The Best of Kinky Friedman
- Album ID:
- K-098(b)
- Format:
- Audio CD
- Publisher:
- Shout Factory 826663-10155
- Language:
- English
- Provenance:
- Gift of Bob and Mollie Freedman, 03/08, Chester County Book Store
- Genre:
- Country
- Where produced:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Number of tracks:
- 15
- Copyright information:
- 2006
- Additional notes:
- Some live cuts
Contents
Sold American
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Genre:
- Country
- Subject:
- Has-been/Cowboy Singer/American Dream/Loss/Poverty/Pawn Shop
- Related information in folder 830:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of Sold American, from internet.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33882
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up instrumentals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- Faded jaded falling cowboy star
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Live Concert
Before All Hell Breaks Loose
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Genre:
- Country/Dixieland
- Subject:
- Humor/Judgement Day/Armaggedon
- Related information in folder 829:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of Before All Hell Breaks Loose, from the internet.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33883
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up instrumentals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- Time to resign from the human race
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Studio
The Ballad Of Charles Whitman
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Genre:
- Country
- Subject:
- Satire/Shooting Rampage/Tower/Historical
- Related information in folder 828:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of The Ballad of Charles Whitman from the internet.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33884
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up instrumentals and vocals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- He was sitting up there for more than an hour
- Track comment:
- In the style of Johnny Cash
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Studio
Waitret, Please, Waitret
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Author:
- Boles, "BB" Buster (Major)
- Author:
- West, Roscoe
- Genre:
- Country/Americana/Pop
- Subject:
- Humor/Sexual Innuendo/Accent/Speech defect
- Related information in folder 827:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of Waitret, Please, Waitret from the Internet.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33885
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up Instrumentals and Vocals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- Well, I pulled into Dallat on a cold December day
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Studio
Get Your Biscuits In The Oven And Your
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Composer:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Genre:
- Country
- Subject:
- Humor/Women's Liberation/Male Chauvinism
- Related information in folder 826:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of Get Your Biscuits In The Oven and your Buns in the bed from the internet.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33886
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up Instrumentals and Vocals:
- Texas Jewboys
- Violin:
- Culpepper,Thomas "Wichita"
- Kazoo:
- Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
- First line:
- You uppity women I don't understand…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Live concert
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."
- Related information in folder 819:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of Asshole From El Paso from internet.
- Related information in folder 1103:
- Comments:
- 1. Lyrics from internet
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33887
- Back-up Vocals and Instrumentals:
- Texas Jewboys
- Vocals:
- Friedman, Kinky
- First line:
- We don't have no love-ins in El Paso
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Live Concet
People Who Read People Magazine
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Genre:
- Folk/Country
- Subject:
- Common folk/Fallen Dreams
- Related information in folder 825:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of People Who Read People Magazine from the internet.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33888
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up Vocals and Instrumentals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- Wel, I'm here to say I got turned away from Studio 54
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Studio
Somethin's Wrong With The Beaver
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Genre:
- Rock
- Subject:
- Death/50's Culture/Beaver Cleaver(?)
- Related information in folder 824:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of Somethin's Wrong With The Beaver.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33889
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up Instrumentals and Vocals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- She climbed the stairs that mornin'
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Studio
We ReserveThe Right To Refuse Service
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Author:
- Goldberg, Rick
- Author:
- Maizel, J.
- Genre:
- Country
- Subject:
- Satire/Discrimination/Anti-Semitism/Classism/Pacifism/Heaven
- Related information in folder 823:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33890
- Vocals:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up Vocals and Instrumentals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- While traveling through the Lone Star State
- First line (English):
- W
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Live Concert
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
- Related information in folder 811:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of Homo Erectus, from internet.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33891
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up Vocals and Instrumentals:
- Texas Jewboys
- Accordion:
- Shelby, Jeff "Jewford"
- First line:
- Left barber college, searching for knowledge
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Live Concert
Ride 'Em Jewboy
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Genre:
- Country
- Subject:
- Jews/Holocaust/Diaspora/Identity/Memory
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1491
- Related information in folder 821:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of Ride 'Em Jewboy from internet.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33892
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up Vocals and Instrumentals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- Ride, ride 'em Jewboy, right 'em all aound the old corral
- Language:
- Language
The Take-It-Easy Trailer Park
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Author:
- Parks, Van Dyke
- Genre:
- Country
- Subject:
- Retirement/Vegetating/Pop Culture
- Related information in folder 822:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of The Take-It-Easy Trailer Park from internet.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33893
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up Instrumentals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- An L.A. Coke-dealer, a Georgia faith-healer
- First line (English):
- A
- Language:
- English
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
- Related information in folder 817:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of Rock N' Across The USA from internet.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33894
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up Vocals and Instrumentals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- Jesus said to Pilate, remember the Golden Rule
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Studio
Old Ben Lucas
- Author:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Genre:
- Children /Country/Gross
- Subject:
- Humor/Mucus / Nose/Booger
- Related information in folder 831:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of Ol' Ben Lucas, from internet.
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33895
- Vocal:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Back-up Vocals and Instrumentals:
- Texas Jewboys
- First line:
- Ol Ben Lucas had a lot of mucus
- Track comment:
- Kids song with children's voices on track.
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Studio
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
- Related information in folder 797:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of song
- Related information in folder 820:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of They Ain't Makin Jews Like Jesus Anymore
- On album:
- K-098(b) (The Best of Kinky Friedman)
- Track ID:
- 33896
- Vocal/Guitar:
- Friedman, Kinky
- Vocal:
- Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
- First line:
- Well a redneck nerd in a bowling shirt was guzzlin' Lone Star Beer
- Track comment:
- Solo
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Live Concert