10/10/2023 0 Comments Rival 3While motorcycles are Tombstone's lifestyle, the SCCOC represents the culmination of his dream. If you don't have your freedom, you don't have anything.” “I think that's a bunch of shit,” he finally spits out. He'll crack jokes, update attendees on upcoming fundraisers, and even scold anyone who's too busy texting, talking or doing a crossword puzzle to pay attention.īut Tombstone is stuck right now on “Me and Bobby McGee,” Joplin's classic paean to life on the open road. Everyone from the Hells Angels and the Apache Devils (an all-Native American club) to Vagos, Mongols and more will politely sit in the biggest conference hall of an OC Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) building and hear Tombstone preach: about breaking news, about safety, about threats to their cause. In just a few hours, Tombstone-an officer with the Vagos MC, one of the most feared biker troupes in Southern California-will stand in front of hundreds of members of dozens of SoCal's biggest (and smallest) chopper clubs for the monthly SCCOC town hall. He looks across a nearly deserted parking lot in the central OC industrial park where his repair shop stands. For the past two hours, the Vietnam War vet has described what he says is the American government's campaign against the sovereignty of his brothers and rivals alike, as well as the importance of uniting against such tyranny. He's the 68-year-old founder and chairman of an organization created to improve the image and foster alliances among the Southland's myriad motorcycle groups, the Southern California Confederation of Clubs (a.k.a. “You know that Janis Joplin song where she says, 'Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose'?” asks Tombstone.
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