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White Mansions/The Legend of Jesse James [EXTRA TRACKS]

Paul Kennerly, Various Artists - Country, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (July 27, 1999)
  • Original Release Date: July 27, 1999
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Extra tracks
  • Label: A&M
  • ASIN: B00000839H
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,820 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Story to Tell (The Preface) - White Mansions
2. Dixie, Hold On
3. Join Around the Flag
4. White Trash
5. Last Dance & The Kentucky Racehorse
6. Southern Boys
7. Union Mare and the Confederate Grey
8. No One Would Believe a Summer Could Be So Cold
9. Southland's Bleeding
10. Bring Up the Twelve Pounders - White Mansions
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Disc: 2
1. Ride of the Redlegs
2. Quantrill's Guerillas - Bernie Leadon
3. Six Gun Shooting - Eric Clapton, White Mansions
4. Have You Heard the News? - Nick DeCaro
5. Heaven Ain't Ready for You Yet - Bernie Leadon
6. Help Him, Jesus
7. Old Clay Country - White Mansions
8. Riding With Jessie James
9. Hunt Them Down - Eric Clapton, Tim Hinkley, White Mansions
10. Wish We Were Back in Missouri - Eric Clapton, White Mansions
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This double-disc reissue documents one of the more curious careers in country music. Both 1978's White Mansions and 1980's The Legend of Jesse James are Southern song cycles that were conceived by Britain's Paul Kennerley, then an unknown songwriter who somehow recruited a high-profile cast for each. A Civil War saga from the Southern perspective, White Mansions suffers from caricature and cliché but benefits from signature contributions by Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, and Eric Clapton. Jesse James has more focus and narrative momentum, with Levon Helm, Johnny Cash, and Emmylou Harris in lead roles. Though the albums are more noteworthy for artistic ambition than memorable material, Kennerley subsequently became a successful Nashville songwriter and Harris's husband from 1985 to 1993. --Don McLeese

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The CD to save if your house was on fire!, December 3, 2005
White Mansions and especially The Legend of Jesse James gives me chills when I listen to it. I grew up in Clay County,Missouri right up the road from the James Farm. This music is so authentic in the style and the way the voices sound as if they are truly Missouri locals. Anybody who knows the true outlaw story of the James Boys knows this cd is so dead on it will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. Jesse James is not just a train robber but a true southern farmer turned guerilla who just wanted his money back from the Yankee Feds. This CD has the best I believe of Waylon & Jessi, Johnny Cash and Levon Helm singing in a southern rock style that will have you swilling sweetea out of a mason jar. If you like hog callers and mules, tobacco and whiskey culture and realize the Civil War really started on the southern Frontier in Missouri, buy this you will play it for years!!!
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars high water mark of country music, brought to you by a Brit, May 21, 2005
By Joseph C. Thomas "book bandito" (Suffolk, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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Very often, the best music of any genre is produced by outsiders who are impressed with the purity of sound and seek to replicate and pay homage to that genre. Such is the case with Confederate Tales. Both original ablums, White Mansions and Jesse James, were written and produced by Paul Kennerly, a Briton a long way from Nashville. His compositions however are more country than what Nashville has produced since these ablums came out. His songs weave tales from history, amplifying the anguish and destruction of the War Between the States from the Southern perspective, and reminiscing the romance of the outlaw James Gang.

Guesting on these recordings were Nashville heavyweights, like Cash, Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris, and some non-Nashville rockers like Clapton and Levon Helm of the Band. Each puts in an absolutely astounding performance. Listening to Jesse James, in particular, is far more enjoyable than watching the movie Frank and Jesse.

Highly recommended to history buffs, country music fans, and fans of the individual performers.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Civil War and American West concept albums by a British Guy., August 10, 1999
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Paul Kennerly wrote two country music "concept albums" that were released in the late seventies on A & M records. "White Mansions" was a song cycle about the Civil War "narrated" in song by Waylon Jennings with a cast of characters that included Jesse Colter and Bernie Leadon of the Eagles and some guy called Eric Clapton on guitar. A fine pedigree indeed, but I like "The Legend of Jesse James" much better. Released around '79 or '80, this took the White Mansions modus operendi to the Jesse James legend, with Levon Helm of the Band as Jesse James, Emmylou Harris as Jesse's wife Zerelda, Johnny Cash as Frank James and Charlie Daniels as the James boys associate Cole Younger. The songs are all excellent and the slide guitar work of Charlie Daniels and Jesse Ed Davis is exceptional. I have to say that I've been waiting for this particular album since the CD format was introduced years ago. Too bad you can't buy them seperately.
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1.0 out of 5 stars lame
White Mansions is still one of my favorites, but Jesse James is weak and predictable following the same pattern of the earlier work. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fantastic
This is not a new CD but I read rave views about it and decided to order it. It's a two CD set and my favorite is the Legend of Jesse James. Read more
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The other reviewers here have described both these masterpieces quite perfectly. So I'll just add that they both are written & conceived by Paul Kennerly, Emmylou Harris' ex, the... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Listen carefully and more than once for the best effect...
I had the vinyl version of "White Mansions" back in the 1980's, and I liked it because I am a Civil War buff, and a country/folk fan. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Good
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5.0 out of 5 stars What's up
I was looking for these two albuns for a long ago. I'm very glad finally got them. That's all and thanks.
Published 16 months ago by Eduardo Lobao

4.0 out of 5 stars Legend of Jesse James
I had heard of this album in 1981 or so. Although I have the LP I wanted the
CD also. I really like the story telling aspect of this cd. Read more
Published on May 12, 2007 by Patty J. Hawkins

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gem
My husband bought the LP years ago and pretty much wore it out. When I bought this CD for him as a gift he was thrilled to hear elements of the recordings he says he never heard... Read more
Published on April 10, 2007 by K. Shinn

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Magnificent and Historically Accurate Song Cycles About the American South
I accidentally ran into the cassette version of "The Story of Jesse James" probably shortly after the cassette was released. Read more
Published on August 31, 2006 by Barbara Haukenberry

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