Lasso from El Paso

Lasso From El Paso
Studio album by Kinky Friedman
Released	1976
Recorded	Sugar Hill Studios, Houston, TX
Genre	Country
Length	38:37
Label	Epic
Producer	Kinky Friedman, Huey 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)

Lasso From El Paso is a 1976 album by Kinky Friedman.

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, Ron 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 Bourke - fiddle
• Michael DeTemple - mandolin
• Ken "Snakebite" Jacobs - horns
• Major Bowles, Gary Burke, Teddy Jack Eddy, 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, Jim Atkinson, Tracey Balin - background vocals