RIP KINKY. He passed in his sleep early this morning!

@christophermoon64

Ай бұрын

He was one o' a kind. Individual indeed

@lee30332

Ай бұрын

Vale 🙏

@toterola451

Ай бұрын

❤

@Theraindear1

Ай бұрын

When he ran for governor the neighborhood powder specialist was driving him around in a golf cart during our neighborhood fiesta party. They were going from customer to customer and gathering support.

@toterola451

Ай бұрын

@@Theraindear1 that tracks.😉

I first saw Kinky at the Texas Opry House on Richmond in Houston in 1975. Got a picture of my Mom and Kinky when he ran for Governer. She passed right after that. She enjoyed her day.

@NatureBoy1957

Ай бұрын

1416 Richmond Ave. I was there also and drunk as can be. The Kinkster signed one of his albums for me. Thanks for the laughs, Kinky. Chewcha, chewcha, chewcha. He’s a Jewwwwwwww!

@charlesharper7292

Ай бұрын

❤

RIP Kinky . people like you made my youth in 1970s Austin a blast ! ........... Godspeed

@brianmurphy5313

Ай бұрын

I love seeing this. I lived there in the 90s, and I still think of it as the best time in my life (so far). I bet it was a blast growing up there in the days of The Armadillo etc. 👍👍

@troynov1965

Ай бұрын

@@brianmurphy5313 Yes it was thank you. My brothers were several older than me and took me to some wild places ( AWHQ was one ) and I got to me some real characters ! Austin was like a big city small town then ( if that makes any sense).

I'm 53...how did I miss this intellectual powerhouse?

@Crystal_Clout

6 күн бұрын

On bright side, you will get to hear "Plastic Jesus" and discover his detective series of books. 😊

When we lived in NYC, my late wife and I would go to the Lone Star Cafe on Fifth Avenue to see Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, drink Lone Star long necks, and eat bbq that was cooked in Texas, packed in dry ice and flown to New York every weekend. There was a giant iguana sculpture on the roof made by the MCC Art dept. Those were the glory days of the band, with hits like Ride 'em Jewboy and Asshole from El Paso. Ahh... it was the best of times, etc...

@LawyerCalhoun1

6 ай бұрын

I used to go there too to see the Kinkster.

@lawrencelewis2592

Ай бұрын

I met George Thorogood there about 40 years ago- didn't know who he was, though.

@scottjoseph9578

28 күн бұрын

The Kinkster passed away late June 2024. God Rest His Magnificent Soul and Wit!

As the Kinkster once said, “Thanks, it’s been a financial pleasure”.

I was first introduced to Kinky by Don Imus years ago on MSNBC. Gold. Pure gold. Original. Raw. Creative. Nobody like Kinky, ever.

@dsoule4902

Ай бұрын

Imma suggest Kinky was "platinum"-- purely precious.

As Kinky might say, "I'm proud that this is probably as offensive today as it was almost 50 years ago."

In the land of the dead, he was truly alive.

@TerlinguaTalkeetna

9 күн бұрын

Great comment, yes he was!

R.I.P. Kinky you'll be missed

Happy Trails and thanks for all the laughs, Kinky!

This was originally filmed in 1975 for the PBS series Austin City Limits. By this point in the evening, everyone must have realized that this was not going to air on any television station anytime soon.

@BoneSpurTheChappalachian

4 жыл бұрын

I was friends and played with the lead guitar player “Wichita” Cully Cullpepper. He told me about this years ago, and that it never aired. I’m so happy to find this online.

@larrrs3

3 жыл бұрын

I was swamping cables for my professor who was a cameraman on Austin City Limits that night.

@whazzat8015

2 жыл бұрын

Underground bootlegs were all we had of this for years

@carlosquintanilla7817

Ай бұрын

I was there. And, sort of remember it.

Kinky would go on KVET radio station often in the 90s and early 2k with Sammy Allred and Bob Cole. That was classic radio and they allowed us to call in and ask questions on air. Kinky was great

@TerlinguaTalkeetna

Ай бұрын

It was a fine time in Austin for sure. I remember listening to Sammy and Bob.

R.I.P. Kinky Friedman

No one will ever again have a gubernatorial campaign slogan like “Why The Hell Not?” Godspeed, Kinky.

I love his books too.

@Gaming_Network

Жыл бұрын

I found a signed copy at the market for 75¢!! What a steal 😂

If this came along now, very few people would realize it's a satire. That's how far [down] we've come on both sides of the political spectrum. God bless the Kinkster, a troubled genius.

@beckettmurtaugh3170

3 жыл бұрын

you're wrong

@MrKlemps

3 жыл бұрын

@@beckettmurtaugh3170 I said several things. Which ones are wrong? Are you saying it's not a satire? That people WOULD hear it as a satire? That Kinky sucks? What are you thinking really?

@caseysmith544

3 жыл бұрын

Yep I agree 100% we have gone too far on both sides, not enough would know this is satire. I mean some people could barely get that the modern Daily Show with Trevor Noah is political satire.

@douglaslowe5

3 жыл бұрын

Even Merle dug this.

@jackal59

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrKlemps It wasn't me, but I was kind of surprised by the characterization of Kinky as "troubled."

Kinky wrote some books back in the late 80s or maybe early 90s. He was himself in the books, only as a detective. They were very entertaining. I need to look them up and see if there is one I haven't read, or reread the ones I have.

@bonitabruce1753

7 күн бұрын

I remember those!❤❤❤❤

From the man that wrote "Get your biscuits in the Oven, Get your buns in the bed." , AND played it at the National Women"s Rights convention!

@nate_kang

Жыл бұрын

Kinky is a legendary troll lol

@dsoule4902

Ай бұрын

@@nate_kangbwwweaaaaaaahhhhhh. He was

Where has this been all my life!

This set must be from that ONE episode of Austin City Limits that was recorded, yet never broadcast (unique to Kinky). ? 😆

A lot in that audience thinks its an ode - ah, satire, you makes me laugh

Rest in Peace Kinky Friedman

I was always surprised El Paso didn’t make this song its official city anthem.

@carolmiller7089

Ай бұрын

Should be.

@carolmiller7089

Ай бұрын

Likewise. I'm proud to be an asshole from El Paso.

@fatheadthedog

Ай бұрын

Good idea! I’d be a rich man today !

@Theraindear1

Ай бұрын

I think it was the anthem of Muskogee Oklahoma USA.

Come to think of it, in Norway Old El Paso taco mix has become a huge friday dinner tradition, with domestic minced meat and sour cream. They really need to play this song more often on Norwegian radio.

@pedrodorantes3527

Жыл бұрын

I mean…But Old El Paso isn’t even made in El Paso, or anywhere near it

Love ❤️ Kinkky

Had the privilege of seeing and chatting to him, in Glasgow 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I only wish I could see Merle Haggards face the first time he heard this masterpiece of 🎵

@RayNDeere

Жыл бұрын

From what I've read, Merle loved it.

@Tatterdemalion-77

Ай бұрын

⁠@@RayNDeereand from what I’ve heard, Merle was high as a feckin’ kite when he did “Okie”.

@richardf.8412

Ай бұрын

Yes, weren’t Merle Haggard and the Strangers “familiar” with marijuana?

Kinky will live on!

Thanks, man. Safe journey.

Sad to hear he passed away….so loaded with talent…very unique

His sun glasses 😂. He and his glasses are good.👍

You’ll never see anything more Texan than this. Ride ‘em jewboy!! YEEEHHHAAAAWWW

RIP. How hard can it be?

Kinky Friedman is a Legend 👍👍👍❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇮🇱

I freaken ❤ this song

oh that poor kid in the audience. I bet he learned a lot of new words.

This is back when Austin had a sense of humor.

@nipigonsue

6 жыл бұрын

It still does - you just have to know where to look now...

@mikep3450

4 жыл бұрын

Californians and New Yorkers have ruined it It’s recognizable

@bobke114

4 жыл бұрын

Even then it never aired

@CidYoung-REALTOR

3 жыл бұрын

Nowadays everyone is too PC to hear “wetbacks” etc,

@caseysmith544

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikep3450 So has some conservative states too like Alabama, where they do not accept any jokes about themselves like Kinky did.

"Hosing sheep is good enough for us" haha!!!! RIP Kinky.

@user-mc6nx2to1v

Ай бұрын

I hear hoes and sheep but maybe it’s hosing sheep.

A song with a message, I don't know what it is, but it must mean something.

This piece has got to be at lease 40 year's ago.

This absolutely would have gotten a 30 on the gong show in the late 70s especially if JP. Morgan , Freddy Fender and absolutely MERLE HAGGARD had been the guests

@quaaludecowboy692

2 жыл бұрын

Ahahaha

Even Merle dug this.

Love ya Kinky !!!!!!

I will miss the Kinkster. Love always ❤

This should have been the theme song to the great movie The Last Night At The Alamo

I've lived in El Paso. It was great whrn you could go to Juarez and the Mex food was great. All they have now is poker.

I wonder if Kinky ever performed this in front of Merle, back then.

@fatheadthedog

3 жыл бұрын

merle heard it and rally liked it

This song is so great 😀 😀😀😀😃😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀that even Charles Whitman 😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵gives it a standing ovation

@whazzat8015

Жыл бұрын

There was a rumor about his humor, Nestled at the base of his brain.....

@dsoule4902

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻. ... all y'all were gonna keep laughing off of the ball Kinky got rolling.

RIP KINKY.

RIP Kinky!

A true classic!

RIP Kinky.

😂😂😂 My Mom would love this.

I love the version performed By Friedman and BIlly Joe Shaver "live from down under", unfortunately Spotify has restricted them in my region or has some privacy issues.....

@averat84

Жыл бұрын

Apple Music censored that album.

The 70s were great

Adios Kinky, thanks for the Margaritas. We wont see your like again.

This is why i lost the mayoral race in El Paso, I wanted to make it the official city song with the chamber of commerce!

@timbescorn8372

Ай бұрын

Mayor Cook would've hunted you down and beaten you with his guitar. 🤣 Still remember him playing Marty Robbins' El Paso for any dignitary that bothered to visit El Chuco.

@dsoule4902

Ай бұрын

Well if they couldn't take a joke, "fck em & feed em Fruit Loops". 😁

Merle loved that 😅 seriously

I remember Kinky 👍👍 I voted for him 🍌🔥 "Git your biskits in the oven and your buns in the bed" !!!! 💥💥

Another real character gone.😢 They ain't makin' men like him anymore.

Stay Kinky people!

@dsoule4902

Ай бұрын

Indeed. Carry on the Kinky

Beto’s theme song!

Ted Cruz could use this for his theme song if he wasn't a Canadian.

I guess Kinky finally gets to find out for sure if he should have saved his soul or his pants 👖 one day in the 70’s in a men’s room in LA

I bet this will piss off a lot of people

@alanwise2996

2 жыл бұрын

That was the whole idea 💡

Couldn’t make this song today… all Woke assholes would complain …. Long Live Kinky Friedman… RIP Kinksta! We miss you

As a tribute to Kinky we should spell the title of the song in the American way.

Oh Beto

@dsoule4902

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

They Ain’t Making Jews like KINKY Anymore

Have to wonder what Merle Haggard and Marty Robbins thought of this.

@douglaslowe5

3 жыл бұрын

Merle dug it. Dunno about Marty.

@cmzeman

Ай бұрын

@@douglaslowe5 Who gives a shit?

LAWDDDD

😊.

Why is Donald Trump in the White House when this man's around? An absolute genius in a land of mediocrity.

@rbeam56

4 жыл бұрын

I was just saying that I wish he'd won the governorship of Texas.

@Liberryhsl

Ай бұрын

I voted for him!

He sang this with Rolling Thunder back in the seventies.

Wish I was from El Paso.

♫ t-t-t-t-tacos ♫

Kinky and Austin. The two main things about my native state that just keep the sane Texans embarrassed.

@CzolgoszWorkinMan

21 күн бұрын

no one's sane in this shithole

His estate is going to give back what they stole too

😂❤

😂😂😂😂😂

Am I utterly confused or is old Kinky telling the truth right in front of God and Jesus and the rest of us?

@cmzeman

Ай бұрын

Naah, you get it.

🌈💜💥👍

is this Ted Cruz's campaign theme song?

The name of kinky's band was the Texas jewboys

@RayNDeere

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Skycap Adams on bass, BB Bowles on drums, Wichita Culpepper on guitar, Snakebite Jacobs on sax and percussion and Little Jewford Shelby on piano

@dsoule4902

Ай бұрын

@@RayNDeere...let me give more propers... at the Lone Star Howie Wyeth drums/piano. Buffalo on bass. Leroy Parnell gtr.. Larry Campbell pedal/ steel/gtr ... and Shredny "N__ger Lips" on harmonica.

Damn, this blows

Is this Beto O'Rourke's theme song, lol

@millerezra8

3 жыл бұрын

More like Ted Cruz’s

@comradebroosk9396

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't realize Beto was a social conservative who was opposed to sex before marriage and flag desecration 😄

@cmzeman

Ай бұрын

@@comradebroosk9396 Why, was Kinky?

💥💥💜💜🌈🌈💪💪

😃🥲😇

i Re zembeal that,;

Miniminter sent me

Farewell Texas Jewboy

None of this is true about El Paso. Period. I could elaborate, but I won’t.

A shoutout to Jill Biden!

That’s his closet lyric. Because his REAL unedited version goes...... “PROUD TO BE AN @$$HOLE FROM SAN FRANCISCO!”

@douglaslowe5

3 жыл бұрын

No it doesn't . But you know that.

@g.marksman1769

3 жыл бұрын

@@douglaslowe5 . Yeah, totally. Just trying to spread a little humor, that’s all. Thanks though. 👍🏼👌🏽✊🏻✌️

@d-rot

3 жыл бұрын

@@g.marksman1769 Have you tried being funny?

@deewesthill1213

2 жыл бұрын

Proud to be an * asterisk from San Francisc O!"

@williamredding333

Жыл бұрын

Played on Imus in the Morning.

crap of racist music ....

@pse11150

2 жыл бұрын

Oh please. It's S-A-T-I-R-E. Don't get your itty bitty feelings hurt...

@einarviken1079

2 жыл бұрын

How did yoy came to that conclusion?

@eliww9694

Жыл бұрын

its anti-racist

@rockinredneck57

Ай бұрын

You must be an asshole from El Paso.

@alanwise2996

Ай бұрын

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww