Tessie by Dropkick Murphys

Tessie, a 2004 EP from Quincy, Massachusetts Celtic punks Dropkick Murphys, is built around the band's take on "Tessie", the official anthem of the Boston Red Sox and a tribute to the Red Sox fan club the Royal Rooters. It comes in two flavors here, a full-throated band version and an Old Timey Baseball Organ Version, and the song became the band's first mainstream hit.

The rest is a grab bag for collectors. "The Burden", recorded live on WBCN, and that organ take appear nowhere else; "Fields of Athenry" had already turned up on Blackout; "Nutty", the tune most closely tied to the Boston Bruins hockey team, later landed on the rarities set Singles Collection, Volume 2. "Tessie" itself resurfaced as a bonus track on The Warrior's Code, which also carries a studio version of "The Burden", and the enhanced CD tucks in the "Tessie" video.

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