''Sweet Mother Texas'' is an album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Records in 1986.
Featuring a scant eight songs, this would be Jennings' last album for the label before his move to
MCA
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Astronomy
* Mars-crossing asteroid, an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars
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* Minimum crossing altitude, a minimum obstacle crossing altitude for fixes on published airways
* Medium Combat Aircraft, a 5th gene ...
. Released with little promotion, it contains outtakes from Jennings' recent albums, such as a
cover
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* Another name for a lid
* Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package
* Album cover, the front of the packaging
* Book cover or magazine cover
** Book design
** Back cover copy, part of co ...
1990
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, on ''
Highwayman 2
''Highwayman 2'' is the second studio album released by American country supergroup The Highwaymen. This album was released in 1990 on the Columbia Records label. Johnny Cash had left Columbia several years earlier, making this a "homecoming", an ...
''. "Looking for Suzanne" had been previously released on '' Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2''. ''Sweet Mother Texas'' failed to chart, marking an unceremonious end of Jennings' twenty-year stay at RCA. The title track was previously recorded by Eddy Raven on his 1980 album '' Eyes''.
Bruce Springsteen
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) – 2:35
#"Me and Them Brothers of Mine" (Tommy L. Jennings) - 3:06
#"I Take My Comfort in You" ( Wayland Holyfield, Guy Clark) - 3:28
#"Looking for Suzanne" ( Paul Kennerley) - 3:39
#"Be Careful Who You Love (Arthur's Song)" ( Harlan Howard) – 4:33
#*With
Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...
*Producer: Jerry Bridges, Gary Scruggs, Ritchie Albright, Waylon Jennings
*Art Direction: Bill Barnes
*Cover Photography: Bill Mitchell
Personnel
*Pickers: Waylon Jennings, Ralph Mooney, Jerry Bridges, Gary Scruggs, Jim Haber, Dan Mustoe, Tony Joe White,
Earl Scruggs
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, Randy Scruggs, Ritchie Albright, Sonny Curtis, Harrison Calloway, Gordon Payne
*Singers: Waylon Jennings,
Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...
, Patti Leatherwood, Carter Robertson, Barny Robertson