Lasso from El Paso

Lasso from El Paso
Lasso from El Paso
Studio album by Kinky Friedman
Released	1976
Recorded	Sugar Hill Studios, Houston, TX
Genre	Country rock
Length	38:37
Label	Epic
Producer	Kinky Friedman, Huey P. Meaux
Kinky Friedman chronology

Professional ratings
Review 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[]

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[]

All songs by Kinky Friedman except where noted.

Side One[]

"Sold American" - 3:36
"Twinkle" - 3:21
"Ahab the Arab" (Ray Stevens) - 3:31
"Dear Abbie" - 3:12
"Kinky" (Ronnie Hawkins) - 2:57 (Eric Clapton - dobro)
"Lady Yesterday" - 3:57

Side Two[]

"Catfish" (Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy) - 3:01 (Lowell George - guitar)
"Men's Room, L.A." (Buck Fowler) - 2:10 (Ringo Starr - voice of Jesus)
"Bananas and Cream" - 2:41
"Ol' Ben Lucas" - 1:39 (Eric Clapton - dobro)
"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" (Peter LaFarge) - 5:10
"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, Lowell George, Bill Ham, Levon Helm, Mick Ronson, Steven Soles, Ronnie Wood - guitars
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 - background vocals

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 297.
^ Verna, Paul (Apr 17, 1999). "Lasso From El Paso". Billboard. 111 (16): 15.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Lasso from El Paso - Kinky Friedman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ "Robert Christgau: Album: Kinky Friedman: Lasso from El Paso". www.robertchristgau.com.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. pp. 612–613.CS1 maint: location (link)
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 265.
^ "Kinky Friedman | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ Teitelbaum, Sheldon (15 Oct 1989). "The Tale of a Kinky Cowboy Who Made Good". Los Angeles Times: E16.
^ Friedman, Andy. "The Summer of Kinky Friedman". The New Yorker.
^ "Lasso From El Paso - Record Collector Magazine".

[MH-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 297.

[BB-2] Verna, Paul (Apr 17, 1999). "Lasso From El Paso". Billboard. 111 (16): 15.

[auto-3] Jump up to: ^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.

[CL-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 3: MUZE. pp. 612–613.CS1 maint: location (link)

[RS-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. "The Summer of Kinky Friedman". The New Yorker.

[10] "Lasso From El Paso - Record Collector Magazine".

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