Sweet Mother Texas

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Sweet Mother Texas
Studio album by Waylon Jennings
Released	February 1986
Recorded	Cartee 3 Studio, Nashville Scottsdale, Arizona
Genre	Country Outlaw country
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Jerry Bridges Gary Scruggs
Waylon Jennings chronology
Turn the Page (1985) Sweet Mother Texas (1986) Will the Wolf Survive (1986)

Sweet Mother Texas is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Records in 1986. The singer's last album for the label before his move to MCA, it contains, among others, a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire" and a version of Kris Kristofferson's "Living Legend", which would be recorded by The Highwaymen in 1990, on Highwayman 2. Sweet Mother Texas failed to chart, marking the end of Jennings' twenty-year stay at RCA.

[edit] Track listing

1. "I'm on Fire" (Bruce Springsteen) – 2:31
2. "Me and Them Brothers of Mine" (Tommy L. Jennings)
3. "I Take My Comfort in You" (Wayland Holyfield, Guy Clark)
4. "Looking for Suzanne" (Paul Kennerley)
5. "Be Careful Who You Love (Arthur's Song)" (Harlan Howard) – 4:33
   • With Johnny Cash
6. "Sweet Mother Texas" (Sanger D. Shafer, Eddy Raven)
7. "Living Legend" (Kris Kristofferson)
8. "Hanging On" (Tony Joe White)