{"id":17680,"date":"2024-09-09T11:11:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T11:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=17680"},"modified":"2024-09-09T11:11:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T11:11:49","slug":"17680","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=17680","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kinky\u2019s first band, King Arthur &amp; the Carrots, formed at UT, released one record in 1966, parodying surf music. His second band, Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, formed in 1973, and released a self-titled album in 1974. He toured with Bob Dylan and was a musical guest on Season 2 of Saturday Night Live. Over his career, Kinky released 18 albums, with his latest, Circus of Life, in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1980s, Kinky turned to writing, primarily detective novels featuring fictional versions of himself. His works are known for their humor and charm, blending crime-solving with witty commentary. Kinky wrote a regular column for Texas Monthly from 2001 to 2005 and resumed it in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16816 lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-11.png\" sizes=\"931px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-11.png 620w, https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-11-300x200.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" data-src=\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-11.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-11.png 620w, https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-11-300x200.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kinky\u2019s legacy as a musician and writer will continue through his books and songs, cherished by fans worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kinky\u2019s first band, King Arthur &amp; the Carrots, formed at UT, released one record in 1966, parodying surf music. His second band, Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, formed in 1973, and released a self-titled album in 1974. He toured with Bob Dylan and was a musical guest on Season 2 of Saturday Night Live&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=17680\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17682,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17680\/revisions\/17682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}