Product Description Coinciding with his campaign for governor of Texas, Kinky Friedman releases his first career spanning collection LAST OF THE JEWISH COWBOYS: THE BEST OF KINKY FRIEDMAN, which is a mixture of live and studio recordings including many of his controversial hits such as "Asshole from El Paso," "Sold American" and "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore". .com Often called the Frank Zappa of country music, Kinky Friedman--like Jimmy Buffett--knows how to poke fun at Nashville and pay homage to it at the same time. This first ever best-of collection oddly omits his "Wild Man from Borneo" and "Rapid City, South Dakota," but still captures the most outrageous of his social commentary (racism, classism, anti-Semitism), as well as his more serious songs ("Sold American," "Ride 'Em, Jewboy") about outcasts sad and solitary. Nothing is too gross (the mucus-lined ode to booger-picking, "Ol' Ben Lucas") or off-limits (the invitation to oral sex--"eatin' ain't cheatin'!"--in "Waitret, Please Waitret"). But no matter if one is offended by such references--or those to bestiality and "wetbacks" in "Asshole from El Paso," the hilarious parody of "Okie from Muskogee"--Friedman's importance in the pantheon cannot be denied. As his horrifying, if jaunty, treatment of the University of Texas sniper ("The Ballad of Charles Whitman") proves, he's a Lone Star throw-back to Lenny Bruce--a serious sociopolitical comic who turns a clear mirror on America, warts and all. --Alanna Nash
M**Y
Interesting, Funny, and Worth It
Back in the 1970's I used to go see Kinky Friedman and his Texas Jewboys at the Lone Star Café in New York City. He was a pretty entertaining performer. Let's face it, Kinky Friedman can't really sing for beans, but he is one hell of an interesting, funny, and politically interesting songwriter (he was also recently seriously in the race for the governorship of Texas) and there is something appealing about his voice.Kinky's songs are much like the film Borat (come to think of it Kinky looks a little like Sascha Baron Cohen): you're not always quite sure what he intends, and the lyrics can be pretty offensive, but, they are also funny as hell. Examples: "Waitret [waitress] please waitret come sit on my fate." Or The Ballad of Charles Whitman, a comedy song about Charles Joseph Whitman, the Texas Tower Sniper who in 1966 killed 15 people and wounded 31 "all the while he smiled so sweetly then he blew them out completely...he was settin' up there with his 36 magnum, laughing wildly as he bagged `em." Then again, there is also Sold American, which is about...well, I'm not quite sure what it's about, but it is actually a lovely song.If you don't know Kinky and his work, then this is a great place to start, and if you do, then this fairly complete collection will bring back a lot of (hopefully good) memories from the 70s.
S**D
Mr. Richard Friedman
His friends call him Dick at least those close to him do, close in bed. And he sure knows how to put a cigar in his mouth. When Kinky puts on his 10 gallon hat and leather cowboy boots, he aint' joking around... he's heading to the rain room.
B**F
and this is BY FAR the best I've heard
Outstanding! I'd read most of his mystery novels, but this was my first KF album of songs - I've since heard a couple other KF albums, and this is BY FAR the best I've heard. (yet)
C**E
Four Stars
very good
C**Y
Kinky is funny and this cd is certainly great!
I choose this cd because of the title and I am NOT dissatisfied! I will reorder again from Amazon again. All my perch aces have been really nice except one bracelet that was faulty but did not notice it until time had expired.
U**T
... time and the more i listen to it the better it gets I would highly recommend the disc get ...
It arrived on time and the more i listen to it the better it gets I would highly recommend the disc get it now
D**K
Kinky Rides Into the Sunset
This "Best Of" is live performances of varying quality and NOT the original studio recordings. Once a legendary recording artist and clever author, Kinky becomes less relevant with each passing decade.
T**M
one of the greats
funny entertaining one of the greats-unfortunately not well known
E**X
Die Texte!
Die Texte! Das ist politisch unkorrekt in Reinkultur. Muss man haben. Zu lustig. Teilt nach allen Seiten aus. Die Musik ist gar nicht schlecht, aber halt arg Country, muss man mögen. Der Gesang, naja, man kann nicht alles haben. Der Kinkster hat Talent im Schreiben, weniger im Singen.
J**T
Five Stars
One of my favorites
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