Cowboy died peacefully at home
June 27. “My great friend for half a century, Kinky Friedman, slipped away peacefully at home in his sleep early this morning,” Perkins said. “He leaves a legacy of laughter, music, loyalty, mercy, tolerance, servitude, and wisdom.”
Richard Samet Friedman – nicknamed Kinky because of his curly hair – was born in Chicago, but grew up on his parents’ Echo Hill summer camp ranch in the Texas Hill Country. As a songwriter, he infused the Seventies outlaw country wave with both-sides satire, mocking racists and feminists in equal measure. Though the National Organization for Women wasn’t too fond of the latter, he countedcolumn.
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