Kinky Friedman – Poet of Motel 6 [Compact disc]

Kinky Friedman’s final record (he passed away on June 27, 2024) Poet of Motel 6 is a moving collection of ten songs about love and loss. From his tribute to Billy Joe Shaver, The Poet of Motel 6, to his paean to the late, notorious mystery woman, Miranda Grosvenor, in Whitney Walton Has Flown Away, Kinky plumbs the depths of love and mortality on his final album. Joined by Texas royalty like Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rick Trevino, Amy Nelson, Rodney Crowell, and produced by fellow Rolling Thunder Revue alumni David Mansfield, this record truly lays bare the heart of this Texas bard.

Tracklist:

1. Poet of Motel 6
2. Hello, Good Morning
3. Buddy, You’re Living My Dream
4. See You Down the Highway
5. The Life and Death of a Rodeo Clown
6. Sometimes
7. Banjo, Sophie, and Me
8. Hummingbird Lanai
9. Kacey Needs a Song
10. Whitney Walton Has Flown Away

UPC: 198846681412
Label: Blue Elan Records
Release Date: 3.21.25
Format: CD