Sailor Fred started his career in 1968 as a young man traveling the carnival circuit with his father, Sailor Barney Sr. This would continue until 1975. Their time traveling would be 7-9 months out of the year. During the winter months they would travel to FL or CA to warmer weather, sitting in as a guest artist in someone else’s shop or bootlegging anywhere that had enough light to see. During his first year out on the road in ’68 Sailor Barney Sr. and his boys spent the first couple of weeks tattooing with the Gene Simpson show. It was a small ragbag show. They worked for the King Reid Show and the Premier Show before hopping over to the OC Buck Shows. None of these carnival outfits exist today.
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AuthorSailor Fred is a renown American Tattoo Artist that started his career in 1968 Archives
November 2016
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