DIRTY MURPHY
Quotes
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"So Tomi's your girlfriend?" Ron asks Jason upon meeting Tomi for the first time. "No, Tomi's my wife. I never bring the two of them to the same gig," replies Jason.
"Hey aren't those you're friends from Buffalo?" (Gabe stumbles and falls over) "Oh...the little one doesn't seem to be walking so good!" - Napoleon during the 2006 Chicago Blues Festival
"Gabe - wake up. You're gonna miss Honeyboy Edward's 91st birthday cake, and I'm not sure he'll make it to 92." - Jason trying to wake Gabe up at the Hot House
"So I tell the guy 'You'll never find a band as good as our that will play for cheaper than that.' OK, I admit, the free beer may cost him a few more bucks than the average band, but that's a part of our contract that's simply non-negotiable." - Tom Broderick telling Gabe and Jason about his latest attempt to book the band at a new club
"The only reason I joined this band is because these guys are like a bunch of cartoon characters. Look at them!" - Nick Angelo
"The band's named after my dog, Murphy. Tom came over one night and started calling him Dirty Murphy. and it kind of stuck. Now my ex-wife has the dog. I miss that dog." - Jason when asked where the name of the band came from
"We're pumped to be opening up for The Downchild Blues Band - they're a national act out of Toronto." - Tom to the crowd at the Lafayette Tap Room
"Tom - that would make them an international act." - Jason correcting Tom
"Nick - you're not going to light that cigarette under a "No Smoking" sign next to a gas pump, are you?" - Tom Broderick to Nick Angelo
"You can't believe those signs anyway" - Nick Angelo back to Tom
Click here to read the review from the Blues Society of Western New York about Dirty Murphy's show at the Lafayette Tap Room January 6, 2006!
"You can only dance when the band is playing." - Nick Angelo
"Did any of you guys see the drool drip out of my mouth?" - Gabe Visco after his 56th guitar solo at the Tap Room
"I gotta go home and let my dog out." - Nick Angelo trying one more time to get out of loading the gear
"The next time you guys come back, we'll even let you inside." - Tammy, owner of the Hickory Hill Restaurant and Pub
"These guys ain't that loud....and they ain't that bad either." - Erie County Sheriff who shut us down at Hickory Hill
"Did you ever burp and a little puke comes up with it? I just did that into my harmonica...." - Tom Broderick
"If you can't see that big bone, you must be blind, crippled, and crazy!" - Tom Broderick referring to the band's banner before jumping into a Frank Bang song
"Honey, can I be honest with you? If you get that tooth fixed, you could go far!" - Tom Broderick
"Do you guys know Tore Down?" - Tom Broderick
"I'm learning how to sit in a skirt." - Gabe Visco
"Hit me....come on, hit me!....Dude, you broke my ribs!" - Jason Bystrak to Tom Broderick
"I did not say I was a millionaire. I said I had spent more money than a millionaire. If I'd kept all the money I spent, I would have been a millionaire a long time ago." - Tom Broderick & Howlin' Wolf
"The guy with the Fozzie Bear voice - he seems nice." - random passenger on the train to Chicago
"Excuse me - can I buy a pair of your underwear? I had an accident" - never caught his name, but this request was made to Gabe Visco on the train to Chicago for the Blues Festival
"When we look back at the day, it all went wrong at the Raw Bar in Wrigleyville." - John Broderick
"I done spilled bagarbacue sauce all over myself" - Gabe Visco after waking up from his nap in Chicago (everyone is still trying to figure out exactly what bagarbacue sauce is and if it is good on chicken)
"Congratulations on your first communion!" - George Charley to a bride to be during her staggette party at Mother's on Division in Chicago
"I think the Imodium is wearing off....." - Gabe Visco to himself (but loud enough for others to hear)
"Who's driving Tom home tonight?" - Everyone else in the band at one point or another
"Don't we have anyone else who can play the drums tonight?" - Jason Bystrak making yet another attempt to get out from behind the drums to sing