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The singer, humorist and onetime Gubernatorial candidate passed away at his ranch near Austin, Texas, according to the New York Times .

Country music star Kinky Friedman dead at 79

Texas State

Kinky Friedman, a one-of-a-kind country singer-songwriter, novelist, and political figure, passed away at 79 in his Texas home. “Kinky Friedman stepped on a rainbow at his beloved Echo Hill surrounded by family & friends,” read a heartfelt statement. Despite recent pain and loss, Kinky’s spirit and humor never waned. His books and music ensure his legacy endures. The Texas Tribune attributes his passing to Parkinson’s disease.

Kinky Friedman, Texas Music Maverick and Cultural Icon, Dead at 79

Whiskey Riff

Country music has a long history of interesting people popping up in places you really wouldn’t expect.

Legendary hip-hop producer Rick Rubin working with an aging Johnny Cash is one, and Guy Fieri teaming up with Alan Jackson to invite Jon Pardi to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry is another, but those are far from the only examples and this one may just be my favorite of them all.

Shel Silverstein is one of the best known children’s authors in history, having sold more than 20 million copies of his various works which include A Light In The Attic, The Giving Tree, and most famously,...

Did You Know Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue” Was Written By Children’s Author Shel Silverstein?

Van Halen on stage on the 2004 Summer Tour (Photo by KMazur/WireImage for Van Halen) Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar has reflected on the 2004 tour that saw him unite with the band after eight years – and it paints a sorry picture of Eddie Van Halen’s issues with addiction at the time. In a recent interview with AXS TV, Hagar even claims that his experience on 2004 Summer Tour was “the worst experience” of his life.

“It was horrible. He did horrible things to people” Sammy Hagar recalls what Eddie Van Halen was like on Van Halen’s 2004 World Tour

NBC News

Country star Martina McBride is celebrating her daughter Ava. “This girl turned 19 a few days ago. My girl. I love you, Ava,” McBride captioned a recent Instagram post. “I love all the stuff we do together… all the kitchen hangs, the trips to the veggie stand, the talks, the laughs. How we are deeply connected in all the ways big and small. You are wonderfully made.”

Country star Martina McBride shares a rare photo of her 19-year-old daughter

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Total Apex Sports & Entertainment

Do you know anyone who has dual nature? Such two-faced zodiac signs are friendly but they gossip about others behind their backs. They can lie to you without batting an eyelid. However, detecting a two-faced person isn’t easy for everyone. They often compliment their friends when they achieve a goal or change their wardrobe. But they will make negative remarks about you to someone else. What other traits do two-faced people have?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Two-Faced

A rare white bison calf was sighted at Yellowstone National Park, bringing indigenous tribes together for a spiritual ceremony. They say the birth of the special American buffalo is a prophecy fulfilled, but also that there's a wider message that needs to be heard.

Celebration of rare white bison birth in Yellowstone comes with a warning

SurvivorNet

Former “Good Morning America” host Charlie Gibson, 81, was a fixture on TV sets for millions of Americans during the ‘80s and ‘90s; towards the end of his broadcast career, he became a cancer advocate.

Former ‘Good Morning America’ Host Charlie Gibson, 81, Anchorman to Cancer Advocate and, His Latest Project Getting Kids to Read

American Songwriter

Rock and roll changed dramatically as the calendar flipped from 1969 to 1970. The new decade began with The Beatles breaking up. If the pop era ended with The Beatles, the rock era was only beginning. A new musical style had been brewing in the South, while Californians blending country and rock music would soon dominate FM radio. America found its own “Rolling Stones” in Boston, and a band in Jacksonville wrote a nine-minute anthem as ubiquitous as “Stairway to Heaven.”

4 of the Best American Rock Bands from the 1970s

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Alton, IL

A massive sinkhole stretching 100 feet opened up in an Illinois park on Wednesday, swallowing a light pole in the middle of recreational fields and leaving a deep, gaping hole in its wake. The terrifying moment was caught on a nearby security camera Wednesday morning, showing an area between two...

Sinkhole swallows soccer field in Illinois in shocking video

Kentucky State

Southlake, TX

Robert Morris, a pastor and the founder of Gateway Church, wanted to know what it was going to take to prevent the woman on the phone from going public with her accusation that he’d sexually abused her as a child. “Put a price on it,” Morris said on Sept....

Pastor Robert Morris asked his accuser how much her silence would cost, phone transcript shows

The Independent

 Stevie Van Zandt has opened up about what he described in his memoir as a “very public career suicide”, when he walked away from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. The rock musician, 73, already had a long association with The Boss when he joined his band in 1975. However, during the recording of Springsteen’s breakthrough 1984 record Born in the USA, Van Zandt chose to quit the group in what he has called “the big mistake of my life”.After leaving, he released a number of solo records under his moniker Little Steven, and also starred in the critically adored...

Stevie Van Zandt reflects on ‘big mistake of my life’ after quitting Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Arlington, TX

A woman who owns unlicensed assisted living homes in Texas has been charged with murder in the death of one of the residents, and police say at least 20 people have died while staying at her facilities in what officials call a “disturbing” and “unimaginable” case.

20 deaths at unlicensed assisted living facilities in Texas revisited by police after owner is charged with murder

New York City, NY

The Suffolk County Police Department released the identities of the four people killed Friday when an SUV crashed into a Long Island nail salon. Jiancai Chen, 37, of Bayside, Queens; Emilia Rennhack, 30, of Deer Park; Yan Xu, 41, of Flushing, Queens; and Meizi Zhang, 50, of Flushing, Queens, were killed, the Suffolk County Police Department said in a release Saturday.

4 killed in crash into Long Island nail salon include off-duty NYPD officer

It’s ironic that Robbie Robertson was famous mostly for his songwriting, because beneath the minimal, compositional style that marked his work with The Band hid a true guitar stylist and one of the most animalistic in rock history. The man who went from wild guitar solos with Ronnie Hawkins to penning classics like “The Weight” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” passed away August 9 from prostate cancer at the age of 80.

Robbie Robertson, 1943-2023

SOURCE-SEINE — The mighty river that runs through Paris starts as a trickle in the quiet woods of this tiny village of stone houses, three roads, a single steepled church, and just 72 voters. Source-Seine, in the vine-striped hills of Burgundy, is mostly farming country. French farmers traditionally vote...

French face election where center has ‘imploded,’ energizing the far right

Folk rock is quite an incredible genre. So many folk rock artists have managed to deliver the perfect combination of classic rock and traditional English or American folk music. The heyday of the genre was definitely the 1960s, and many incredible folk rock artists have come and gone through the years. Luckily, there are still some hitmakers from that era that are still around today; and some of them are still performing. Let’s look at four of the oldest living folk rock legends who are still groovin’ today!

4 of the Oldest Living Folk Rock Legends

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence and his wife, Marissa, are expecting a baby. The couple posted pictures on their social media accounts Thursday afternoon with the caption “A little Lawrence on the way.”

A little Lawrence is on the way

Former teacher Jeffrey Clayton, convicted of lewd behavior with a student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, walked briskly up to the Duval County Courthouse on Friday carrying a small backpack.

Former Douglas Anderson teacher sentenced to 10 years

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Kinky Friedman, provocative musician, author and onetime politician, dies at 79

Kinky Friedman, the satirical and often provocative musician, author and one-time politician, has died at the age of 79. “Kinky Friedman stepped on a rainbow at...

Kinky Friedman, provocative musician, author and onetime politician, dies at 79

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