In his wide-ranging career, he toured with Bob Dylan, wrote crime novels and ran for governor of Texas in 2006.
Kinky Friedman, seen here at the 2022 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, has died at age 79. Friedman was a singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor in 2006.AUSTIN, Texas — Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson, and dabbled in politics with campaigns for Texas governor and other statewide offices, has died.
“We were the only two people with tuxedos and cowboys hats. Two Texans gravitating toward each other.” Perkins said. “He was the last free person on earth. … He had an irreverence about him. He was a fearless writer.” By the 1980s, Friedman was writing crime novels that often included a version of himself, and he wrote a column for Texas Monthly magazine in the 2000s.
“We’re gypsies on a pirate ship, and we’re setting sail for the Governor’s Mansion,” Friedman said at the campaign launch. “I’m calling for the unconditional surrender of Rick Perry.”
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