Kinky Friedman: His Essential Songs

Kinky Playlist

From “Sold American” to “Ride ‘Em Jewboy,” the tracks that defined the career of the Texas satirist

When Kinky Friedman died this week at 79, he left behind a catalog of songs that confounds, provokes, angers, and just plain old entertains. His Jewish heritage was a favorite songwriting topic, and the wily Texan never met a sacred steer he wouldn’t kill: He tweaked feminists and the men who had a problem with women’s liberation in equal measure — in the same song. These are the must-hear tracks for your Kinky playlist.

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