![]() Friedman disbanded the Jewboys (who, incidentally, were not all Jewish) in 1976, and for the last decade has been writing mysteries, always with you-know-who as the hero. He accepts all this philosophically and says, somewhat proudly, "I have managed to offend everyone at one time or another, including Texans, Jews and feminists." He is, he says, "of the Jewish persuasion, but I'm not religious." The following year, he says, the National Organization for Women named him the male chauvinist pig of the year. He also dashed off songs like "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore" and "We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You."Īnother little ditty, "Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed," got him booed off the stage and chased off the campus by feminists at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1973. At various stages of his career as a songwriter and performer, the Kinkster, as he sometimes calls himself, toured with Bob Dylan, traveled with Willie Nelson ("I was beating him like a drum," he said of the marathon chess games they had), played the Grand Ole Opry and sang and strummed guitar with his country-western band, the Texas Jewboys. Friedman, 50, isn't really famous yet, except in some quarters, but it looks as if he's en route.
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