Lasso from El Paso

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]

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)

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]

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

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