Less than two weeks ago, Ronnie Earl was sick with the flu and contemplated canceling his gig the next night at B.B. King’s Blues Club in New York. When he awoke in the morning, he felt fine, and the show […]
Riding in the back of my parents’ Buick, my dad told me that a concert they had attended at the fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta had been recorded for an album. As he shoved the eight-track into the dash, my […]
It’s impossible to define Richard Samet “Kinky” Friedman in a word or two, but maybe “a character” is the quickest summation. There are other words too, of course: musician, singer, songwriter, irreverent humorist, novelist, columnist, politician, cowboy, dog rescuer, pro-marijuana activist, […]
Sold American, Kinky Friedman’s inimitable 1973 debut album, showcased an artist who proved equally adept at writing and performing traditional country/folk and outrageous satirical novelties like “We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You.” Unfortunately for fans of that […]
Kinky Friedman, the author and provocateur, has also been a musician since the early 1970s and finally, after 39 years, he’s recorded a new studio album. It’s a mix of Friedman originals and a raft of covers including Merle Haggard’s “Mama’s […]
For rock music fans of the 1970s, Kinky Friedman was the oddest of guilty pleasures. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen had drawn many to roots music with “Hot Rod Lincoln,” and then burrowed into the stonersphere with “Seeds […]
On Thursday night, the B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in New York City hosted a Lone Star Cafe reunion. According to the venue’s website: “The Lone Star Cafe, the brainchild of Mort Cooperman, was THE joint in New York City […]
From Scotland, Gary Coleman stands beside Waylon’s wall of gold and platinum LP’s (c1985) Pics from COUNTRY ROCK JOURNALS by W.F.Conrad. Includes all my NoDepression posts plus Loads more pics, clips, etc. Available thru Ebay, Amazon or direct from printer: […]
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