Re: Jewish cowboy music

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>While Kinky Friedman is best known for humorous songs like "They Don't Make
>Jews Like Jesus Anymore" and "We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service(s) to
>You,"
>he has written quite a number of sensitive country songs as well.
>Particularly "Judeo-Texan" is his Holocaust song "Ride Em Jewboy."  While the
>title is initially jarring, the song is a moving take on the horror of the
>Holocaust while staying in true to Kinky's edge country mode.

Not that one would go overboard accusing Kinky Friedman of 
sensitivity ;-). (He has a very Texan view of relations between
men and women. And then there's his support for the JDL, but that's
fodder for a different mailing list....)

ari "homo vaguely erectus" davidow


Ari Davidow
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