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Fred Whelan Outlaw
Tattoo
I have lived in Bemidji most of
my life and have been involved in some sort of art all
my life. I attended "The School of
Associated Arts" in St. Paul, Minnesota in
1969 and 1970, for commercial and fine arts. It didn't
take me long to get bored with that, so I took a
different direction in life.
I started playing music and ended up
doing that for about 21 years. I was a lead singer and
guitar player, and covered most the country traveling
with my road bands. I've been tattooing now for almost 20
years, and building custom Harleys for about the same,
or more.
It gets to be a rat race at times
because both businesses can be rather demanding, and
very time-consuming. I had my own tattoo shop, "Outlaw
Tattoo," which I strived to maintain a good
reputation, which is hard to do, in this competitive,
cut-throat business. I always had more business than I
could usually handle, and I have tattooed people from
all over the world, and in all walks of life.
I have tattooed almost everything, and
on every part of the body, so nothing surprises me
anymore. I started tattooing here at "Body
Matrix," for several years now, and so far,
I have enjoyed the environment very much. I think we
have a very good team here, and people should be
relaxed, knowing that a good job will be done, whether
they are getting a tattoo, or getting pierced.
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