The music producer David Mansfield flew down to Austin in May 2023 to record with Kinky Friedman, the satirical country singer, mystery novelist and...
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The late Kinky Friedman hasn't made his last pithy musical observations yet. His posthumous album Poet of Motel 6 will be released March 21 on...
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Kinky Friedman's last performance was in October 2023 in Kerrville. The iconoclastic singer-songwriter, author and sometime politician died the following...
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As a musician, songwriter, iconoclast, poet, writer, politician, and cigar connoisseur, Kinky Friedman couldn't help but pursue his passions no matter where...
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A New York Times tribute, released today, chronicles the meticulous journey behind Kinky Friedman's Final Masterpiece. “Poet of Motel 6 … is an emotional...
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It takes a village to make the music we love. We remember the singers, songwriters, composers, instrumentalists, producers and journalists that we lost in...
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Melba Montgomery — who scored a number of duet hits with George Jones and others, as well as a No. 1 solo hit with No Charge — has died.
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The Fort Worth Zoo's iconic iguana sculpture is now in hibernation, you might say, as it undergoes a major makeover.
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When it comes to songwriter, actor, painter, poet, writer, comedian, academic, and musician John Hadley, somehow the term “Renaissance Man” doesn't seem to...
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