casey (Vocals), James Curran (Staff), Al Barr (Vocals), Tom D. Kline (Graphic Design), James Lynch (Guitar), Marc Orrell (Guitar), Marc Orrell (Accordion), Spicy McHaggis (Bagpipes), Ryan Foltz (Mandolin), Ryan Foltz (Whistle (Human)), Johnny Rioux (Assistant Management), John Cohan (Drum Technician), Bob Sloane (?)

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