Contents:
Title: Wild Man From Borneo
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Genre: Folk Rock
Subject: Wild man/Circus Sideshow/Love/Tattooed Lady
Origin: Ephemera 1491
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 41569
First line: I'm the star of Captain Mightnight's travelin' showboat, came to this circus….
Title: Rock N' Roll Across The USA
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Author: Red, Panama (Prob. Pseudonym)
Genre: Rock
Subject: Historical Humor/Golden Rule/Pilate/Indian Chiefs/Progress
Origin: Ephemera 1491
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33870
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: Jesus said to Pilate, remember thhe Golden Rule: Love they neighbor, don't you
Language: English
Title: Homo Erectus
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Author: Finley, Danny
Author: Red, Panama (Prob. Pseudonym)
Genre: Country
Subject: Humor/Wordplay/College/Student-Professor Love
Origin: Ephemera 1491
Additional song notes: Melody similar to a college "fight" song
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33865
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: I left barber college searchin' for knowledge
Language: English
Title: Lover Please
Author: Swan, Billy
Genre: Rock/Lament
Subject: Lover/Abandonment/Train/Entreaty
Origin: Ephemera 1491
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33871
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: Lover please, please come back, don't that train goin' down the track
Language: English
Title: Carryin' The Torch
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Genre: Country
Subject: Humor/Fidelity/Wanderlust/Statue of Liberty/Freedom
Origin: Ephemera 1491
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33869
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: Did I hear you sayyou wished that you could leave her?
Language: English
Title: Highway Café
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Genre: Country
Subject: Humor/Waitress/Heartbreak/Truckers/Corned Beef
Origin: Ephemera 1491
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33868
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: She was only a waitress in a highway café
Language: English
Title: Miss Nickelodeon
Author: Wise, Jay
Genre: Country
Subject: American Indian/Surreal Poetry/Veiled Commentary
Origin: Ephemera 1491
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33867
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: Kinda like an Indian beatin' on his mandolin
Language: English
Title: Men's Room L.A.
Author: Fowler, Buck
Genre: Country
Subject: Irreverent Humor/Men's Room/Jesus/Toilet Paper
Origin: Ephemra 1491
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33866
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: I saw a picture yesterday in a men's room near L.A.
Language: English
Title: Rapid City, South Dakota
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Composer: Friedman, Kinky
Genre: Country
Subject: Hitchiking/Leaving Home, Lover, Family/Small Town Life
Origin: Ephemera 1491
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33864
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: Just a ragged kid in overalls, he thumbed a ride one day
Language: English
Title: Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Composer: McEnery, "Red River" David
Genre: Country
Subject: Amelia Earhart/Captain Noonan/Americana/Great Beyond/Flying/
Origin: Ephemera 809/Ephemera 1491
Music: Ephemera 809
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33863
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: Just a ship out on the ocean, a speck against the sky
Language: English
Title: Mama Baby Mama
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Author: Friedman, Roger
Author: Red, Panama (Prob. Pseudonym)
Genre: Rock
Subject: Lovemaking/Pajamas
Origin: Ephemera 1491
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33872
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: Mama, baby, mama, let me jump in your pajamas, hey!
Language: English
Title: Ride 'Em Jewboy
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Genre: Country
Subject: Jews/Holocaust/Diaspora/Identity/Memory
Origin: Ephemera 1491
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33875
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: Ooh(10x). Ride, ride 'em Jewboy
Language: English
Title: They Ain't Makin Jews Like Jesus Anymore
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Genre: Novelty/Country Rock/Satire
Subject: Bigotry/Racism/Violence/Surprise/Jews/Jesus/Stereotype
Origin: Ephemera 797/Ephemera 1491
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33874
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: Well, a redneck nerd in a bowling shirt was a guzzlin lone star beer
Language: English
Title: Asshole From El Paso
Author: Friedman, Kinky
Author: Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Author: Chavin, Chinga (Prob. Pseudonym).
Genre: Country
Subject: Satire/El Paso/Status Quo/Prejudice/Virgins/Mexicans/Morals
Origin: Ephemera 1103/Ephemera 1491
Additional song notes: Sometimes listed as "Arsehole."
On album: K-098(a) (Live From Austin Texas Kinky Friedman)
Track ID: 33873
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Friedman, Kinky
Piano, Accordion, Saxes, Vocals Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
Saxes, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals Jacobs, Ken "Snakebite"
Lead Guitar Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
Bass, Vocals Adam, Skycab
Drums Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
First line: We don't have no lovin's in El Paso
Language: English
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