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Hello, this is the WBEZ book
Club. That sound is known to everybody

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in New England and beyond from the
hit local rock group that Dropkick Murphy's.

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But where did the band get that
name? Like you can find out in

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the book by Emily Sweeney called Dropkick
Murphy A Legendary Life. Yes, there

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was a doctor John Murphy born in
Malden, Massachusetts, back in nineteen twelve.

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He was known for a lot of
things, including his successful career as

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a professional wrestler. With his signature
move you guessed it, a dropkick,

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he became famous for it. Wrestling
for John was more of a vocation,

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a chance to help pay his way
through medical school. John became a doctor

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of osteopathy and founded Bellow's Farm and
Acting, a safe place where people could

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come to recover from substance abuse and
addiction disorders. He was certainly a local

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hero who helped a lot of people
along the way, the guy for whom

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the legendary band is named the book
Dropkick Murphy A Legendary Life by Emily Sweeney.

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And now you know, and that's
the book club. WBEZ, Boston's news radio