Kinky in 2010
With gubernatorial aspirations on the back burner, Kinky Friedman is out on tour
By Margaret Moser, 9:42AM, Wed. Feb. 24, 2010
Now that he’s not running the gubernatorial race and instead going for Agricultural Commissioner, Kinky Friedman has hit the road. Tonight, 6pm at Antone’s, Kinky is performing songs, telling stories, and reading from his book Heroes of a Texas Childhood.
Kinky is a mighty entertaining fellow whatever he chooses, whether onstage singing songs that made him famous (“Homo Erectus”) or in his private life, selling salsa to support his Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, but this offbeat triad of stories, songs, and prose is a rare offering.
“I want a chance to talk to the people of Texas, share some of my childhood heroes, and sing some songs,” Friedman explained. “I think the people of Texas appreciate a guy who rides, shoots straight, and tells the truth. That’s the kind of guy I am.”
That’s the kind of guy we like.
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