This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sports Net Radio Network. Okay, welcome back to the program across the Sports Net Radio Network. Okay, welcome back to the program across the Sports Net Radio Network, Sound Wildcats

on SportsNet 360 as well.

Don't forget top of the hour, Bruce Boudreau, with a tour around the NHL and the

tour of the Oilers with Louis de Brass coming up at the bottom of the hour.

In the meantime, joined by someone who has my producer Lance Kennedy just whispered in my ear,

could not look more Boston if he was even sitting at the bar at Cheers.

The one and only Jimmy Murphy editor-in-chief of Boston,

hockey day.

You do look Boston, man.

Look at you.

Well, I'll tell you Pierre, I mean, I'll tell you Jeff from calling you my co-host

here already. Geez. Shows you how much time on spending on pure lately. That's okay.

I had to pick this background Jeff because one of my family probably three musicians

Shane McGowan of the Pogue's passed away last week and yes tribute to him there

he was he was a treasure I don't know how much you know about him, but he liked

this Jameson. I know a lot. He had a way with words. He really did. I'll tell you what, my favorite of waltzing Matilda is the one that the pokes do and his voice on waltzing Matilda to this day and

maybe just come getting older and softer murf but it brings a tear to my eye every time I hear that

song I saw the pokes a couple of different times back in their heyday after Rumsodomy

in the lash and fall from grace with God and they were tremendous live.

I mean there was one show where you know I'll be honest he didn't show up and the

band had to play without him and that was just kind of the risk sometimes

took with

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