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Kinky Friedman once sang "they ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore," and one might add that they don't make country singers like Kinky Friedman anymore, either. That's too bad, but perhaps there never really was a place at the table for a smart oddity like Friedman. Today in 2003, the 30-year old Sold American seems like a good companion to albums like Jimmy Buffett's White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean, and John Hartford's Morning Bugle. At the time, however, Friedman's i...   [ read more ]

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While conventional wisdom has it that Texas is a hotbed of conservative thought and social conformity, the Lone Star State also has a long and rich tradition of creative eccentrics, from Willie Nelson and Doug Sahm to Roky Erickson and the Butthole Surfers, and it says a lot that predominantly Christian Texas would spawn (and eagerly embrace) one of country music's greatest outlaw satirists, Kinky Friedman, the self-described "Texas Jewboy." While these days he's most famous as a best-sel...   [ read more ]

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