{"id":15624,"date":"1988-09-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-09-03T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=15624"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:12:42","slug":"matr-dropkick-murphys-and-bruce-springsteen-peg-o-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/09\/03\/matr-dropkick-murphys-and-bruce-springsteen-peg-o-my-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Peg o&#8217; My Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Alfred Bryan and Fred Fisher first wrote &#8220;Peg o&#8217; My Heart&#8221; after the 1912 play of the same name, they probably envisioned arrangements like the one Charles Harrison recorded the following year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mWODupYEMDI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>If they squinted way into the future, perhaps they would have recognized Gene Vincent&#8217;s cover from the early rock and roll era.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p92Q92UOFFU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>But it&#8217;s hard to imagine they could have remotely anticipated how Dropkick Murphys and Bruce Springsteen would transform it 99 years after the song first debuted, on the band&#8217;s 2011 album\u00a0<em>Going Out in Style<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xkNKyEmcwww?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Dropkick&#8217;s celtic punk arrangement is fierce, fun, and taut.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also sweet, once we hear the inspiration for the cover. Here&#8217;s Ken Casey, special guest Bruce Springsteen, and extra special guest and inspiration Grandma Peg on stage at the House of Blues in Boston in 2011, just weeks after the song and album were first released.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rGvZGCh16yA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>This is a beautifully captured clip&#8211;we can viscerally feel the energy in the room. Bruce in particular is all in for his performance.<\/p>\n<p>This is a live team-up we need to see again someday soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peg o&#8217; My Heart<br \/>\nRecorded:<\/strong> 2010<br \/>\n<strong>Released:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Going Out in Style\u00a0<\/em>(2011)<br \/>\n<strong>First performed:<\/strong> March 18, 2011 (Boston, MA)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> March 18, 2011 (Boston, MA)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 February 3, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only, in the studio and on stage: Bruce joins Dropkick Murphys on their Celtic punk transformation of the sweet standard &#8220;Peg o&#8217; My 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