Lasso from El Paso 1976: Album review and songs from Answers.com

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Artist: Kinky Friedman
Rating:
Release Date: 1976
Genre: Folk

Review

Of the many albums that grew out of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, this must be the strangest. Friedman has a husky voice and an off-kilter sense of humor best captured on the live-from-the-revue track, "Sold American." Also notable for a version of the Bob Dylan outtake, "Catfish." ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Sold American (Lyrics)	Kinky Friedman	Kinky Friedman	(3:52)
Twinkle	Kinky Friedman	Kinky Friedman	(3:24)
Ahab the Arab/Dear Abbie	Ray Stevens	Kinky Friedman	(6:47)
Kinky	Ronnie Hawkins	Kinky Friedman	(3:00)
Lady Yesterday	Kinky Friedman	Kinky Friedman	(3:50)
Catfish	Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy	Kinky Friedman	(3:08)
Men's Room, L.A.	Buck Fowler	Kinky Friedman	(2:13)
Bananas and Cream	Kinky Friedman	Kinky Friedman	(2:43)
Ol' Ben Lucas	Kinky Friedman	Kinky Friedman	(1:42)
The Ballad of Ira Hayes	Peter La Farge	Kinky Friedman	(5:14)
Waitret, Please, Waitret	Major Boles, Kinky Friedman, Roscoe West	Kinky Friedman	(2:38)

Credits

Steven Soles (Guitar), Ken Lauber (Keyboards), Fiddlin' Frenchie Bourke (Violin), Terry Balin (Vocals), Kinky Friedman (Vocals), Teddy Jack Eddy (Drums), Tom Culpepper (Guitar), Rick Danko (Vocals), Rob Stoner (Bass), Levon Helm (Guitar), Dr. John (Keyboards), Brian Clarke (Bass), Andy Cahan (Drums), Snakebite Jacobs (Horn), Rick Danko (Bass), Bill Ham (Guitar), Jim Atkinson (Guitar), T Bone Burnett (Guitar), Jewford Shelby (Keyboards), Mick Ronson (Guitar), Eric Clapton (Dobro), Major Boles (Drums), Gary Burke (Drums), Ira Wilkes (Bass), Michael DeTemple (Guitar), Ron Wood (Guitar), Richard Manuel (Drums), Red Young (Keyboards), Ronnie Hawkins (Vocals), Roscoe West (Vocals), Howie Wyeth (Drums), Ringo Starr (Vocals), Roger McGuinn (Banjo), Darrell Norris (Drums), Rusty Young (Guitar (Steel)), Al Garth (Violin), Terry Danko (Bass)

Track listing

All songs by Kinky Friedman except where noted.

Side One

"Sold American" - 3:36

"Twinkle" - 3:21

"Ahab The Arab" (R. Stevens) - 3:31

"Dear Abbie" - 3:12

"Kinky" (R. 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." (B. 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" (K. Friedman, M. Boles, R. West) - 2:25

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