(Bumped up because of Jim's comment. - promoted by Brian)
Chances are you have seen the "Never Forget Chickenman" bumper stickers on cars and road signs all over the Greater Boston area. Chances are you didn't know that Chickenman was a Dedham resident, and that the stickers are being distributed by the punk band Dropkick Murphys. 
Chickenman was Gregory Riley, for whom the playground at Paul Park is named, who died a few years ago in a motorcycle accident. The band, who describe him as "one of the kindest, most generous and unselfish people we have ever had the pleasure of knowing," decided to have the stickers - and t-shirts - printed up both to remember him and to raise money for My Brother's Keeper, a charity Riley gave a lot of his time to. After you buy your sticker or shirt the band encourages you to put it up somewhere cool and take a picture of it. They are then putting up all the pictures on their website so "everyone will know you are not a cheap bastard and you contributed to a good cause." So far they have pictures up from around the world, including the Grand Canyon, Uhuru Peak in Tanzania (which the sign says is Africa's highest point), behind the White House, and at Athenry Castle, Ireland.
With friends and fans like that, it looks like no one will ever forget Chickenman. |
