Confederate Railroad (album)

Confederate Railroad is the debut studio album by American country music band Confederate Railroad, released on April 28, 1992 via Atlantic Records. It peaked at #7 on the US country albums chart, and #19 on the Canadian country chart. It was certified 2×Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.

Singles released from the album include "She Took It Like a Man", "Jesus and Mama", "Queen of Memphis", "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back", "Trashy Women" and "She Never Cried". "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back" was previously a single in 1985 for Bill Anderson from his album Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.

Lead vocalist Danny Shirley was the only band member to record any parts for the album. Shirley only performed lead vocals on the album. Session musicians played all the instruments on the album and performed all background vocals on the album.

Track listing

Personnel

Confederate Railroad

• Mark Dufresne – drums*
• Michael Lamb – electric guitar,* background vocals*
• Chris McDaniel – keyboards,* background vocals*
• Gates Nichols – steel guitar,* background vocals*
• Wayne Secrest – bass guitar*
• Danny Shirley – acoustic guitar,* lead vocals

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Credited, but does not appear on album.

Additional musicians

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Barry Beckett – keyboards
• Michele Lamb – background vocals
• "Cowboy" Eddie Long – steel guitar
• Don Potter – acoustic guitar
• Suzi Ragsdale – background vocals
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Bob Wray – bass guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Notes

References

• Allmusic