Lasso from El Paso explained

Lasso from El Paso
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kinky Friedman
Cover:	Lasso from El Paso.jpg
Released:	1976
Studio:	SugarHill (Houston, Texas)
Genre:	Country rock
Length:	38:37
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Kinky Friedman Huey P. Meaux^[1]
Prev Title:	Kinky Friedman
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Live from the Lone Star Cafe
Next Year:	1982

Lasso from El Paso is an album by Kinky Friedman, released in 1976.^{[2] [3]} "Sold American" was recorded live while on tour with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. It was Friedman's last album of original material for more than 40 years.^[4]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "of the many albums that grew out of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, this must be the strangest." 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."^[5]

Track listing

All songs by Kinky Friedman except where noted.

Side One

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

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Verna . Paul . Lasso From El Paso . Billboard . Apr 17, 1999 . 111 . 16 . 15.
2. Web site: Kinky Friedman | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Teitelbaum . Sheldon . The Tale of a Kinky Cowboy Who Made Good . Los Angeles Times . 15 Oct 1989 . E16.
4. The Summer of Kinky Friedman. Andy. Friedman. The New Yorker. 13 September 2018 .
5. Web site: Lasso From El Paso – Record Collector Magazine.