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"Kinky's music is three chords and the truth." -Newsweek
Maybe you've never heard of "peanut butter on a bagel." Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jew Boys is a name that everyone's heard of, but are they musicians or wrestlers? Well, maybe a little of both. Richard Samet Friedman (Kinky) is an entertainer, a songwriter, an author, a columnist, an animal lover, a cigar smoker, and one of the most unusual characters Texas ever created.
From songs like "They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore" to book titles like The Love Songs of J. Edgar Hoover, Kinky Friedman holds nothing sacred; all subjects are fair game in writing and performing. This program not only contains a unique and interesting biography of Kinky, but also his most popular songs performed live by "The Kinkster" himself.
A frequent overnight guest at the White House, a Don Imus regular, and a traveling gypsy with Willie Nelson, there isn't much this native son of the Long Star State hasn't seen or done. Now, for the first time, in Kinky's own words and songs, we meet his multi-talented man who has sold over 50 million books and fascinated the world from Austin to Zanzibar. "Peanut Butter on a Bagel"-is that a new book, a song title, or the topping on his bagel? With Kinky, you never know.
-Dennis Hedlund
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