September 19th, 2006Here are a couple photos of Jimmy with Kinky Friedman before Tuesday night’s benefit concert in Austin.
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KEYETV.com has a story up on the fundraiser, including video that shows clips of Jimmy playing during the concert. They report that the concert raised about $300,000 for the Friedman campaign. |
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September 19th, 2006 |
Jimmy Buffett will perform at The Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas tonight at 8 pm. Doors open at 7 pm. Proceeds will benefit musician-author Kinky Friedman’s campaign for governor. Check out the Tour Dates page for more upcoming shows. |
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August 23rd, 2006Jimmy Buffett will play a concert at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, September 19th at 8 pm with the proceeds going towards Kinky Friedman’s gubernatorial campaign.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Paramount box office, at www.gettix.net or at (866) 443-8349.
Tickets will go for $300, $200 and $100 and are limited to four per customer.
And according to a June 7th article in the Dallas Star-Telegram, Buffett will play a second fundraiser show, also in September.
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June 19th, 2006The Dallas Star-Telegram has an article on Buffett’s support of Kinky Friedman for Texas governor:
“I’ve known Kinky a long time,” said Buffett. “Since we were all hanging out, working together in Austin during the ’70s.”
“I think it’s very cool what Kinky’s doing,” Buffett said. “I like his original slogan: ‘It can’t be that hard.’ I think we need a sense of humor in government these days.”
“Rock ‘n’ roll,” Buffett said. “Every other aspect of the world has tried to run the country. “Why not us?”
Read the entire article here
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June 7th, 2006According to the Dallas Star-Telegram, Jimmy Buffett will play two shows in Texas to benefit Kinky Friedman’s gubernatorial campaign.
Kinky Friedman, the wisecracking humorist running for governor, said Wednesday he will campaign with help from ex-wrestler and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura and island-hopping musician Jimmy Buffett.
Ventura recently agreed to join Friedman on a college tour to woo young voters in September, and Buffett will play two Texas concerts to benefit the campaign, said a Friedman spokeswoman.
Friedman said Buffett had called and agreed to help raise money. Buffett did it on the condition that if elected, Friedman give him the Gulf Coast city of Port Aransas, the candidate joked.
Details of Buffett’s Friedman concerts weren’t released.
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