Hits and Highways Ahead

Hits and Highways Ahead
Compilation album by Lee Roy Parnell
Released	August 24, 1999
Genre	Country
Length	48:13
Label	Arista Nashville
Producer	Barry Beckett, Ed Cherney, Scott Hendricks, Lee Roy Parnell
Lee Roy Parnell chronology
Every Night's a Saturday Night (1997) Hits and Highways Ahead (1999) Tell the Truth (2001)

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Hits and Highways Ahead is the first compilation album released by country music artist Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1999 by the Arista Nashville label. It peaked at #63 on the Top Country Albums chart, and was not certified by the RIAA.

Track listing

1. "She Won't Be Lonely Long" (Bob McDill) - 4:01
2. "Heart's Desire" (Lee Roy Parnell, Cris Moore) – 4:12
3. "Love Without Mercy" (Don Pfrimmer, Mike Reid) – 4:43
4. "On the Road" (McDill) - 4:38
5. "Long Way to Fall" (Gary Nicholson, Parnell) - 4:43
6. "A Little Bit of You" (Trey Bruce, Craig Wiseman) - 2:41
7. "I'm Holding My Own" (Tony Arata) - 4:15
8. "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" (Al Carmichael, Gary Griffin) - 3:36
9. "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Rafe VanHoy, Mark Luna) – 3:43
10. "Tender Moment" (Rory Michael Bourke, Moore, Parnell) – 3:08
11. "If the House Is Rockin'" (Nicholson, Mike Henderson, Wally Wilson) – 3:28
12. "John the Revelator" (Traditional) - 5:06

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers - drums
• Richard Bennett - electric guitar
• Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
• The Fairfield Four - background vocals
• Davey Faragher - bass guitar
• Chris Harris - background vocals
• Teresa James - background vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis - piano
• John Jorgenson - electric guitar
• Jim Keltner - drums
• Kevin McKendree - piano
• Terry McMillan - percussion
• Steve Mackey - bass guitar
• Jonell Mosser - background vocals
• Lee Roy Parnell - electric guitar, slide guitar, lead vocals
• James Pennebaker - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Don Potter - acoustic guitar
• Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
• Joseph Rice - background vocals
• Matt Rollings - keyboards
• Russell Smith - background vocals
• Michael Spriggs - acoustic guitar
• Harry Stinson - background vocals
• Fred Tackett - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Scott Thurston - background vocals
• Jeffrey "C.J." Vanston - organ
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar
• Lynn Williams - drums
• Dennis Wilson - background vocals
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar
• Bob Wray - bass guitar
• Reese Wynans - organ
• Trisha Yearwood - background vocals
• Curtis Young - background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	63

References

• Hits and Highways Ahead at CMT.com