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 | Kinky Freedman Friedman formed his first band, King Arthur & the Carrots while a student at the University of
Texas. The band - which poked fun at surf music - recorded only one single in 1966 (Schwinn 24/Beach Party Boo Boo).
By 1971,
Friedman had formed his second band, Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys, which many took to be a play on the name of the famous
band Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. In keeping with the band's satirical nature, each member had a comical name: in addition
to Kinky there was Little Jewford, Big Nig, Panama Red, Wichita Culpepper, Sky Cap Adams, Rainbow Colours, and Snakebite Jacobs.
Friedman's father objected to the name of the band, calling it a "negative, hostile, peculiar thing",[7] which gave
Kinky even more reason to choose the name.
Arriving on the wave of country rock following on from Gram Parsons, The
Band, and the Eagles, Friedman originally found cult fame as a country and western singer. His break came in 1973 thanks to
Commander Cody, who contacted Vanguard Music on his behalf. Friedman released Kinky Friedman in 1974 for ABC Records, then toured
with Bob Dylan in 1975-6.[8] His repertoire mixed social commentary ("We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To You") and
maudlin ballads ("Western Union Wire") with raucous humor (such as "Get Your Biscuits In The Oven and Your Buns In
Bed"). His "Ride' em Jewboy" was an extended tribute to the victims of the Holocaust.
He made a race
baiting song, "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore," a song in which Kinky verbally and physically beats up
a drunken white person he deems "racist" who fictitiously berates African Americans, Jews, Greeks, and Sigma Nus in a
bar. www.kinkyfreedman.com
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