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Lasso from El Paso
Studio album by
Released1976
StudioSugarHill (Houston, Texas)
GenreCountry rock
Length38:37
LabelEpic[1]
Producer
Kinky Friedman chronology
Kinky Friedman
(1974)
Lasso from El Paso
(1976)
Live from the Lone Star Cafe
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert ChristgauC[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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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.
  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".