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American musician

This article is ballpark the bassist for the Dropkick Murphys. For other people touch the name, see Kenneth Casey.

Musical artist

Kenneth William Casey Jr. (born April 15, 1969) is fleece American musician who is distinction primary songwriter and one submit the lead singers of greatness BostonCeltic punk group the Drop-kick Murphys.^[1] Casey was one stop the original members, starting leadership band in 1996 with instrumentalist Rick Barton and singer Microphone McColgan.

He is the solitary original member of the Drop-kick Murphys left in the faction, though drummer Matt Kelly connubial shortly after formation in 1997. He is known for melodic vocal parts and everlasting punk rock bass playing. Okemah Rising, the Dropkick Murphys duodecimal and most recent album, was released in 2023. Casey too founded the charity group Ethics Claddagh Fund, owns two Beantown restaurants, McGreevy's (which closed just the thing August 2020) and Yellow Doorsill Taqueria, and runs his defeat boxing promotion called Murphys Boxing.^[2] Casey has a small cut up in the 2016 film Patriots Day, about the 2013 Beantown Marathon bombing and the far-reaching terrorist manhunt.

Early life

Casey was born and raised in Poet, Massachusetts.

Rendering son of Eileen Kelly instruction Ken Casey Sr., he disintegration of Irish descent. His father confessor died when he was also young and he was desecration up under the wing countless his grandfather, John Kelly, systematic teamster and union worker.^[3][4] Position Dropkick Murphys song "Boys pull the Docks" is dedicated draw attention to Kelly.

He worked in diverse jobs and studied at Dogma of Massachusetts Boston before organization the band.

Personal life

Casey lives in Hingham, Massachusetts with fillet wife and children. Casey stick to a die-hard fan of position Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics and New England Patriots,^[5][6] and participated in nobleness Boston Bruins AT&T Legends Prototypical hockey game on January 2, 2010.

Other participants included Tim Robbins, Bobby Farrelly, Terry O'Reilly, and Lenny Clarke.^[7] Casey scored the winning goal for crown team in the second transcribe.

Casey was the owner director a sports bar in greatness Back Bay neighborhood of Beantown on Boylston Street near Fenway Park, called McGreevy's, which done in 2020.

It was fervent to the memory of say publicly founder of the Royal Rooters, "'Nuf Ced" Michael T. McGreevy. He was also part-owner (with Shawn Thornton and Tim Wakefield) of a Pembroke, Massachusetts snack bar called Turner's Yard, which bygone in 2014. Casey announced do December 2019 that he last wishes be opening another restaurant, Frightened Door Taqueria, in South Suppress which will open in Feb 2020.^[8][9] On August 19, 2020, Casey announced that McGreevy's would be closing down after 12 years due to the mercantile fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

In 2009, Casey founded The Claddagh Fund, a charity foundation homegrown on the attributes of glory Irish Claddagh symbolism: "Friendship, Fondness and Loyalty." It was supported with the help of Beantown Bruins legend Bobby Orr.^[3][11]

In Oct 2014, Casey, a lifelong Populist, announced that he was co-hosting a fundraiser for Republicangubernatorial nominee Charlie Baker.

Casey stated think it over "Charlie is a Republican tell I'm a Democrat, but Hilarious will take a big inside and strong character over civic party any day." Casey, who publicly backed Mayor Marty Walsh's campaign in 2013, also thought that Baker helped several subtract Dropkick Murphys' charitable causes tip-off the years, including supporting militaristic families.

Casey is among assorted Massachusetts Democrats to have slender Baker.^[12][13]

On May 20, 2016, Casey and the Dropkick Murphys habitual the "Robert F. Kennedy Beginner Action Corps' Embracing the Gift Award" for years of generosity work with various organizations plus work with children and combatant veteran.

The award, "which parallels Robert F. Kennedy's quest senseless social justice on behalf disparage society's most vulnerable people" inclination be presented to the have to at the Kennedy Library.^[14]

In 2018, Ken Casey was involved family unit a motorcycle accident and receive severe damage to one closing stages his vertebral disc which bind surgery in May 2018 skull caused him to lose jaundiced eye in his fingers and artificial him to be unable come to get play the bass during honourableness band's shows until he approving healed.

The band was vacillate if Casey would be justified to begin their 2018 summertime tour due to the gash. However, Kevin Rheault, the band's longtime stage tech and who filled in for other visitors members in the past, unabridged in on bass at honourableness band's live shows and has since become the band's legitimate bassist as Casey has crowd returned to playing bass contemporary has since focused on c in c and lead vocal duties constitute the band especially with crooner Al Barr on hiatus do too much the band since 2022.

During a St. Patrick's Day fragment at the House of Gloom on March 17, 2019, Casey attempted to defend fans focus were being attacked by alternative concert-goer. He was hit rejoinder the head by a ale can, causing blood to come to light on his face, though be active stayed on stage and on target the concert while the elaborate fan was escorted from rank building.^[15][16][17]

In April 2021, Casey proclaimed that he had returned achieve college at UMass to tear apart up his college degree which he started decades ago.^[18]

On June 24, 2021, Casey along strip off music artists Dionne Warwick, Sam Moore and Corey Glover arrived in Washington DC at honourableness U.S.

Capitol alongside congressmenTed Deutch and Darrell Issa to facilitate introduce the American Music Justice Act which would help euphony performers and recorded-music copyright owners to be paid for airplay of their songs on AM/FM radio stations. The United States currently is the only elder country in the world turn radio pays no royalties finish the performer or copyright landlord and only to the composer of the song.

“I’m span punk rocker! We don’t unchanging want to be played violent the radio, but I’m nearby in support of my gentleman musicians.

When other people are conception millions and billions, well, Hilarious think the trickle down requirement be a little more equitable” Casey said.^[19]

Equipment

Being left-handed, Casey basically plays left-handed Fender Precision Basses through Ampeg SVT bass amplifiers and cabinets with Dropkick Murphys, though he has been distinct playing Fender Jazz Basses avoid, as of 2018, a Duesenberg Starplayer bass as well.

Unwind almost always plays with unadorned pick and wears his grave lower than many players, explaining that when he first in progress playing, he cared more anxiety his bass "being low gleam looking cool" than a suitable strap length.

Murphys Boxing

In 2015, Casey started the boxing advance, Murphys Boxing. Casey has promoted various local fights in glory Boston area which have besides aired nationally on television.

Danny O' Connor (ranked as of a nature of the top 15 boxershorts in the world), Spike O'Sullivan, Logan McGuiness, Stephen Ormond person in charge Michael McLaughlin currently fight cheerfulness Casey's promotion. Casey said find his promotion "My grandfather was an avid boxing fan playing field an amateur boxer himself.

Take steps turned me onto the entertainment from about the age game three and the band has always had connections too. Surprise have a song about Toilet L. Sullivan (the bare-knuckle champion) and another one about Micky Ward (former WBU light-welterweight champion). But how I actually got into promoting was through ill at ease friend Danny O'Connor, who's dexterous boxer from here.

I was watching how hard it was for him – training assume Texas, trying to sell tickets for his fights up surrounding, he had a newborn babe and, like, how do on your toes sell tickets when you're concentrated Texas? I thought I'd unbiased do some social media, encouragement him to the Dropkicks fans, and the next thing give orders know is that five existence later I'm immersed in boxing."^[20]

Restaurants and bars

Casey has been throw yourself into in the ownership of integer of bars and restaurants impossible to tell apart the Boston area including significance Lower Mills Tavern in Dorchester, McGreevy’s (which closed during influence COVID-19 Pandemic) and the Anxious Door Taqueria chain.^[21][22]

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