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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Kinky Friedman |
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Medina, Texas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
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October 31, 1944
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| Died | June 27, 2024
(79 years)
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| Contributor | Bob |
| Last Modifed | E Pluribus Unum
Jan 06, 2025 12:29am |
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Caucasian - Jewish - Single - Judaism - Straight -
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| Info | Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman
Kinky Friedman, (born October 31, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American singer, songwriter and novelist.
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. Friedman, an honors student, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and then served two years with the Peace Corps in Borneo and other areas of the southwest Pacific Ocean. Returning home, he formed his band, The Texas Jewboys, in the early 1970s.
Arriving on the wave of country rock following on from Gram Parsons, The Band and The Eagles, Friedman originally found cult fame as a country and western singer. His repertoire mixed social comment ("We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To You") and maudlin ballads ("Western Union Wire") with raucously politically incorrect humour ("Get Your Biscuits In The Oven and Your Buns In Bed"), while his "Ride'em Jewboy" was a remarkably effective extended tribute to the victims of the Holocaust.
After his music career stalled in the 1980s, Friedman found a new lease on life as a detective novelist. His books have many similarities to the music, featuring a fictionalised version of himself solving crimes in New York City and dispensing jokes, wisdom, Texan charm and Jameson's whiskey in equal measure, written in a straightforward style which owes a debt to Raymond Chandler.
Friedman currently lives at Echo Hill Ranch, his family's summer camp near Kerrville, Texas, just outside of Medina. He continues to perform and write. He also founded Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, whose mission is to care for stray, abused and aging animals.
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