Richard “Kinky” Friedman, 79, was a musician.
Through X, it was revealed on Thursday.
“Kinky Friedman, surrounded by family and friends, stepped on a rainbow at his beloved Echo Hill,” the statement read.
“Kinkster never lost his fighting spirit and quick wit despite enduring tremendous pain and unimaginable loss in recent years.”
The message continued, “Kinky will live on as his books are read and his songs are sung.”
He was a writer and an alumnus of the University of Texas in Austin.
It was unclear precisely when he passed away.
In addition, Kinky was an independent candidate in the 2006 Texas governor’s race.
Out of six contenders, he came in fourth with 12% of the vote.
MUSICAL RESUME
Kinky formed his first band, Kings Arthur & the Carrots, while he was a student at Utah.
Party at Schawinn 24/Beach In 1966, they only recorded one song, Boo Boo.
One band that parodied surf music was King Arthur & The Carrots.
Richard formed Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys, his second band, seven years later in 1973.
Kinky’s debut album, simply titled Kinky, was published in 1974.
Kimky spent two more years touring with Bob Dylan.
He performed as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live’s second season to round off the tour.
In 2011, the musician embarked on a global tour as the headlining act.
Kinky has released eighteen albums, the most recent of which, Circus of Life, was released in 2018.
OTHER BUSINESS OPTIONS
Following the end of his musical career in the 1980s, Richard turned to writing.
His primary genre was detective fiction, which frequently featured invented personas and allusions to his musical compositions.
The amiable character tells jokes, offers guidance, provides recipes, and battles crime in New York City.
Likened to a contemporary Sherlock Holmes.
Although Kinky Friedman wrote the books Kill Two Birds, Get Stoned, and The Christmas Pig, she did not write the Kinky Friedman persona.
Furthermore, from 2001 to 2005, he contributed a regular column to Texas Monthly.
He would not have published the piece if he had run for governor in 2006.
Two years later, the magazine resumed running his piece every two months.
In 1986, Richard lost his Republican primary for Justice of the Peace in Kerrville, Texas, following his campaign for governor.