<P> His stage persona displayed a devilish grin, goggle glasses, a well - oiled goatee, and various band - aids applied to his cheeks and scalp . He wore a black Tuxedo coat over boxer shorts . He authored comic books and chapbooks including "Liquid Basketballs" and "Naked women Overthrow the Government Quarterly ." </P> <P> He released two albums in the early 1980s . From the One That Cut You, credited to Fred Lane & Ron Pate's Debonairs, was inspired by a somewhat illiterate threat note found in a 1952 Dodge Panel truck . Ron Pate's Debonairs was a big band that included noted Alabama - based free improvisers Davey Williams and LaDonna Smith, both performing under aliases . ("Ron' Pate," also a fictional name, refers to the word "' Pataphysics," which was coined by playwright Alfred Jarry .) Car Radio Jerome, credited to Fred Lane & the Hittite Hot - Shots, navigated his band through various hard - boiled fedora film noir scenarios, and was especially noted for the memorable parody of a children's nursery song, "The French Toast Man". </P> <P> Reed left the music industry in the late 1980s to devote his career to mobile sculptures . </P>

Fred lane from the one that cut you