Lasso from El Paso

1976 studio album by Kinky Friedman

Lasso from El Paso

Studio album by

Kinky Friedman

Released| 1976
Studio| SugarHill (Houston, Texas)
Genre| Country rock
Length| 38:37
Label| Epic[1]
Producer|

* Kinky Friedman
* Huey P. Meaux[2]

Kinky Friedman chronology
| Kinky Friedman
(1974)  | Lasso from El Paso
(1976)  | Live from the Lone Star Cafe
(1982)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
Robert Christgau| C[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [5]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide| [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [6]

Lasso from El Paso is an album by Kinky Friedman, released in 1976.[7][8] "Sold American" was recorded live while on tour with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue.[5] It was Friedman's last album of original material for more than 40 years.[9]

## Critical reception

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AllMusic wrote that "of the many albums that grew out of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, this must be the strangest."[3] Reviewing a reissue of the album, Record Collector wrote: "Undoubtedly dated, but not lacking in the redeeming yuck factor, one can still enjoy the absurd 'Bananas And Cream' and 'Waitret, Please, Waitret' in mixed company."[10]

## Track listing

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All songs by Kinky Friedman except where noted.

### Side One

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1. "Sold American" – 3:36
2. "Twinkle" – 3:21
3. "Ahab the Arab" (Ray Stevens) – 3:31
4. "Dear Abbie" – 3:12
5. "Kinky" (Ronnie Hawkins) – 2:57
6. "Lady Yesterday" – 3:57

### Side Two

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1. "Catfish" (Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy) – 3:01
2. "Men's Room, L.A." (Buck Fowler) – 2:10
3. "Bananas and Cream" – 2:41
4. "Ol' Ben Lucas" – 1:39
5. "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" (Peter LaFarge) – 5:10
6. "Waitret, Please, Waitret" (Friedman, Major Boles, Roscoe West) – 2:25

## Personnel

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* Kinky Friedman – lead vocals
* Jim Atkinson, T-Bone Burnett, Eric Clapton, Tom Culpepper, Kinky Friedman, Bill Ham, Levon Helm, Mick Ronson, Steven Soles – guitar
* Eric Clapton – dobro on "Kinky" and "Ol' Ben Lucas"
* Ronnie Wood – guitar on "Kinky"
* Lowell George – guitar on "Catfish"
* Ringo Starr – voice of Jesus on "Men's Room, L.A."
* Brian Clark, Rick Danko, Terry Danko, Kenny Gradney, Rob Stoner, Ira Wikes – bass
* Dr. John, Jewford Shelby, Ken Lauber, Red Young, Richard Manuel, T-Bone Burnett – keyboards
* Al Garth, Fiddlin' Frenchie Burke – fiddle
* Michael De Temple – mandolin
* Ken "Snakebite" Jacobs – horns
* Major Bowles, Gary Burke, Teddy Jack Eddy (Gary Busey), Richie Hayward, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Terry Danko, Dahrell Norris, Howie Wyeth – drums
* Terry Danko, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Ronnie Hawkins, Roscoe West, Teddy Jack Eddy (Gary Busey), Jim Atkinson, Tracey Balin – backing vocals

## References

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1. ^ a b MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 297.
2. ^ Verna, Paul (Apr 17, 1999). "Lasso From El Paso". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 16\. p. 15.
3. ^ a b "Lasso from El Paso – Kinky Friedman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" - via www.allmusic.com.
4. ^ "Robert Christgau: Album: Kinky Friedman: Lasso from El Paso". www.robertchristgau.com.
5. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3\. MUZE. pp. 612–613.612-613&rft.pub=MUZE&rft.date=2006&rft.aulast=Larkin&rft.aufirst=Colin&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Lasso+from+El+Paso" class="Z3988">
6. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 265.
7. ^ "Kinky Friedman | Biography & History". AllMusic.
8. ^ Teitelbaum, Sheldon (15 Oct 1989). "The Tale of a Kinky Cowboy Who Made Good". Los Angeles Times: E16.
9. ^ Friedman, Andy (13 September 2018). "The Summer of Kinky Friedman". The New Yorker.
10. ^ "Lasso From El Paso – Record Collector Magazine".

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