Were going to the Northern Territory towing a caravan and want an 80 channel UHF radio to keep in touch with trucks and road conditions. Weve been dissuaded f. Meredith Music Festival 2. Two thirds of the legendary Dead Moon. If you only read one of these, read this one. Little White Lie Movie Dvd Quality. Much of it is lifted from this article, this one, and one I cant find again nowFred Cole was born 2. August, 1. 94. 8 in Nevada. Hell be 6. 8 at Meredith. When he was just 1. Ike and Tina Turner Revue at a concert hall in his town. Yy4eYXm0F8/UocnxIf3vcI/AAAAAAAAGZI/6ajtCI4K9KE/s1600/Screen+Shot+2013-11-16+at+08.07.15.png' alt='Ipod Nullarbor 2010' title='Ipod Nullarbor 2010' />She is electricity. She is religion. She is drugs. She is everything. Theres only about 2. Cole got kicked out of school four days into his junior year. Hed just seen the Beatles live in Vegas and decided to grow his hair out long. The principal of his high school gave him an ultimatum cut your hair or else. LARRY and Lynette Eastmans partnership of longevity and success has been lauded with an honour money cant buy, a Harness Racing Australia Meritorious Award. Online payment facility Other Payment Options Home Businesses, Agents and Trade Professionals Cargo support, trade and goods Paying invoices to the. Pod. Which freaks and stars and pioneers and lifers and islands and zeniths and queenpins, kingpins, legends, upstarts, natural resources, cultural barometers, archetypes. Coles response was not surprising. I said, Fuck you, Im outta here. By 1. Deep Soul Cole, The White Stevie Wonder with an all black rhythm and blues band. By 1. 6 he was already a garage band veteran, with a career in Las Vegas with his band, the Lords, at the Teenbeat Club, and a single titled Aint Got No Self Respect. Sometimes he would make his entrance from the back of the hall, walking on the tops of seats and over heads toward the microphone while the band blasted away onstage. He learned how to play strip clubs, how to get arrested, how to escape a girlfriends angry father by jumping out of a second floor window. In 1. 96. 6 his band The Weeds gained notice in garage rock circles. The band was promised an opening slot on a Yardbirds bill at the Fillmore in San Francisco, but on their arrival found that the venue hadnt heard of them. Angry at management and fearing the military draft, the band decided to head up to Canada, but ran out of gas in Portland, Oregon. He was about to meet the love of his life. Toody Freds band at the time, The Weeds, were on their way from Las Vegas going up to Canada to avoid the draft notices they had all received. They ended up in Portland with not enough left for even gas money. After asking around on the street if there was a club they could play, they were referred to The Folksingers, a small coffeehouse upstairs on the block behind the Crystal Ballroom. They auditioned for the owner, Whitey Davis, and instantly became the house band. I volunteered there, helping with cleaning, et cetera, to keep the health inspectors off Whiteys back and to keep our favourite haunt open. This was October 1. I was still 1. 7 until the end of the year, and Fred was just 1. At the beginning of 1. Crystal. Cole and Toody soon fell in love and were married in 1. The Weeds manager insisted they keep the marriage secret. They didnt even tell Freds then bandmates about their wedding getting married wasnt quite the thing to do during the Summer of Love. The Weeds changed their name to The Lollipop Shoppe. They played in a golden era of music, when being part of the counterculture was considered dangerously subversive. They played with The Doors, Neil Young, Janis Joplin who told Cole Damn I wish I could sing like you, Buffalo Springfield, Love and other greats before dissolving in 1. Their psych rock garage singles from this era are now collectors items. Fred was living the dream. Then in 1. 97. 0, as the Vietnam War raged, he was conscripted into the Army while on tour. He and Toody took their two small children to the snowfields of Yukon in Canada to live off the land in a tent and dodge the draft. After a brief visit to the US, the Coles were denied access back into Canada. They returned to Portland where Fred built them a house out of scrap, recycled materials and found objects. Despite a burgeoning career, a primal love of rock music and a rare talent for it, he gave up being in a band to focus on raising a family. With three small children Amanda, Weeden and Shane the Coles opened a music store in Portland called Captain Whizeagles, which served as a hangout for start up bands or kids in need of music advice or generous credit. After some years, Fred formed the Zeppelin esque Zipper in 1. They achieve some success they played with The Ramones. Then in the late 7. Fred urged Toody to learn the bass. Despite being a mother of three in her late 3. They formed The Rats in 1. Then a cowpunk band the Western Front in 1. By 1. 98. 6, they had grown sick of what punk had become, and formed a country ish band. Tiring of that, they decided to start something a little more powerfulIn 1. Fred convinced Portland bartender Andrew Loomis to drum for their new band, Dead Moon. If you dont know Dead Moon, its hard to explain what they mean. They have a hallowed place in rocks history. They are the most legendary of the legendary, the ultimate committed lifer rock band. The 2. 00. 6 surprise hit documentary Unknown Passage chronicles their story, with everything done on their own terms, DIY, only ever staying one gig ahead of a day job. For nearly 2. 0 years, Dead Moon aggressively toured the United States and Europe while writing, recording and releasing a new full length album every one to three years. In 2. 00. 2, they played the very first night of the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatres life after the festival moved a mile up the road. This photo is of Fred and Toody on that night. Dead Moon used an empty bottle of Jack Daniels as a candleholder each night and played for as long as the candle burned. Fred and Toody started Tombstone Records Music too tough to die in 1. Tombstone would release most of Dead Moons discography. Fred cut the masters on the vintage mono lathe that Toody gave him for his 3. Kingsmens Louie, Louie. Fred has a tattoo of the Dead Moon logo on the right side of his face. Toody has a slightly different version on her right arm. They got the tattoos in 1. Cole is whats known in rock n roll circles as a lifer a living, breathing, chain smoking, whiskey drinking relic of an American art forms past, present and future. Dont waste your thoughts on failure, thats a nowhere scene. Go for what you want the most, its the only way youre free. Let It Rain, Pierced Arrows. Dead Moon broke up after a particularly gruelling European tour in 2. The break up would last 8 years. In 2. 01. 4 they began playing select reunion shows in Europe and the United States. Then, Fred needed emergency open heart surgery for blocked arteries. The surgery was successful. Andrew Loomis died on March 8, 2. Despite Dead Moon being 2. Fred and Toody vowed there would be no Dead Moon without Andrew. These days, Dead Moons songs are covered by the likes of Pearl Jam, Cat Power and Black Lips. Keeping the flame burning. This year, Fred and Toody celebrated their anniversary like they always do they locked the door, unplugged the phone, uncorked a bottle of champagne and had dinner in bed while watching movies. Fred did the cooking on his George Foreman grill steak, asparagus, potatoes and crab meat. To be sure, Toody is the only thing Fred has ever loved more than rock n roll. Their cult is small, but it is fanatic. It includes people like Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl. And as long as theyre out there and as long as Toody is plugged in right beside him Cole will keep playing. There is no end in sight, save one. Once I play the moon and Im a hundred years old, then yeah, he says, sucking a cigarette down to the filter, Im outta here. Fred and Toody ran the Portland marathon last year, smoking cigarettes at both the start and finish lines. Now a duo, grandparents of four, legends, lifers and lovers, Fred and Toody Cole keep on rockin, in their stripped down but no less intense duo Fred Toody, they perform unplugged versions of their earlier songs from bands, The Rats, Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows, as well as newer unrecorded material. What a life. Its our honour to welcome them back to Meredith. Peaches. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Sheila E. Angel Olsen. Bad. Bad. Not. Good. The Triffids. Kelela. Ben UFO. Japandroids. The Congos. Baroness. Archie Roach. Jagwar Ma. Mount Liberation Unlimited. Fred Toody Cole. Chiara Kickdrum. Cass Mc. Combs. The Goon Sax.