These are the unforgettable words of Mickey Gallagher who died of a heart problem in 2002. On Oct. 17th 2004, Finnigan's Wake had a benefit for Mickey Gallagher, where all his friends and relatives gathered in memory of him. To all those who knew Mickey, he was a vibrant and generous person who everybody loved. An alumni of Northeast Catholic HS who was the chairman of a group for organ donors.   He encouraged young people to become organ donors. He was also a roadie for local acts and bands in the area.

The benefit was a gathering of fun loving and warm people who share one thing... they lost someone special and that is Mickey. I had never felt such warm welcome in an Irish bar before, considering I had never met these people before.

There were two bands who played that night. One of them was Secret Service which is a two-man band. I was pretty impressed, all they had was the lead singer and the guitarist. No drummer, no bassist and they still had the crowd jumping and dancing to their tunes! Then I realized this band is pretty old when Dom (vocals) screamed, "Yeah, Class of 1979!!". Whoa! I wasn't even born then. I was not even conceived yet. But they rocked the place with 80's songs and also some 70's and 60's. I do know a lot of the songs they sang, for your information, so I was jamming with them too.