The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic (9 page)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author would like to thank the following Texans for their help and input: Sage Ferrero, Zarah Kenter, Nancy Parker, Max Swafford, and Dylan Ferrero, A/K/A Angel Spoons, P.I.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

KINKY FRIEDMAN is the author of sixteen mysteries (published, conveniently, in sixteen different languages) and a columnist for
Texas Monthly.
He is the founder of the band Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, which, among other things, became famous for the song “Get Your Biscuits in the Oven [and Your Buns in Bed],” and for touring with Bob Dylan. The Kinkster lives with his five dogs, a pet armadillo, countless imaginary horses, and a much-used Smith-Corona typewriter on a ranch in the Texas Hill Country. With any luck, he claims, he will be the next governor of Texas.

ALSO BY KINKY FRIEDMAN

Armadillos & Old Lace
Blast from the Past
A Case of Lone Star
Elvis, Jesus & Coca-Cola
Frequent Flyer
God Bless John Wayne
Greenwich Killing Time
Kill Two Birds & Get Stoned
The Kinky Friedman Crime Club
Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette
The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
The Mile High Club
Musical Chairs
The Prisoner of Vandam Street
Roadkill
Spanking Watson
Steppin' on a Rainbow
When the Cat's Away
Curse of the Missing Puppethead

Copyright © 2004 by Kinky Friedman

Photograph © Richard Cummins/CORBIS
Photograph © Steve Kaufman/CORBIS

 

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Friedman, Kinky.
The great psychedelic armadillo picnic : a “walk” in Austin / Kinky
Friedman.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Austin (Tex.)—Guidebooks. 2. Austin (Tex.)—Social life and customs.
3. Austin (Tex.)—Biography. 4. Celebrities—Texas—Austin—Biography.
I. Title.
F394.A93F75 2004
917.64'310464—dc22
2004013161

 

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