Title: Typically eclectic and irreverant LP from Friedman + friends
Product review: Friedman's acclaim as a mystery writer has mostly obscured his earlier work as a most irreverent country-rock singer-songwriter. This reissue should help clear the cobwebs."Lasso From El Paso" is the most eclectic of a mid-70s LP trio. Friedman champions the faded and forgotten with effective portraits in "Sold American" (recorded live on Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue) and "The Ballad of Ira Hayes." In contrast, he imbues "Ahab the Arab" with bombast above and beyond the song's lyrical content, and laughs his way through the ode to snot, "Ol' Ben Lucas." Also included is the Bob Dylan outtake, "Catfish" and appearances by Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Roger McGuinn and Ringo Starr as Jesus.
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