Music RIP Kinky Friedman

RIP to a real American original. Author, country-western singer, and humorist Kinky Friedman just died. Lead singer for Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, he was truly unique.

Here’s him singing ‘They Ain’t Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore’:

Kinky would run for various political offices, more as a joke than anything else. Here are some of his select quotes:

Sad news this morning. The legendary Kinky Friedman has died. He was 79. Irreverent, iconoclastic, but with a heart as big as Texas, he lived on his own terms. Truly one of a kind.

I'm trying to figure out what my favorite Kinky quote is. Among them:

1) "If elected, the first… pic.twitter.com/M4bXVbhLpb
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) June 27, 2024

RIP, Kinky. You will be missed.
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It's ok if you have no idea who he was he was like that. He was a country music satirist and a bit of a rebel. But though he never boasted it or rammed it down our throats. The Echo Hill Camp for children was his passion.

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