Although Kinky Friedman doesn’t live at Echo Hill Ranch any longer, he worked there, caring for animals and people, for more than 40 years.

March 21 this year is the release for his final work, Poet of Motel 6, written and recorded at the ranch in 2023. It will be released on Hardcharger/Blue Élan Records. Like all of Friedman’s work, it offers wit, heart and humanity.
 

David Mansfield, a longtime collaborator of Friedman’s, produced the album,
capturing Kinky’s vulnerability and resilience. The album has 10 original tracks, written and performed by him.

The title track was inspired by the death of Kinky’s friend, Billy Joe Shaver.
Jesse Dayton of Hardcharger says, “Kinky was very upset when Billy Joe Shaver died. Kinky idolized Billy Joe. I hear that sense of loss.”

There’s an all-star group of artists assisting Kinky on the new album including Rodney Crowell, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rick Trevino and Amy Nelson.

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