New state-of-the-art speakers had been hung from the Wells Fargo Center rafters just the week before, the latest of the additions and alterations to the 22-year-old building over the last few years. But this music traced back to a scratchier time, when Kate Smith performed live for Flyers fans, their secret weapon used to fend off challenges to their supremacy.
The source, detected after turning a bend of the revamped mezzanine last week, came from a construction worker's boombox. A smile on his face, a bandana around his scalp, the owner was singing along with Kate, his rendition more enthusiastic than recordable.