3 days agoEssay: Life on the trail with KinkyA Texas Tribune editor recalls working on the 2006 independent gubernatorial campaign of Kinky Friedman.
Singer, songwriter, provocateur and politician Kinky Friedman dead at 79Kinky Friedman, the singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist who also dabbled in Texas politics with a campaign for governor, has died.
Kinky Friedman, provocative satirist and one-time gubernatorial candidate, dies at 79Friedman launched a boisterous campaign for governor in 2006, decades after forming the band Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys.