John Dugan

Some years ago a song was popular in the vaudeville houses.

It recounted the achievement of a certain John Dugan.

And after each stanza the chorus broke in with an incredulous exclamation, What? Little Johnny Dugan? Little Johnny Dugan, that little fellow who used to be around here, you don't mean to tell me that he's been nominated for governor, or elected president of a bank, or called to the pastorate of a great church? Not our little Johnny Dugan.

It can't be.

Some years ago, a song was popular in the vaudeville houses.

It recounted the achievement of a certain John Dugan, and after each stanza, the chorus broke in with an incredulous exclamation, "What? Little Johnny Dugan? Little Johnny Dugan, that little fellow who used to be around here? You don't mean to tell me that he's been nominated for governor, or elected president of a bank, or called to the pastorate of a great church? Not our little Johnny Dugan.

It can't be.

Why, we knew him when..." The song reflected accurately the attitude of too many hometowns toward their boys.

In the Los Angeles Times, Mike Bohm wrote, this eases back on a throttle a bit from their previous album, giving more emphasis to the country music roots that have marked the band's work since their mid-1980s, but also noted that the lyrics were just as biting as earlier, saying, the songs are full of images of a culture out of whack, numbed by drugs and the desire for consumer commodities, subject to authoritarian control and ravaged by violence.

John Dugan of AllMusic called The Curse of the Mekons the second best Mekons album after 1989's The Mekons Rock and Roll.

Writing the album was heady stuff and not at all happy, but remarkably assured and very rewarding.

In 2014, Timothy and Elizabeth Bracey of music website Stereogum called the album Brilliant Roots Rock with an Authoritative Swagger and listed two songs from the album, The Curse and Waltz, among their top 10 Mekon songs of all time.

He was just 5'7", and young-looking, far from the stereotype of a polished Marine officer.

Said John Dugan, a Marine who served in Travis's union, he looked like a goofy 17-year-old, and he liked to party.

Dugan, who grew up on Long Island and enlisted after the September 11th attacks, said Travis was patient with all his men, including the hard cases.

He took on all his men's pluses and minuses and didn't make them feel bad about themselves, he said.

The fire continued for some time on both sides, and I was confident that such a remote method of attack could not carry the ground, provided it should be continued till night.

But near half the body of the enemy began to flank round to my right, upon which I ordered a volunteer by the name of John Dugan, who had lived many years in Canada and understood the French language, to detach about fifty of the Canadians and post himself at an advantageous ditch, which was on my right, to prevent my being surrounded.

He advanced with the detachment, but instead of occupying the post, made his escape, as did likewise Mr.

Young upon the left, with their detachments.