Kinky Friedman
While best known as a singer, songwriter, and humorist, Kinky Friedman – born
Richard Samet Friedman in Chicago, Illinois on November 1, 1944 – was truly a
renaissance man. While he remained a cult figure throughout his career, he was
also a poet, novelist, columnist, and politician. He became interested in music
when he was a child, but he was also interested in chess and at the age of
seven, he was the youngest of 50 players to play in a challenge with US
grandmaster Samuel Reshevsky. He attended the University of Texas (located in
Austin), where he majored in psychology. Whil...
