Kinky Friedman

"Mark Twain meets Groucho Marx - at the corner of Johnny Cash and Lenny Bruce" is how Kinky Friedman's show was recently described. The politically incorrect social commentator, author, songwriter, comic, and Jewish troubadour is on his Kinky Friedman's BiPolar Tour to schmooze and sign copies of "The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts" (coauthored with Billy Bob Thornton).--June Wulff, Globe Staff

Self-proclaimed "author, columnist, musician, and beautician" and a recent Texas gubernatorial… Show more candidate ("How hard can it be?" asked his campaign slogan), the legendary Kinkster is more author than musical artist these days. But Friday, he's making a rare Boston appearance as part of his "BiPolar Tour" of the northeast. (Hang around for the late show, and you can see another legend, Otis Clay. Not bad for a one-night back-to-back). - Stuart Munro, Globe Correspondent


He’s been many things — musician, author, humorist, Texas gubernatorial candidate — but Friedman boils down to a single label: hell-raiser. For his latest outing, he’ll be performing songs, telling stories, and signing copies of his new book about (and co-written with) Billy Bob Thornton. -- James Reed, Globe Staff

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