Kinky Friedman News

A double bill of fun awaits at the Coffee Gallery Backstage Friday night as singer/songwriter/producer Kacey Jones shares the bill with Tracy Newman and The Reinforcements.

It's still nearly a year and a half away, but the governor's race already is heating up.

Claim to Eccentricity: No one knows when to take him seriously. Kinky Friedman's life would make a great novel, so it's no shock that he's written 17 detective novels starring himself.

William Padgett May 19, 2009 As a Democrat, Kinky Friedman is running a second time for governor in 2010.

If Texas Democrats were hoping that a figure with Obama-like charisma would propel them back into the governor's office in 2010 well, Tom Schieffer will sorely disappoint them.

Legendary attorney Richard "Racehorse" Haynes and former Councilman Lowell Lebermann this week signed on as advisers for Texans For Kinky, the specific-purpose committee enabling Kinky Friedman to explore a run for governor of Texas in 2010.

Riling Democratic activists, Kinky Friedman launched a committee Tuesday for a possible bid for governor next year as a Democrat.

The plight of Jenny the elephant just got a lot bigger. Concerned Citizens for Jenny, a group that wants the Dallas Zoo's 32-year-old elephant sent to a sanctuary, has posted six billboards in the area, from Garland to Greenville Avenue.

Humorist Kinky Friedman said today he has formed an exploratory committee which will allow him to raise money for a run for Governor of Texas in 2010 as a Democrat, 1200 WOAI news reports.

Kinky Friedman, Texas humorist, singer, songwriter, novelist, and politician, will be on stage here Saturday, April 4th, at the Old Blanco County Courthouse for an afternoon appearance at 1:00pm. Friedman will be the sole attraction of the annual Texas Authors' Day event sponsored by Friends of the Blanco Library.

BLOTCH: Pop's Safari Room Gets Kinky Seems that most folks know of Kinky Friedman as a pulp novelist and failed Texas gubernatorial candidate.

Her new CD, 'Donald Trump's Hair,' is the hilarious follow-up to her previous comedy album, 'Nipples to the Wind.' Scheduled for national release in May, 2009, 'Donald Trump's Hair' contains 15 tracks, including thirteen new songs written or co-written by Jones.

Many say that Kinky Friedman is a jack of many trades. He's a country singer. He's a novelist and humorist.

Mickey Clark has been part of the national folk and country scene since the 1960s, when his songs caught the ear of a young Bob Dylan.

Gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman reacts to supporters at the Backyard Beach Bar November 3, 2006 in Dallas, Texas.

Back when World War I was winding down, Navy ships patrolling the New Jersey coast found themselves with leftover ammunition and no targets.

Well, at least we may have a contested gubernatorial primary in 2010: Tom Schieffer of Fort Worth recently returned to Texas after serving as U.S. ambassador to Australia and, more recently, Japan under former ...

The Chron has an article on the on-going saga of the Texas Democratic Party's lack of a gubernatorial candidate .

So far, only one Democrat stands between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and another four years as the holdover Last Governor of the 20th Century.

Kinky explains it all . . . with bite. You know he's got a good sense of humor. After all, Kinky Friedman, before becoming a well-known detective fiction writer, was the leading member of the band, Kinky ...