 Kinky Friedman from Circus of Life. That was Autographs in the Rain, the song to Willie. And you heard a Willie song done by Kinky Friedman, his version of Bloody Mary Morning from The Loneliest Man I Ever Met. Kinky Friedman, the proudly eccentric Texas singer-songwriter, died at 79 on Thursday. Known for songs like Sold American, The Cigar Chomping Character, and Buddy of Willie Nelson,