Kinky Friedman Summer Tour 2010
"Go West, Young Kinky"

Musician, writer and former Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman makes a rare West Coast swing this summer, his first in nearly twenty years. Joining him on tour will be two members of his original backing band (The Texas Jewboys), Little Jewford and Washington Ratso, and guests are signing up for various stops, including Mojo Nixon in San Diego and Van Dyke Parks in Los Angeles. CLICK HERE if you'd like the opportunity to interview The Kinkster, and we'll set it up!

Upcoming Tour Dates

7/26 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
7/27 Seattle, WA Triple Door
7/28 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
7/30 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
7/31 Los Angeles, CA McCabes Guitar Store
8/1 San Diego, CA Belly Up
8/2 Hermosa Beach, CA Saint Rocke
8/3 Bakersfield, CA Fishlips
8/4 Santa Cruz, CA Moe's Alley
8/5 Sebastopol, CA Schaef-Abel Productions present at Studio E
8/6 Winters, CA Palms Playhouse
8/7 Santa Ynez, CA Maverick Saloon

Let me know if you'd like to schedule an instudio or phoner, and we'll set it up!

 

 

Check out the JUKEBOX below to hear selections from Kinky Friedman (CLICK HERE if you need any of these tracks for airplay!)

KINKY FRIEDMAN RELEASES FIRST SINGLE IN DECADES
Electronic Release To Coincide With Kinkster's 'Go West Young Kinky Tour Of 2010'

For the first time in a generation - no, TWO generations - Kinky Friedman has an A-Side, and he's releaing it in a twenty-first century medium. Recorded as part of Kinky's 'Classical Snatches From Europe' live CD, 'Craft Of The Songwriter,' featuring original Texas Jewboy, Little Jewford, is a hilarious look at how Kinky writes his material. It's not so much a song as it is a treatise on songwriting, and it is truly hysterical. An unexpurgated version of 'Craft....' can be heard on this page, but a radio-ready (read: child friendly) version is available through Jenni Finlay Promotions.

Despite the fact that Kinky does not own a computer and considers the internet "satanic," 'Craft Of The Songwriter' is being released in electronic formats only, thus proving Kinky may have finally departed the twentieth century. 'Craft Of The Songwriter' will be made available to community, public, AAA and Americana stations to help kick off Kinky's first west coast tour in twenty years, the 'Go West Young Kinky Tour Of 2010,' which starts in Vancouver on July 26th. See dates above.

With an electronic single and a young man's tour upcoming, can a Kinky Friedman Twitter account be far behind? For clean copies of the single or radio interview requests, be sure to contact Jenni Finlay. For other tour media information and print media requests, please contact Cary Baker at Conqueroo (cary@conqueroo.com, 323-656-1600).

'Craft Of The Songwriter.' It will brighten your day. Or not.

 

Kinky Friedman just released two new books, Heroes of a Texas Childhood (a reflection on the impressive characters who colored Kinky's early life), and What Would Kinky Do?: How to Unscrew a Screwed-Up World (“lots and lots of common Zen bullshit” on such topics as writing, traveling, life, death, and everything in between.)

CLICK HERE to purchase Heroes of a Texas Childhood
CLICK HERE to purchase What Would Kinky Do?: How to Unscrew a Screwed-Up World