R.I.P. Kinky Friedman

[privateuniverse]

https://www.billboard.com/music/mus...s-musician-humorist-dead-obituary-1235719323/

 

[~dave~~wave~]

RIP. A life well lived.

I was blessed to see him solo, front row in a small bar promoting this release ten years back.
I'll be spinning this tonight with a good strong drink, no cigar.

 

[~dave~~wave~]

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/06/27/kinky-friedman-dies-texas-governor-race-musician/

Richard “Kinky” Friedman — the provocative and flamboyant Texas satirist who mounted a spirited campaign for governor in 2006 and was known for his boundary-pushing music and deep love for animals — died this week. He was 79.

Friedman died at his longtime family home at Echo Hill Ranch in Medina, his friends Cleve Hattersley and Kent Perkins said. Friedman had Parkinson’s disease, Hattersley said in an interview.

"He was a communicator. An unusual, but very pointed and poignant communicator," Hattersley said. "He could bring you to tears on stage. He could make you roll on the floor in laughter."

 

[paligap]

A true Texas original.

 

[tahoeh2o]

"Well, it's just my luck that God's a Texan
One big sonbitchin' Anglo-Saxon
Some crazy tall Norwegian bore
Just to help my body shipped air-freight
From Texas to the Pearly Gate
Just ring the bell and leave me at the door
I'll be somewhere over Jordan swinging low
I'll hear them tape-recorded angels in lifelike stereo"

Love his music...

 

[hafquark]

Saw him once in the early 70s as an opening act -- I forget for whom. He got an enthusiastic, raucous audience response.
RIP KF.

 

[omnipotent1]

Damn sad,I dug his 70's stuff.Gonna have to check in with Ratso and see how he is

 

[omnipotent1]

 

[Hefeman]

He wandered into my drinking spot when he was running for Governor. Bought a cool Guy Juke designed t-shirt.

 

[godathunder]

I'm better acquainted with his novels than his music, although Ive enjoyed what I heard. I saw him in ronnie scott's a couple of decades ago and just didnt stop laughing for the evening. He was a man with a great way with words and Ive always finished his books happier than I started them