Dewey Finn and the Dunder Chief

I was not a cool teenager.

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By Jeff Cann

I was not a cool teenager. I entered junior high in 1974. An era when a person’s musical taste was a critical identifier. The bands you aligned with said a lot about who you were. As I left grade school, my alliances were lame. My favorite bands were the Beatles and the Beach Boys. By the mid-seventies, the Beach Boys were…