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Event
An Evening with Kinky Friedman
Legendary Humorist, writer and musician Kinky Freidman will deliver an evening of song, social commentary and irreverence at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
All proceeds from this event, which is presented by the Jewish Community Center and Jewish Federation of New Mexico, will benefit the JCC's Jewish Arts and Culture program and the Jewish Federation's 2015 Annual Campaign.
Described as a cross between Mark Twain, Groucho Marx and Johnny Cash, in the early 1970's Friedman achieved international notoriety with his band, Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys, which resulted in an invitation to the Grand Ole Opry. Meanwhile, his songs "Ride 'em Jewboy"; "They Ain't Making Jews like Jesus Anymore"; "Shield Of Abraham" and "Something's Wrong With The Beaver" and his now-classic albums -- Sold American, Lasso from El Paso and Old Testaments & New Revelations -- mixed biting satire with knowing empathy on such issues as the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and the other side of the American dream. In 1999, Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, and Lyle Lovett covered his music for the tribute album Pearls in the Snow: The Songs of Kinky Friedman.
As an author, Friedman has written for Rolling Stone and Texas Monthly magazines and, most famously, has become a writer of unique and outrageous mystery novels such as Greenwich Killing Time, A Case of Lone Star, and The Mile High Club, which feature a Jewish country singer turned private eye named Kinky Friedman.
Tickets are $36.00 each, and are available at brownpapertickets.com; a limited number of tickets will be available for sale at the JCC: 5520 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109.
This event will also include a live auction of Kinky Friedman memorabilia. For more information call (505)821-3214.
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LocationJewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque (View)
5520 Wyoming Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Contact
| Owner: Sherry Roy |
| On BPT Since: Nov 17, 2010 |
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| Jewish Federation of New Mexico |
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