White Mansion Dixie Hold On

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 album charted at No. 38 on the Country Billboard and No. 181 on the Billboard Albums.

The album was re-released in 1999 in a two-for-one package with The Legend of Jesse James, a 1980 concept album conceived by Kennerley.

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[WestTexasRebel]

DEO VINDICE!

[stinkyfeet64]

I love Waylon!

[simeondark]

@kingslegion1 You are right, Slavery would have died out in the south as it was, with advances in mechanization, becoming inefficient. The main cause of the war was that the government denied the rights of the individual states. The initial cause of the rebellion of the "United States in Congress" was the right of succession from a tyranny, a right conveniently forgotten "Four score and ten" years later. I am an Englishman who's ancestor fought as an artilleryman with Jackson's brigade

[cecillane24]

no one will understand what happend through those years. this song is the closest thing and gets down to detail.the whole album expresses it the way it ought to be. once you listen to one song your hooked you have got 2 listen to it all. my dad got me a tape with the album on it. i cherished that tape. my favorite song was "the king has called me home". i loved the album and if anyone gets as good as waylon you sould honestly tell someone because not many come like him

[madamshirley]

ok take all the politics out of it who see s the music for what it is fantastic.

[borodrummer102]

@MovingTo Norway Your comment was not necessary at all. The Confederacy was all about states' rights. It was not about pride or slavery. Idiots like you remind me why this country is headed in the wrong direction. And inbreeds? Do a little research before you assume all southerners are that way. And the south grows much of the food you eat. Unless you'd rather hunt and gather for a living I suggest keeping your mouth shut. 

[whitetaraproductions]

@takethehighway711 With the other states opening up, it was more to do with maintaining the stutus quo of the ruling class, than the freedom of any slave [much as slavery is to be deplored ] Lincoln only granted freedom to the slaves in the South , not the Northern slaves.

[kingslegion1]

@takethehighway711 well slavery was an issue, just not THE issue, the issue with slavery was > who was to decide it< the fed or the states. this was the only reason slavery was an issue. the south understood if you loose this fight then next you have the fed meddeling in the schools and in private life as in abortion and marriage as we see today.. these issues are social morale issues which are left to the states by the constitution and not given to the fed. but now have been taken over by them.

[sugarfoot59]

@takethehighway711 I tend to think the same way, as most think that the War was strictly over slavery, but in reality, slavery was only PART of the problem, but nonetheless, it was a PART of the problem, and I cannot say it wasn't. History will show, that although slavery had it's impact, the animosity toward each other of the sections, was existing long before the 1860's, and included much more than just the slavery issue.

[takethehighway711]

@kingslegion1 , amazing! You're one of the few people I've ever met who realizes that the War of Northern Aggression was over taxes, not slavery.

[kingslegion1]

@takethehighway711 the bone is the idea that you are still voting for your leaders and they are representing your interests when in fact the corporations are running it all, this was the biggest argument the south had with the north, think about it .. before then no one would have let themselves be called a TAX payer beause they were citizens with rights, not just existing to pay taxes so the elite can live better. nodays folks are so ignorant that they call themselves taxpayer pridefully.