Kinky Friedman is ready for another comeback. There’s a good chance the unofficial Texas poet laureate of political incorrectness would have made a crack along those lines upon the arrival of his posthumous album. But Poet of Motel 6, which was released March 21, is no joke. It’s a remarkable and poignant last act for the Kinkster in his most important and enduring role. Because just as Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings, Friedman, who died in 2024 of complications from Parkinson’s disease at the age of 79, was one of the Lone Star State’s great singer-songwriters.Before the comic mystery novels, the Texas Monthly columns, and the independent run for Texas governor in 2006, the legend of Richard S. “Kinky” “Big Dick” Friedman—as he often self-identified—began with music. He was known not just for songs like…
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