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 | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Studio | SugarHill (Houston, Texas) | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 38:37 | |||
| Label | Epic[1] | |||
| Producer | ||||
| Kinky Friedman chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| 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
editAllMusic 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
editAll songs by Kinky Friedman except where noted.
Side One
edit- "Sold American" – 3:36
- "Twinkle" – 3:21
- "Ahab the Arab" (Ray Stevens) – 3:31
- "Dear Abbie" – 3:12
- "Kinky" (Ronnie Hawkins) – 2:57
- "Lady Yesterday" – 3:57
Side Two
edit- "Catfish" (Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy) – 3:01
- "Men's Room, L.A." (Buck Fowler) – 2:10
- "Bananas and Cream" – 2:41
- "Ol' Ben Lucas" – 1:39
- "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" (Peter LaFarge) – 5:10
- "Waitret, Please, Waitret" (Friedman, Major Boles, Roscoe West) – 2:25
Personnel
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 297.
- ^ Verna, Paul (Apr 17, 1999). "Lasso From El Paso". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 16. p. 15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. pp. 612–613.
- ^ 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 (13 September 2018). "The Summer of Kinky Friedman". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Lasso From El Paso – Record Collector Magazine".