Fred Cole in WEEDEN:, 1 What Are You Gonna Do

Weeden is the name assumed by The Lollipop Shoppe after returning from Los Angeles to Portland, OR, in late 1968. They dropped the unwanted name and image contrived by a Hollywood manager, and started over as Weeden, doing all original songs written by singer Fred Cole and guitarist Steve Koski. In this short period of just a few months, the band created some rarely heard music, both acoustic (never performed) and electric, fullon with 3 guitars, bass and drums and Freds soulful vocals. What Are You Gonna Do is the first in a series of videos featuring these rare songs, that the band only performed in a few concert, dances in the Portland area. They have been archived from old tapes by Steve for a personal compilationWeeden : Lost Chapter. Presented here in memory of the late Fred Cole, for anyone who may have missed this chapter of his creative musical career.