I caught the Dogmatics once or twice in the mid-1980s in Washington D.C., marveling at the barreling energy and loud grins that they brought with them down I-95 from Boston. Guitarist/singers Jerry Lehane and Peter O’Halloran, bassist Paul O’Halloran, and drummer Tom Long played rock and roll that threatened to fall apart with each measure, rollicking, good-natured, broken-string slop that wasn’t absent of hooks, craft, or sentiment. The guys were fun, and droll as hell in their songs and onstag...