music that's part of greg murphy murphy's life. >> i've probably done it 300 times. >> reporter: mostf the times taps in funerals. but recently on "shades of blue" playing the bugler. >> i saw a call that said looking for someone who owns a bugle. i said, i own a bugle. >> reporter: it's a journey that began at a funeral about 16 years ago. >> after they got done folding the flag, they turned around and pushed a button on a boom box and flayed "taps" for him on "boom box. i realized then it was time for me to start learning the horn again. >> reporter: the funeral was for his father, so striking because he was a bugler, too. >> this is him at officers training school just prior to world war ii. >> reporter: do you remember him going to play at funerals? >> oh, absolutely. i used to go to some of them. >> reporter: murphy knows the power of what he plays. >> there's time that i'll get done, get back in my car, and all of a sudden you get a little emotional. >> reporter: sometimes it's personal. >> roughest one i ever did, though, was the best man at my wedding. >> reporter: that was on