Lasso from El Paso

Lasso from El Paso is a 1976 album by Kinky Friedman. "Sold American" was recorded live at Fort Collins, Colorado as part of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue.

Lasso from El Paso
Studio album by Kinky Friedman
Released	1976
Recorded	Sugar Hill Studios, Houston, TX
Genre	Country
Length	38:37
Label	Epic/CBS Records
Producer	Kinky Friedman, Huey P. Meaux, Steve Popovich and Van Dyke Parks ("Catfish")
Kinky Friedman chronology
Kinky Friedman (1974) Lasso from El Paso (1976) Live from the Lone Star Cafe (1982)

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 (Eric Clapton - dobro)
6. "Lady Yesterday" - 3:57

Side Two

1. "Catfish" (Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy) - 3:01 (Lowell George - guitar)
2. "Men's Room, L.A." (Buck Fowler) - 2:10 (Ringo Starr - voice of Jesus)
3. "Bananas and Cream" - 2:41
4. "Ol' Ben Lucas" - 1:39 (Eric Clapton - dobro)
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, 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