1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Jersey and Amanda gam Nation It's a sad day. 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 2: Yesterday were to a funeral for a friend, a friend 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 2: of our show, Ron Keed, who passed away unexpectedly. For me, 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 2: Ron became a good friend. He was fantastic at restoring motorcycles. 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 2: And whenever I looked down and list is that, they 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 2: said in the eulogy, A lot of you guys here 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 2: today have had motorcycles painted by Ron Keith. So whenever 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 2: you look down at your petrol tanker, your motorbike, you'll 9 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 2: think of Ron. And you know Mahali with the flames 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: on the tank, he did that, and that old Suzuki 11 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:33,959 Speaker 2: I've got. He restored that for. 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,919 Speaker 1: Me that you met him through here through Here. 13 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 2: Two thousand and six, the Rolling Stones were celebrating their 14 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 2: fiftieth anniversary and we thought, well, why don't we do this. 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 2: We'll put together our own Rolling Stones and the only 16 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 2: requirement was that they have to be of similar age 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 2: and have the same name. So we got a Mick, 18 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 2: a Ron, a Charlie and a Keith put them all together. 19 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 2: They had no musical ability, they had a little bit. 20 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: Of miss mix musical ability. 21 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 2: So what we did was got people to train them, 22 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 2: and then on a day I think around this time 23 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 2: of year, back in two thousand and six, we got 24 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 2: them to perform start Me Up at Circular Key. Look 25 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: your shops, You start me up, You start me Up. 26 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: They had all the energy in the world and Ronnie 27 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: was on the mouth orbit, which I know the Rolling 28 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: Stones don't have. 29 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 2: But the boys said, well, and I think Early Morning 30 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 2: Communis appreciated their their chops. So it was sad that 31 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 2: Ron passed away. But I just mentioned before about the 32 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: uniqueness of yesterday. So after a funeral, you see everyone 33 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: and you sort of process that, and I appreciated our age. 34 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:55,559 Speaker 2: At fifty five, you start to more people are dropping 35 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 2: off the twig. And I didn't expect, as I was 36 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: processing Ron's passing and what Ron meant to me, that 37 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 2: I'd get a call from you. And I've never had 38 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 2: this before. Another friend of ours, Diet I got a call. 39 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: From Andrew Denton yesterday to say that our fabulous executive 40 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,239 Speaker 1: producer from our radio show, The Denton Show Triple M 41 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 1: all those years ago, Richard Mortlocke Crusty as he was known, 42 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: had passed away. 43 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 2: He gave him the nickname Gray Morning. 44 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: He had he was a true maverick. He would at 45 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: four in the morning he would turn up in a 46 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 1: seersucker suit in his cowboy boots. He or a checked 47 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: suit in his cowboy boots. He changed for no one. 48 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: He was his true to himself, no matter what job 49 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: he was in. He had been a Sixty Minutes producer, 50 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: but he was so instrumental in everything that was great 51 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: about that show. And he had long, curly hair that 52 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: came out. Besides, I remember once seeing him come across 53 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 1: the street and as he looks like Krusty the clown. 54 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: Therefore he was known after that as Krusty, but he was, 55 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: as I said, a true maverick. One of the funny 56 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: moments I remembered with him was you, I think you 57 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: know this story too, Brendan. We had a thing, a 58 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: tape linehere people could phone in and leave messages. It 59 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: was at the roomor me, and we recorded a message 60 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: saying hello, thank you for calling, Please leave your message. 61 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: And every morning, this is how old the technology was, 62 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: he had to go and retrieve the messages from the cassette, 63 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 1: and something had stuffed up with the cassette and he 64 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: was pressing all the buttons and swearing his head off, 65 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: and then someone alluded us to you might want to 66 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: check your message. All he'd done was record himself, so 67 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: everyone that called up all they got was him swearing. 68 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: But he was absolutely a giant character, one of a kind. 69 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: I've known his wife, Marian also for years, his two daughters. 70 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: I know he's a grandfather. Now those are the pivots, 71 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: those are the main pivotal loves of his life. He 72 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: loved fishing as well. But what an absolute character. And 73 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: I was shocked and so sadened to hear that he'd 74 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: passed away yesterday, And to hear. 75 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 2: That news just when you're processing at a funeral, and 76 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: then to hear more news, you just think, oh my god. 77 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, So be grateful for your friendships. I was proud 78 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: to have shared that time with him, and thinking of 79 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: his family, and thinking of Ron's family too. 80 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 2: Ron Key Richard Mortlock, you're a fantastic man.