History Music / KinkyFriedman

** ''The Ballad Of Charles Joseph Whitman'' is a comedy song about a ''mass shooting''.

Musician, author and-would be politician Kinky Friedman is the former leader of the band Music/TheTexasJewboys. He has written several murder mysteries about [[AuthorAvatar a musician, author and would-be politician named Kinky Friedman]], who also dabbles in private detection. While most of the books are set in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, one or two are set in UsefulNotes/{{Texas}}.

Musician, author and-would be politician Kinky Friedman is the former leader of the band Music/TheTexasJewboys. He has written several murder mysteries about [[AuthorAvatar a musician, author and would-be politician named Kinky Friedman]], who also dabbles in private detection. While most of the books are set in New York City, one or two are set in Texas.

* ''Elvis, Jesus and Coca-Cola''

* ''God Bless John Wayne''

-->They ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore
-->We don't turn the other cheek like we done before
-->You could hear that honky holler as he hit the hardwood floor
-->Lord, they ain't makin' Jews like Jesus anymore!

* UnclePennybags: One of Kinky Friedman's friends in his novels is a "decamillionaire" who's happy to help him if he needs a flight to Hawaii or something.

* BigApplesauce

* {{Eagleland}}: A frequent subject/target of his music.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Friedman smokes cigars. Often.
* UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust: "Ride 'Em Jewboy" is [[TearJerker rather more somber]] than its title suggests.

* IrishmanAndAJew: Kinky and [=McGovern=]

* MisogynySong: "Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your Buns In The Bed"

** Before that, there was ''The Ballad Of Charles Joseph Whitman'', a comedy song about a ''mass shooting''.

* Eagleland: A frequent subject/target of his music.

* DrinkOrder:
** Jameson's.
** The Vodka [=McGovern=]: Vodka, the juice of a freshly squeezed orange, topped with soda water.

Musician, author and-would be politician Kinky Friedman is the former leader of the band TheTexasJewboys. He has written several murder mysteries about [[AuthorAvatar a musician, author and would-be politician named Kinky Friedman]], who also dabbles in private detection. While most of the books are set in New York City, one or two are set in Texas.

* DrinkOrder: Jameson's.

* DualMeaningChorus: In the song "We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To You," the narrator is denied entrance to a cafe with the title words, as he looks like a Communist and a Jew.
** In the next verse, the rabbi at the synagogue tells him that because he doesn't have a ticket and tie, "We reserve the right to refuse services to you."
** The next verse takes a more serious anti-war tone as the narrator wishes he could refuse military service to U.S. troops in South Asia.
** Finally, the narrator fears that when he tries to get into heaven, he'll be told, "Our quota's filled for this year / On singing Texas Jews, / We reserve the right to refuse service to you."

* RefugeInAudacity: In the mid-90s, he was invited to the White House and handed a Cuban cigar to UsefulNotes/BillClinton right in front of a bunch of reporters with the words "Don't think of it as supporting their economy, think of it as burning their crops."

* WriteWhoYouKnow

* ''Armandillos and Old Lace''

Tropes:

* UnclePennybags

* RefugeInAudacity: In the mid-90s, he was invited to the White House and handed a Cuban cigar to BillClinton right in front of a bunch of reporters with the words "Don't think of it as supporting their economy, think of it as burning their crops."

* FiveManBand: The Kinkster, [=McGovern=], Rambam, Ratso, and Stephanie [=DuPont=].

Musician, author and-would be politician Kinky Friedman is the former leader of the band TheTexasJewboys. He has written several murder mysteries about a musician, author and would-be politician named Kinky Friedman, who also dabbles in private detection. While most of the books are set in New York City, one or two are set in Texas.