"I’m motivated by reading what he wrote and am inspired by his courage. "He went against the grain, he fought the good fight, he spoke up and sang about his beliefs," he resumes. Ken Casey goes on to describe Woody Guthrie as "the original punk." Ultimately, Dropkick Murphys had so much material based on Woody’s lyrics that they recorded two albums, with Vol. The common thread that I see through everything was this love for people and this understanding of the universal truth that there is no one person fundamentally better than another person.” DKM is capable of delivering them all.”ĭropkick Murphys' James Lynch adds: “Nora gave us the privilege of going through the archives and selecting some lyrics to use. "Ken Casey is a master at understanding Woody’s lyrics, which can be complicated, long, deadly serious, or totally ridiculous. “I collected lyrics on all kinds of topics… lyrics that seemed to be needed to be said – or screamed – today," she explains. Woody’s daughter Nora has been curating a collection of her father’s never-published lyrics for the band for years. "Nora Guthrie thought her father would’ve got a kick out of us, would’ve liked us, that we were somewhat kindred spirits so to speak, which to us was a huge honour.” “The project has been a long time in the making," comments Dropkick Murphys founder Ken Casey. However, Dropkick Murphys have ditched their electric guitars, and claim "not a single amplifier was used to animate Woody’s words in these songs." Ahead of the album's release on September 30 via the band’s Dummy Luck Music /, they're sharing the first single from the project, 'Two 6's Upside Down', along with an accompanying music video, on July 6Īccording the album's description, the collection of 10 songs will bring Guthrie's lyrics – many of which date back to the '40s and '50s – into the present day. Dropkick Murphys are set to bring "Woody Guthrie's words to life" on their upcoming album, This Machine Still Kills Fascists, they've announced today.
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