Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA. 18th), right, joins Keith Quinn, son of L-154 Sec.-Treas. Dan Quinn, in a Steve Miller number.
Congressman plays guitar for members on Labor Day
WHEN LOCAL 154 (Pittsburgh) members say U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy rocks, they really mean it. Not only does the Republican representative (18th District) support many of the lodge’s issues — he even lends his musical talent to entertain its members.
That was the case Sep. 1, when Murphy strapped himself to a guitar at the lodge’s Labor Day celebration and strummed away with the band, “Pita.”
“Congressman Murphy joined the band for a Steve Miller number called ‘The Joker,’” said Dan Quinn, L-154 Sec.-Treas., whose son, Keith, is a member of the band. “The crowd loved it!” Quinn said. “They didn’t want him to quit.”
Quinn said over a thousand members and guests attended the Labor Day picnic, which attracted local and state officials as well as U.S. Rep. Murphy. Boilermakers and their guests marched together in the annual parade in Pittsburgh before returning to the union hall for lunch and entertainment.
