Fred Imus
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Fred Imus | |
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| Born | Frederic Moore Imus |
| Occupation(s) | Radio talk show host, songwriter |
Frederic Wayne Imus is an American radio talk show host and the younger brother of radio talk show host Don Imus. Currently he hosts Trailer Park Bash, a weekly country music program launched on May 6, 2006, on Saturdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET on Sirius XM Radio's Outlaw Country channel. His sidekick is former western actor Don Collier. Imus broadcasts his show from his trailer in Tucson, Arizona. He frequently appears as a regular guest on his brother's Imus in the Morning.
Career
Imus served in the United States Army, restored cars, especially 1957 Chevys, and worked as a brakeman for the Southern Pacific Railroad. While with Southern Pacific, he met fellow brakeman Phil Sweet, and in 1976 the two wrote the No. 1 country hit for Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius, “I Don’t Want to Have to Marry You,” which was also voted “Song of the Year” by Music City News in 1977. Imus has been an on-air host at country music stations in Cleveland, Ohio, Cheyenne, Wyoming and El Paso, Texas, among others.[1]
Because of his love of classic cars, Fred opened his own auto body shop in El Paso, Texas and with the idea from his brother Don Imus, he also sold a few shirts and hats out of his body shop with a simple mention from Don on his radio show.[2] The store was called the Autobody Express, co-owned by Don and Fred. The Autobody Express was later moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Later on they had a store inside the Mohegan Sun Native American Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. In 2003, the company failed and both stores closed.
Death
Fred Imus was found dead at his home in Tucson, Arizona.
Books
- Don Imus and Fred Imus, Two Guys Four Corners: Great Photographs, Great Times, and a Million Laughs. Villard, 1997. (ISBN 0-679-45307-5).
- Fred Imus and Mike Lupica, The Fred Book. Doubleday, 1998. (ISBN 0-385-47652-3).
References and notes
- ^ "Fred Imus joins Van Zandt's outlaw country channel on Sirius Satellite Radio". Renegade Nation. 2006-04-20.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Jim Reed (1999), Everything Imus: all you ever wanted to know about Don Imus, Birch Lane Press, pp. 65-66, (ISBN 1-55972-504-4).
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