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After his uncle returned from a trip to the U.S. But most of his time was spent watching American Westerns and riding ponies pretending he was Will Rogers. Known as вЂњDecвЂќ or вЂњDecoвЂќ from childhood, he attended boarding school at Rockwell and attended University College in Dublin. John Declan Mulligan was born April 8, 1938, in Fethard, Tipperary County, and raised in a house built by his grandfather. So do the neighbors and customers at Comforts, the San Anselmo cafe where he stopped on his way to work for coffee and a half-hour chat.

He retired four years ago, and clients still ask about him. He even wrote songs that he played for the staff. вЂњJohn just made it so wonderful and entertaining for the clients.вЂќДЄround the Cedars campus and among the Ross neighbors, Mulligan was known for his blarney, with a joke and a laugh for everyone. вЂњIt was just one big glorious event with people singing and banging on drums,вЂќ said Susan Francis, a community connections instructor at Cedars.

Favorites included вЂњYellow SubmarineвЂќ and вЂњShe Loves YouвЂќ by the Beatles, and вЂњEdelweissвЂќ from вЂњThe Sound of Music.вЂќ

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Mulligan, known there by the first name John and in the music scene as Dec, started as a driver for the medical department and then moved to the Community Connections Program, which involved taking clients on field trips.Д®very week for nearly 20 years, Mulligan took clients to a music studio in Novato where heвЂ™d teach them to drum and sing while he played guitar or piano - and led the vocals.

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He was still performing until five years ago, when he suffered a fall and lost the use of his left arm.ДЄll the while he worked full time as a counselor and music teacher for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities at Cedars of Marin, a nonprofit in Ross. вЂњDeclan was a good man and more mature than the rest of us,вЂќ said Valentino, who played later with Mulligan at both the Abbey Tavern and Shannon Arms, classic Irish bars on San FranciscoвЂ™s west side. Mulligan went back to Ireland but returned to front a variety of bands he formed - the Samuele Peeps, Black Velvet Band, Mulligan Stew and the Californians, which toured England and Ireland, according to his wife. But he had ambition to be a lead singer, an avenue that wasnвЂ™t open to him in the Brummels, which was led by songwriter Ron Elliott and lead singer Sal Valentino. вЂњHe brought a new enthusiasm that you didnвЂ™t normally find in American rock вЂ™nвЂ™ roll at that time,вЂќ Palao said. He was a major presence in concert, adding dance licks and stage moves that ramped up the excitement.

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вЂњLaugh, LaughвЂќ was a top 20 single, and вЂњJust a LittleвЂќ cracked the top 10.

They were the first American band to respond to the British invasion with innovation rather than imitation.вЂќ вЂњBut the Brummels were ahead of all the others. вЂњPeople give bands like the Byrds and the LovinвЂ™ Spoonful credit for adapting the British influence into an American theme,вЂќ said Alec Palao, a British reissue producer and archivist living in El Cerrito.

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He suffered from ParkinsonвЂ™s disease and had a series of strokes. 2 at his home in Petaluma, said his wife, Tanya Mulligan. Various iterations of the band, with Mulligan out front, were regulars at the Abbey Tavern in San Francisco. A reunion album, вЂњBeau Brummels,вЂќ was released in 1975 with Mulligan playing a larger role on guitar and vocals. The Brummels faded fast but resurfaced in the mid-1970s with Mulligan back in the act. Mulligan lasted less than a year with the Beau Brummels, but that included a second hit single, вЂњJust a Little,вЂќ an album, вЂњIntroducing the Beau Brummels,вЂќ and TV performances on Dick ClarkвЂ™s вЂњWhere the Action Is,вЂќ вЂњShindig!вЂќ and вЂњHulabaloo.вЂќ In the highest form of flattery, Mulligan and his mates were depicted as the Beau Brummelstones in the Flintstones episode вЂњShinrock a Go-Go.вЂќ

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