SLCene Suggests: Kinky Friedman at The State Room

KINKY FRIEDMAN, THE STATE ROOM, Thursday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m., $25

Kinky Friedman might be forever linked with Texas, but the man is truly a national treasure. Forget labels–Kinky calls himself an “author, columnist, musician, beautician and Governor of the Heart of Texas–because you’re pretty much guaranteed to find yourself laughing, inspired and entertained whenever you encounter the rabble-rousing Friedman doing something. “Something” right now is what he’s calling the “BiPolar Tour,” a “fact-finding mission” on the political attitudes of Americans in 2012. Realistically, it means Friedman is hitting the road to deliver performances that combine live music and storytelling/spoken word with some reading from his recently published works, including his best-selling recent tome penned with Willie Nelson, Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die. If you check him out, I can almost guarantee you’ll be on board the Kinky bandwagon in no time.