Texas Legend, Kinky Friedman. R.I.P.
Kinky Friedman. ©2010 Kirk Tuck
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Damn! We lost a good one. RIP Kinky.
ReplyDeleteI have said multiple times that this portrait of Kinky Friedman is one of my favorites. I’m sorry to read that he had passed away.
ReplyDeleteThe last candidate for governor of Texas with a sense of humor. I am saddened to learn of his death.
ReplyDeleteWhen he was running for governor, I got one of his bumper stickers for the car and a few campaign buttons. All this despite not being from Texas and not being able to vote there. Kinky was one of those people who just made you feel good...about him and about yourself. We're all gonna miss him.
ReplyDeleteThe NYT obituary is worth a read. He was a multifaceted talented man. I have his album (L.P.) "Sold American" on display in our den. No one else has written a song like "The Ballad of Charles Whitman." I still know the words.
ReplyDeleteA channel I watch talked about him for a little bit, since he knew him somewhat personally he might do a longer video about him later too , you'll probably just want o avert your eyes and ears from the LBJ vids ;) https://www.youtube.com/live/PE3sGgx9BxM?si=xBvNTDgnssuBka5M&t=3436
ReplyDeleteI saw Kinky Friedman when he toured with Bob Dylan in 1976. Kinky opened the show with a song* that had the same melody as "Okie From Muskogee" by Merle Haggard but with a different first verse that nevertheless suggested criticism of hippies. The LSU convention center had 10,000 people in attendance and all were stunned into total silence by that first verse. But when Kinky sang the first line of the second verse the place erupted. A good time, that was.
ReplyDelete* "As****e from El Paso"
A true American character. Behind the comedy was a decent, empathetic soul. The NYT obituary is, indeed, well done and worth a read.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing him years ago having breakfast at the beloved Las Manitas Ave Cafe in downtown Austin. He was dressed in all black with that hat, holding forth with several people with his cigar. (I can't remember if it was lit.)
ReplyDeleteA bit of Austin's soul was lost the day Las Manitas closed, and a bit more was lost a few days ago when the Kinkster left the stage. Your portrait captures everything that made him so special. - thanks.
Martin, I really miss Las Manitas. Best Mexican food lunch and breakfast in all of central Texas for years and years. I actually cried when they closed.
ReplyDeleteKirk, I am glad that you included a link to the NYT obituary. As you and others stated, it is well worth reading.
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