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9420 Wogan Terrace

9420 Wogan Terrace
[1983]
Words and music by Bob Lusk

"9420 Wogan Terrace was the address of the house I grew up in. I was born in 1947 and was 13 years old in 1960. When I was 16 I was sent to a southern Baptist military academy where I watched training films about a place called Vietnam. When I was 18 I was denied conscientious objector status, drafted against my will and given orders to go to Vietnam. To make a long story short I refused to go and was court martialed, serving 6 months in the Fort Dix stockade. I was then sent to Germany where I was active in the anti-war movement in the military, served out the remainder of my time and received an honorable discharge.
Some years later I put some thoughts down in a tone poem/song, which I updated for today. It's rather narcissistic and self-involved but every once in a while I sing it as a present to myself." Bob Lusk.
My father, talked to the man who worked the tugboats
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2009/1/26 - 15:27

Fort Dix Stockade

[1980]
Words: Bob Lusk
Tune: Columbus Stockade

"I was in the Fort Dix, New Jersey, Stockade from September 1967 to February 1968 because I refused to serve in Vietnam. I wrote this song in 1980 when I was playing with the Irish Bluegrass group 'The Green Ridge Boys'. The original stockade has now been demolished." Bob Lusk
Over there, in Fort Dix. New Jersey
(Continues)
Contributed by Alessandro 2009/1/26 - 15:22




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