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  • Kinky Friedman

  • 64 / Male
  • Medina, Texas, US
  • Last Login: 7/20/2009

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Details

  • Status: Single
  • Here for: Friends
  • Hometown: Medina, TX
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Religion: Jewish
  • Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
  • Smoke / Drink: Yes / Yes
  • Education: Grad / professional school
  • Occupation: Texas Governor Democratic Candidate

Interests

  • Music

    Kinky Friedman's Music Chronology Albums Live from Austin, TX Label: New West Released: 7/10/07 More Info The Last of the Jewish Cowboys: The Best of Kinky Friedman Label: Shout! Factory Released: 9/5/06 More Info They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore Label: Bear Family Released: 10/4/05 More Info Mayhem Aforethought Label: Sphincter Released: 6/14/05 More Info Sold American [30th Anniversary Edition] Label: Vanguard Released: 9/9/03 More Info Classic Snatches from Europe Label: Sphincter Released: 7/22/03 More Info From One Good American to Another Label: Fruit Of The Tune Music Released: 10/1/95 More Info Old Testaments & New Revelations Label: Fruit Of The Tune Music Released: 1/1/92 More Info Under the Double Ego Label: Sphincter Records Released: 1/1/83 More Info Lasso from El Paso Label: Varese Vintage Released: 1/1/76 More Info Kinky Friedman Label: Varese Vintage Released: 1/1/74 More Info Sold American Label: Released: 1/1/73 More Info Videos Live from Austin, TX [DVD] Label: New West Released: 7/10/07 More Info Proud to Be an A**hole from El Paso [Video/DVD] Label: Kultur Video Released: 1/28/03 More Info
  • Movies

    Kinky Friedmans Musical Bibliography! Who else could have written a country song about the Holocaust ("Ride 'Em Jewboy" about a human being kept in a cage as part of a circus ["Wild Man From Borneo"])? Outrageous and irreverent but nearly always thought-provoking, Kinky Friedman wrote and performed satirical country songs during the 1970s and has been hailed the Frank Zappa of country music. The son of a University of Texas professor who raised his children on the family ranch, Rio Duckworth, he was born Richard F. Friedman. He studied psychology in Texas and founded his first band while there. However, King Arthur & the Carrots -- a group that poked fun at surf music -- recorded only one single, in 1966. After graduation, Friedman served three years in the Peace Corps; he was stationed in Borneo, where he worked as an agricultural extension worker. By 1971 he had founded his second band, Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys. In keeping with the group's satirical songs, each member had a deliberately politically incorrect name: they called themselves Little Jewford, Big Nig, Panama Red, Rainbow Colors, and Snakebite Jacobs. Friedman got his break in 1973 thanks to Commander Cody, who contacted Vanguard Music on behalf of the acerbic young performer. That was the year he and his group made their debut album, Sold American, featuring John Hartford and Tompall Glaser. The title track, a bitter tale of a forgotten country singer dying an alcoholic death, barely made it onto the charts, but Friedman did attract enough attention to be invited to the Grand Ole Opry. In 1974, he recorded an eponymously titled album for ABC Records. Produced by Los Angeles pop helmsman Steve Barri, the album dissolved whatever pure country listenership Friedman might have had but delighted his growing hard core of fans with satirical pieces such as his response to anti-Semitism, "They Ain't Making Jews like Jesus Anymore." Along with the satires Friedman offered quieter sketches of American hard luck such as "Rapid City, South Dakota." In the mid-'70s, Friedman and his band began touring with Bob Dylan & the Rolling Thunder Revue. In 1976 he made his third album, Lasso From El Paso, featuring Dylan and Eric Clapton. The Texas Jewboys disbanded three years later, and Friedman moved to New York, where he often appeared at the Lone Star Cafe. In 1983, he released Under the Double Ego for Sunrise Records. After that, Friedman turned primarily toward writing, although he continued to make occasional nightclub appearances. He has written for Rolling Stone and Texas Monthly magazines and, most famously, has become a writer of unique and outrageous mystery novels such as Greenwich Killing Time, A Case of Lone Star, and The Mile High Club. Equal parts whimsy and metaphysics, the books blur fiction and reality. They feature a Jewish country singer turned Greenwich Village private eye named Kinky Friedman, who sometimes returns to his native Texas; other characters are drawn from Friedman's circle of friends in both New York and Texas. Many of Friedman's songs of the 1970s and early '80s were collected on two CD compilations, Old Testaments and New Revelations (1994) and From One Good American to Another (1995). In 1999, the likes of Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, and Lyle Lovett covered Friedman's music on the tribute album Pearls in the Snow: The Songs of Kinky Friedman, and a second tribute volume was planned. In 2003 Friedman appeared in a nude, cigar-smoking triplicate on the cover of the Dallas Observer magazine, in a parody of the Dixie Chicks' nude Entertainment Weekly pose of that year. ~ Sandra Brennan & James Manheim, All Music Guide
  • Television

    Kinky Friedman Cigars Handmade in Honduras, all Kinky Friedman Cigars feature a beautiful Habano wrapper grown in Honduras with a medium bodied filler blend of Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos and a Costa Rican binder. The first taste impression is of slight spiciness; not too much, just a hint. The flavor gradually develops over the course of the smoke into creamy, full flavored richness with hints of coffee.
  • Books

    Kinky Friedman Fiction 1. A Greenwich Killing Time (1986) 2. A Case of Lone Star (1987) 3. When The Cat's Away (1988) 4. Frequent Flyer (1989) 5. Musical Chairs (1991) 6. Elvis, Jesus and Coca Cola (1993) 7. Armadillos and Old Lace (1994) 8. God Bless John Wayne (1995) 9. The Love Song Of J. Edgar Hoover (1996) 10. Road Kill (1997) 11. Blast From The Past (1998) 12. Spanking Watson (1999) 13. The Mile High Club (2000) 14. Steppin' On a Rainbow (2001) 15. Meanwhile Back at the Ranch (2002) 16. Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned (2003) 17. The Prisoner of Vandam Street (2004) 18. The Christmas Pig: A Very Kinky Christmas (2006) Novels Ten Little New Yorkers (2005) Collections The Kinky Friedman Crime Club (1992) More Kinky Friedman: Musical Chairs / Frequent Flyer / Elvis, Jesus and Coca Cola (1993) Three Complete Mysteries (1993) Even More Kinky Friedman (2000) Non-Fiction Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette: Or How to Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth (2001) Texas Hold 'em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (2006) Cowboy Logic: The Wit and Wisdom of Kinky Friedman (and Some of His Friends) (2007) 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out (2007) You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think: Ten Commandments for Texas Politics (2007) What Would Kinky Do?: How to Unscrew a Screwed-Up World (2008)
  • Heroes

    .. Teachers, Firefighters, Cops, and Cowboys

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About me:

Richard F. "Kinky" Friedman, (born October 31, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, columnist and currently a Democratic candidate for the office of Governor of the State of Texas, United States. Born in Chicago to Jewish parents, Kinky Friedman's family moved to a ranch in Central Texas during his childhood. He had a keen interest in both music and chess at an early age. Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts, double-majoring in Psychology and Plan II Honors. He then served two years with the Peace Corps in Borneo and other areas of the southwest Pacific Ocean. Kinky Friedman currently lives at Echo Hill Ranch, his family's summer camp near Kerrville, Texas, just outside of Medina. Where he founded Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, with a mission to care for stray, abused and aging animals; where more than 1,000 dogs have been saved from euthanasia. Kinky Friedman formed the band, The Texas Jewboys, in the early 1970's. Kinky Friedman's father originally objected to the name of the band, calling it a "negative, hostile, peculiar thing."Arriving on the wave of country rock following on from Gram Parsons, The Band and Eagles, but Kinky Friedman established a cult fame as a country and western singer. His repertoire mixed social commentary ("We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To You") and maudlin ballads ("Western Union Wire") with raucous humor (such as "Get Your Biscuits In The Oven and Your Buns In Bed"). His "Ride'em Jewboy" was an extended tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Kinky was also a musical guest on ''Saturday Night Live'' in October 1976. After the music career slowed in the 1980s, Kinky found a new lease on life as a detective novelist. His books have similarities to his music, featuring a fictionalized version of himself solving crimes in New York City and dispensing jokes, wisdom, Texan charm and whiskey in equal measure. They are written in a straightforward style which owes a debt to Raymond Chandler. Friedman has also written a regular column for the magazine ''Texas Monthly'' since April 2001, although it will be suspended during his run for Democratic Governor of Texas. Kinky Friedman began his political career running a serious campaign to become the Governor of Texas in 2006 as a Independent candidate. One of his stated goals was the "dewussification" of Texas. Among the campaign slogans were "How Hard Could It Be?" and "Why The Hell Not?" Another bumper sticker also retorted: "He aint Kinky, he's my Governor". Which brings up to present day where Kinky once again has saddled up to fight for restoration of the faith and diginity of Texas for Texans. Texans For Kinky 2010. Join us!

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Comments

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  • Jul 20 2009 4:16 PM

    thank you for the req!!
    wish all the best!!
    ~Athena
  • Jul 20 2009 4:15 PM

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  • Jul 19 2009 6:21 PM

    Hi, Hej, Hello, Howdy, Hey, Hallo
    Texans For Kinky 2010
    Welcome in our more and more growing circle of friends.
    Willkommen in unserem mehr und mehr wachsenden Kreis von Freunden.
    Your / Euer
    Countrymusic24.com Team
  • Jul 19 2009 3:19 AM

    hey kinky! how do i get involved in helping the campaign?? would love to help out again!
  • Jul 19 2009 12:32 AM

    Glad to have you as a friend!
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    Jul 18 2009 7:37 PM

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  • Jul 18 2009 5:44 PM

    Without a doubt, just hope I can meet Kinky this time around. Missed him at Gruene Hall last campaign.
  • Jul 18 2009 5:28 PM

    I think it's pretty damned fortunate that I'll be 18 JUST in time to vote for the Kinkster this time around.
  • Jul 18 2009 5:16 AM

    whatsup!!!! vote kinky 2010!!!!!!!
  • Jul 18 2009 2:33 AM

    Kinky definitely has my vote! It's saddening to see you running on the Democratic ticket, but I understand the reasoning. Lets get Texas back in shape Kinky style!

    I would love to see Industrial Hemp farming and eco friendly practices finally getting introduced into Texas, this state has alot of pot-ential, haha. But hey, would could always SECEDE!

    Lets get Kinky!
  • Jul 18 2009 1:09 AM

    Great! it's TIME for a change!
  • Jul 18 2009 12:54 AM

    YAY KINKY!!!! Got my vote!!
  • Jul 18 2009 12:54 AM

    KINKY!!!

    good luck in 2010 man get some
  • jw

    Jul 18 2009 12:34 AM

    i am voteing for you again. anything but a goddamn republicrap. good luck man.
  • Jul 17 2009 9:02 PM

    Hiya Kinky. We will vote for you again. Yuppers!
  • Jul 17 2009 1:31 AM


     

  • Jul 17 2009 1:31 AM

    As for your status... THANK GOD... I mean this.
  • Jul 17 2009 1:31 AM

    You still have my vote!