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3 days ago · Rusty was born January 3, 1959, in Brewton, Alabama, as the eldest son of William Lee and Frogene Golden. In 1972, his musical life took a significant turn when he attended an Elton John concert...
5 days ago · That was the name of his band — Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys. He had a cult following of country-western fans. His music was funny, sardonic and satirical. He had no sacred cows.
5 days ago · Friedman, who died June 26 of complications from Parkinson’s disease, wrapped up recording the songs for what turned out to be his last album last year. “Honestly, we got them recorded just in the...
5 days ago · “Kinky Friedman, 79, Dies; Musician and Humorist Slew Sacred Cows,” read the Times headline on June 27. “He and his band, the Texas Jewboys, won acclaim for their satirical takes on American culture. He later wrote detective novels and ran for governor of Texas,” continued the deck.
5 days ago · Kinky Friedman, the cigar-chomping, mustachioed Texan country singer and mystery novelist whose body of work often seemed like the un-kosher marriage of the Borscht Belt and the Bible Belt, died June 27 from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
5 days ago · Producers: Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser, Nihar Patel, Zeke Reed, Ted Robbins. Friedman brought an irreverent social consciousness to his music and his eventual run for Texas governor. KCRW replays an interview with him from 2020.
6 days ago · Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, died Thursday at his family’s Texas ranch near San Antonio.
