A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man (58 page)

Set,
305

“Shakin’ the World,”
199

“She Might Look My Way,”
193
–94,
204

Singer Not the Song,
195
,
197

“Take Me Home and Make Me Like It,”
183
–86,
195

“Tennis Bum,”
220

“Thing for You,”
283
,
287

“The Walking Dead,”
183
,
184

“Waltz Across Texas,”
238
–39

“Windows Hotel,”
194
,
204

with Yard Dogs,
219

see also
Big Star; Box Tops

Chilton, Cecelia (sister of Alex),
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–89,
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birth of,
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Reid’s death and,
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Chilton, Charles (son of John Marshall),
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–8

Chilton, Charles (son of Thomas),
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Chilton, Harrison Randolph (great-grandfather of Alex),
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Chilton, Harrison Randolph “Jack” (uncle of Alex),
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Chilton, Howard Sidney (grandfather of Alex),
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–10

Chilton, Howard Sidney “Sidney,” Jr. (father of Alex),
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Alex’s Box Tops deal and,
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Alex’s seizure and,
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Brown and,
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death of,
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guitar and lesson with Manker given to Alex by,
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,
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Harbert house of,
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heart disease of,
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in lighting business,
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,
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Lindamood and,
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Mary Evelyn’s meeting of,
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in Memphis,
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–17

in Midtown Memphis,
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–26

as musician,
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in New York,
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as parent,
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–24,
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progressiveness of,
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Reid’s death and,
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–22

salons and soirees of,
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in World War II,
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Chilton, Howard Sidney, III (brother of Alex),
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birth of,
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death of,
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,
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Chilton, Jack,
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Chilton, John (emigrated to America in 1660),
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Chilton, John (Honorable),
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Chilton, John (Sir),
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Chilton, John (son of Thomas),
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Chilton, John, II,
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–6

Chilton, John Marshall,
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Chilton, Kate “Daughter,”
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–10,
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Chilton, Laura Kersting (second wife of Alex),
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Chilton, Mary Evelyn Reid (mother of Alex),
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–59,
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Aldridge and,
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Alex’s police beating and,
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Alex’s seizure and,
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birth of,
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death of,
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–89

Ellis and,
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gallery of,
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–19,
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Harbert house of,
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Lindamood and,
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in Memphis,
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in Midtown Memphis,
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–26

in New York City,
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as parent,
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–24,
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progressiveness of,
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Reid’s death and,
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–22,
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salons and soirees of,
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–23,
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Sidney’s meeting of,
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Chilton, Reid Magruder (brother of Alex),
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–17,
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birth of,
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brain injury of,
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death of,
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–17,
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,
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in school,
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–16

Chilton, Robert Hall,
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Chilton, Robert Lee,
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Chilton, Sarah Norton,
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Chilton, Susan Brooke Greene “Suzi” (first wife of Alex),
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–57,
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Alex’s separation and divorce from,
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Alex’s marriage to,
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pregnancy of,
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suicide of,
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Chilton, Sydney Norton,
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Chilton, Thomas (son of John II),
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Chilton, Thomas (son of Thomas),
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Chilton, Timothee Alexander (son of Alex),
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–82,
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birth of,
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Chilton, William,
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Chrisman, Gene,
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Christgau, Robert,
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–200,
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Christie, Lou,
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Christmas Past,
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Cinemabilia,
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City Paper,
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Civil War,
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Clambake,
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Clapton, Eric,
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Clark, Dick,
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Clark, Rick,
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–86

Clash,
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–61

Clayton-Thomas, David,
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Clifton, Gail Elise,
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–20,
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Clifton, Marcia,
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Clinton Riot,
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Cloud, Harold,
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Coasters,
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Coca-Cola,
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Cochran, Eddie,
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Cogbill, Tommy,
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Cohen, Mitchell,
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Cold of the Morning, The,
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Collins, Mick,
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Columbia Records,
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–52,
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Coman, Rene,
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–65,
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–75,
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–84,
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Commercial Appeal,
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Cooder, Ry,
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Copeland, Miles,
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Copeland, Randy,
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Copland, Aaron,
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Corbijn, Anton,
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Cossacks,
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Costello, Elvis,
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Counting Crows,
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–99

Country Rockers,
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Cowan, Frederick,
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Cox, Candy,
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Cramer, Floyd,
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Cramps,
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Cray, Colonel,
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Creem,
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Crews, Don,
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Crime and Punishment
(Dostoyevsky),
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Cropper, Steve,
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–31,
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Crowe, Cameron,
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Cubist Blues,
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Cunningham, B.B.,
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Cunningham, Bill,
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in the Jynx,
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Cunningham, Buddy,
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Cunningham, Skip,
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Cutting Edge, The,
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Danceteria,
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–42,
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Dando, John,
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–47,
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–57,
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“Dark End of the Street,”
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Daugherty, Jay Dee,
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Davies, Ray,
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Davis, Clive,
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Davis, Jefferson,
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Davis, Johnny,
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Davis, Watson,
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Dawson, Walter,
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dB’s,
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–64,
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Dead Boys,
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Dean, Jerry,
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“Dear Alex,”
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“Death Cab for Cutie,”
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DeNicola, Drew,
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Densmore, John,
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–54,
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desegregation,
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DeShannon, Jackie,
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Destruction,
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Devilles,
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renamed the Box Tops,
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Devo,
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Diamond, Neil,
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Dickinson, Jim,
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Dickinson, Mary Lindsay,
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Diddley, Bo,
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Different Light,
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DiMartino, Dave,
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Dingwalls,
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Discophonic Scene, The,
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Disc-O-Teen,
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Dixie Flyer,
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Dixie Flyers,
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Dixie Fried,
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Dixon, Willie,
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Doctors Without Borders,
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Dodge, Candy,
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Dolby Fuckers,
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–32,
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Doors,
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,
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Dowd, Tom,
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Dream Syndicate,
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Duckworth, Jim,
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–47,
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–50,
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Dudes,
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Dumptruck,
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Dunn, Donald “Duck,”
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