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4 unusual facts about John Duncan


John Duncan, Sr.

In the late 1970s, Duncan engaged in a protracted legislative struggle with environmentalists over the Tennessee Valley Authority's construction of Tellico Dam, on the Little Tennessee River, in Duncan's district.

Another contentious issue erupted in the Summer of 1960, when several black students from Knoxville College initiated a series of sit-ins to protest segregation at downtown-area lunch counters.

Snail darter controversy

Two members of Congress from Tennessee quickly became critical to the Tellico story: Congressman John Duncan, Sr., whose district included Tellico, and Senator Howard Baker.

Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill

Determined to have the Tellico Dam completed, Senator Baker and Representative John Duncan, Sr. rejected the economic analysis and attached a rider into the Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act in July 1979 directing TVA to complete the construction of the Tellico Dam.


Club Moral

Acts that have performed at Club Moral have included Boyd Rice (NON), Michael Moynihan (Coup De Grace), Slave State, Whitehouse, Trevor Brown, Clair Obscur, John Duncan, and many, many more.

Fragment Factory

FRAG20 John Duncan / Michael Esposito / Z'EV - There Must Be A Way Across This River / The Abject LP (Aug 2011)

Janene Higgins

In addition to video performance, she has directed several short experimental works, often with sound design by notable avant-garde artists including Sharp, Parkins, Christian Marclay and John Duncan.

Los Angeles Free Music Society

LAFMS groups that performed over the weekend included Airway, Smegma, John Duncan, Extended Organ (with David Toop sitting in), Tom Recchion, Le Forte Four, The Tenses, and Dinosaurs With Horns, with special guest performances by Hijokaidan, Incapacitants, Morphogenesis, Mark Durgan with Spoils & Relics, Raionbashi & Kutzkelina, and Bill Kouligas + Joseph Hammer.


see also

John Duncan Lowe

John Duncan Lowe CB (1948–98), lawyer, was a former Crown Agent for Scotland and Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin.

John Snedden

John Duncan Snedden (born 3 February 1942 in Bonnybridge, Scotland), is a Scottish footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League.