Kind Words For Poet of Motel 6
“Satirical Singer Kinky Friedman’s Posthumous Surprise: A Sincere Album” - New York Times
“Kinky Friedman Makes Elegiac Exit With Poet of Motel 6” - No Depression
“Unlike many of his earlier numbers, the ones on Poet of Motel 6 won’t make you laugh, but they might make you shed a tear.” - The Aquarian
“Kinky Friedman’s Final Album Is a Hard Look at Mortality. It Might Be His Best.” - Texas Monthly
“The late Kinky Friedman’s final album, Poet of Motel 6, captures his softer, gentler side.” - Detroit Jewish News
“Poet of Motel 6, his evocative posthumous album, finds Friedman confronting death with humor and gentleness.”
Reflections on Resurrection
“On Resurrection, Friedman is less of the character of the merry prankster and Kinkster for his bawdy antics of days past than he is the philosopher and raconteur looking deep within.”
“The record is real, it is relevant, and it is a breath of fresh air”
“At 75, Kinky Friedman hasn't lost a step. If anything, Resurrection shows that this artist is like wine - getting better with time.”
“Whereas sharp humor and shocked satire once formed the foundation for his songs, Resurrection delivers a wisdom of experience, loss, mortality.”
“Who said they ain’t making kinksters like Kinky anymore? That’s OK, because we still have him and on Resurrection, he will make you real glad we still do.”
Circus of Life
“Circus of Life is a collection of first-person revelations, earnest confessions to lifelong friends and regretful remembrances of long-forsaken love.”
“The ‘Texas Jewboy’ has settled into the role of wry witness as much as firebrand satirist.”
“Great songwriting backed by great musicianship, with no indication of a wasted word or note.”
“The Texas singer-songwriter has once again returned to doing what built him his name in the first place: singing dusty old-fashioned country-Western songs with a mix of satire and sincerity.”
- Westword
“If you listen to Kinky to be touched and tickled, you will adore Circus of Life.”