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March 6, 2026

Bootleg Whiskey and Opera Songs: The Prohibition-Era Adventures of Perry Murphy

Bootleg Whiskey and Opera Songs: The Prohibition-Era Adventures of Perry Murphy

Grandpa Perry Murphy, circa 1927, Chicago, IL. Grandpa Perry modified his tugboat in Erie Pa at the begining of Prohibition. By the peak of Prohibition he made a run from Erie Pa. To LongPoint Ontario, Canada for Top-Shelf Canadian Whiskey, gave Grandma all the money and went to Chicago for a year to convert Al Capones’ tugboats. While there he sang with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as an Irish Tenor

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