| 词条 | Ken Casey |
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| name = Ken Casey | image = Ken Casey of Dropkick Murphys.jpg | image_size = 220 | caption = Casey in concert | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Kenneth William Casey Jr. | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|4|15}} | birth_place = Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States | instrument = Bass guitar, vocals | genre = Punk rock, Celtic punk, Oi! | associated_acts = Dropkick Murphys | label = Born & Bred Records, Hellcat | years_active = 1996–present | Notable instruments = Fender Precision Bass }} Kenneth William "Ken" Casey Jr. (born April 15, 1969) is the bass guitarist, primary songwriter, and one of the lead singers of the Boston Celtic punk group the Dropkick Murphys.[1] Casey was one of the original members, starting the band in 1996 with guitarist Rick Barton and singer Mike McColgan. He is the only original member of the Dropkick Murphys left in the band, though drummer Matt Kelly joined shortly after formation in 1997. He is known for his melodic vocal parts and solid punk rock bass playing. Dropkick Murphys released their ninth album 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory on January 6, 2017. Casey also founded the charity group The Claddagh Fund, owns his own bar in Boston and runs his own boxing promotion called Murphys Boxing. Casey has a small role in the 2016 film Patriots Day which is about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent terrorist manhunt. Early lifeCasey was born Pittsfield, Massachusetts and raised in Milton, Massachusetts, the son of Eileen Kelly and Ken Casey, Sr. He is of Irish descent on both his mother and father's side of the family. His father died when he was very young and he was brought up under the wing of his grandfather, John Kelly, a teamster and union worker.[2][3] The Dropkick Murphys song "Boys on the Docks" is dedicated to Kelly. He worked in various jobs and studied at University of Massachusetts Boston before forming the band. Personal lifeCasey lives in Hingham, Massachusetts with his wife and children. Casey is a die-hard Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins fan,[4][5] and participated in the Boston Bruins AT&T Legends Classic hockey game on 2 January 2010. Other participants included Tim Robbins, Bobby Farrelly, Terry O'Reilly, and Lenny Clarke.[6] Casey scored the winning goal for his team in the second period. Casey is the owner of a bar in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston on Boylston Street near Fenway Park, called McGreevy's Third Base Saloon. It is dedicated to the memory of the 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 restaurant called Turner's Yard, which closed in 2014. In 2009, Casey founded The Claddagh Fund, a charity foundation based on the attributes of the Irish Claddagh symbolism: "Friendship, Love and Loyalty." It was founded with the help of Boston Bruins legend Bobby Orr.[2][7] In October 2014, Casey, a lifelong Democrat, announced that he was co-hosting a fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker. Casey stated that "Charlie is a Republican and I'm a Democrat, but I will take a big heart and strong character over political party any day." Casey, who publicly backed Mayor Martin J. Walsh's campaign in 2013, also said that Baker helped several of Dropkick Murphys' charitable causes over the years, including supporting military families. Casey is among many Massachusetts Democrats to have supported Baker.[8][9] On May 20, 2016, Casey and the Dropkick Murphys received the "Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps' Embracing the Legacy Award" for years of charity work with various organizations including work with children and military veteran. The award, "which parallels Robert F. Kennedy's quest for social justice on behalf of society's most vulnerable people" will be presented to the band at the Kennedy Library.[10] EquipmentBeing left-handed, Casey primarily plays left-handed Fender Precision Basses through Ampeg SVT bass amplifiers and cabinets with Dropkick Murphys, though he has been seen playing Fender Jazz Basses and, as of 2018, a Duesenberg Starplayer bass as well. He almost always plays with a pick and wears his bass lower than many players, explaining that when he first started playing, he cared more about his bass "being low and looking cool" than a proper strap length. Murphys BoxingIn 2015, Casey started the boxing promotion, Murphys Boxing. Casey has promoted various local fights in the Boston area which have also aired nationally on television. Danny O' Connor (ranked as one of the top 15 boxers in the world), Spike O'Sullivan, Logan McGuiness, Stephen Ormond and Michael McLaughlin currently fight for Casey's promotion. Casey said of his promotion "My grandfather was an avid boxing fan and an amateur boxer himself. He turned me onto the sport from about the age of three and the band has always had connections too. We have a song about John 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 my friend Danny O'Connor, who's a boxer from here. I was watching how hard it was for him – training in Texas, trying to sell tickets for his fights up here, he had a newborn baby and, like, how do you sell tickets when you're in Texas? I thought I'd just do some social media, promoting him to the Dropkicks fans, and the next thing you know is that five years later I'm immersed in boxing." [11] References1. ^{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p289562/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Dropkick Murphys|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|publisher=AMG|accessdate=11 May 2010}} 2. ^1 Foley, Denise, "A Chat with Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey", Irish Philadelphia, August 21, 2012 3. ^url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV7baCSut1c 4. ^{{cite book|last=Nash|first=Peter|title=Boston's Royal Rooters|year=2005|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738538211|page=8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fa4xVOCgtt4C}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Ken Casey: 'We'll get 'em in Game 6'|url=http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/bruins/post/_/id/6402/ken-casey-well-get-em-in-game-6|work=ESPN Boston|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=6 June 2013|date=11 June 2011}} 6. ^{{cite news|last=Bruins|first=Boston|title=Boston Bruins AT&T Legends Classic|url=http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=506355|accessdate=6 June 2013|newspaper=NHL.com|date=2009-11-16}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.claddaghfund.org/|title=claddagh|website=claddagh|accessdate=9 March 2019}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2014/10/08/dropkicks-ken-casey-a-democrat-to-co-host-fundraiser-for-gop-hopeful-charlie-baker/|title=Dropkicks’ Ken Casey, a Democrat, to co-host fundraiser for GOP hopeful Charlie Baker|date=8 October 2014|publisher=|accessdate=9 March 2019}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.golocalworcester.com/news/charlie-baker-gaining-democratic-support-heading-toward-election-day|title=Charlie Baker Gaining Democratic Support Heading Toward Election Day|first=|last=admin|website=GoLocalWorcester|accessdate=9 March 2019}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/inside_track/2016/05/kudos_for_dropkicks_good_deeds|title=Kudos for Dropkicks' good deeds|date=May 17, 2016|work=Boston Herald|accessdate=May 17, 2016}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/ken-casey-dropkick-murphys-boxing-spike-osullivan-2110583-May2015/|title='I like the mentality of the Irish fighter - an aggressive style & flair outside the ring'|first=Eoin|last=O'Callaghan|website=The42|accessdate=9 March 2019}} External links
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