White Mansions

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White Mansions
Studio album by Various artists
Released	June 1978
Genre	Country Outlaw country
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Glyn Johns
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Waylon Jennings chronology
Waylon & Willie (1978)	White Mansions (1978)	I've Always Been Crazy (1978)

White Mansions is a 1978 album by various artists documenting life in the Confederacy during the Civil War. The songs on the album were written by Paul Kennerley and are performed by Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, John Dillon and Steve Cash. Each singer took on a separate and distinct persona, portraying different characters in an attempt to show the Confederacy and the concept of "Southern pride" through said characters' eyes; in essence, therefore, White Mansions is a concept album. Eric Clapton played the guitar on several tracks. The record was a rather unsuccessful endeavor and went by relatively unnoticed, never charting.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Paul Kennerley.

1. "Story to Tell (The Preface)" – 2:52 – Jessi Colter
2. "Dixie, Hold On" – 3:14 – Waylon Jennings
3. "Join Around the Flag" – 2:16 – John Dillon
4. "White Trash" – 3:55 – Steve Cash
5. "Last Dance & The Kentucky Racehorse" – 5:26 – John Dillon, Jessi Colter
6. "Southern Boys" – 2:58 – Steve Cash
7. "Union Mare and the Confederate Grey" – 3:53 – Waylon Jennings
8. "No One Would Believe a Summer Could Be So Cold" – 2:59 – John Dillon
9. "The Southland's Bleeding" – 4:12 – Waylon Jennings
10. "Bring up the Twelve Pounders" – 0:26 – John Dillon
11. "They Laid Waste to Our Land" – 2:33 – Steve Cash, John Dillon, Waylon Jennings
12. "Praise the Lord" – 1:09 – Slaves
13. "The King Has Called Me Home" – 3:13 – Steve Cash
14. "Bad Man" – 3:04 – John Dillon
15. "Dixie, Now You're Done" – 3:13 – Waylon Jennings