On the Road is the third studio album by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Lee Roy Parnell

Lee Roy Parnell

Lee Roy Parnell is an American country music artist. Active since 1990, he has recorded eight studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...

. It was released October 26, 1993 via Arista Nashville

Arista Nashville

Arista Nashville is an American record label that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Founded in 1989, the label specializes in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood...

. The album produced four singles for Parnell, all of which charted on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

: the title track at #6, "I'm Holding My Own" at #3, a cover of the Hank Williams song "Take These Chains from My Heart" at #17, and "The Power of Love" at #51.

Track listing

1. "On the Road
   On the Road (song)
   "On the Road" is the title of a song written by Bob McDill, and recorded by country music artist Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in August 1993 as the lead-off single to his 1993 album of the same name...
   
   " (Bob McDill
   Bob McDill
   Robert Lee "Bob" McDill is an American country music songwriter. Active from the 1960s until 2000, he has written several songs for country music artists, including more than thirty Number One hits...
   
   ) – 4:38
2. "Country Down to My Soul" (Lee Roy Parnell, Cris Moore) – 3:11
3. "The Power of Love
   The Power of Love (Charley Pride song)
   "The Power of Love" is a single by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in May 1984 as the first single from his album The Power of Love. The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart....
   
   " (Don Cook
   Don Cook
   Don Kirby Cook is an American record producer and songwriter whose work is mainly in the field of country music. Artists who recorded Cook's material include Barbara Mandrell, John Conlee, Mark Collie, Wade Hayes and Brooks & Dunn...
   
   , Gary Nicholson) – 3:39
4. "I'm Holding My Own
   I'm Holding My Own
   "I'm Holding My Own" is the title of a song written by Tony Arata and recorded by American singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in January 1994 as the second single from his 1993 album On the Road...
   
   " (Tony Arata
   Tony Arata
   Tony Arata is an American singer-songwriter. He was born and grew up in Savannah, Georgia, attended the Georgia Southern University, and moved to Nashville in 1986....
   
   ) – 4:16
5. "They Don't Know You" (Parnell, Nicholson) – 3:42
6. Straight Shooter" (Parnell, Nicholson) – 4:43
7. "Take These Chains from My Heart
   Take These Chains from My Heart
   "Take These Chains from My Heart" is a 1953 single by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys, written by Fred Rose and Hy Heath. The song was the last of Hank Williams' country number-one hits. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart.Cover versions of...
   
   " (Fred Rose
   Fred Rose (musician)
   Fred Rose was an American Hall of Fame songwriter and music publishing executive.-Biography:Born in Evansville, Indiana, Fred Rose started playing piano and singing as a small boy. In his teens, he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he worked in bars busking for tips, and finally vaudeville...
   
   , Hy Heath
   Hy Heath
   Songwriter, composer and author Hy Heath was educated in public schools and then became a comedian in musical comedy, vaudeville, minstrel and burlesque shows. His chief musical collaborators included Johnny Lange and Fred Rose. His most successful composition was 'Mule Train' which earned him an...
   
   ) – 3:22
   • duet with Ronnie Dunn
     Ronnie Dunn
     Ronnie Gene Dunn is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn. In 2011, Dunn began working as a solo artist following the breakup of Brooks & Dunn...
     
     
8. "Wasted Time" (Parnell, Nicholson) 4:50
9. "Straight and Narrow" (Parnell, Tony Haselden) – 3:31
10. "Fresh Coat of Paint" (Parnell, Rory Michael Bourke
    Rory Michael Bourke
    Rory Michael Bourke is a country music songwriter born July 14, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio.Bourke moved to Nashville in 1964 and worked for a period in the promotional department of Mercury Records....
    
    , Moore) – 2:54

Production

• Produced & Mixed By Scott Hendricks
• Engineered By Scott Hendricks, John Kunz & Mark Capps
• Mastered By Hank Williams
• Project Assistant: John Kunz
• Project Administrator: Ramona Simmons

Personnel

• Drums, Percussion: Lonnie Wilson, Terry McMillan
• Bass: Glenn Worf
• Piano, Wurlitzer: John Barlow Jarvis
• Organ: Reese Wynans
  Reese Wynans
  Reese Wynans is a keyboard player who has done session work and has been a member of Double Trouble and progressive rock band Captain Beyond.- Personal life :Reese Wynans grew up in Sarasota, Florida during the 1950s...
  
  
• Acoustic & Electric Guitars: Lee Roy Parnell, John Jorgenson, Billy Joe Walker, Jr., James Pennebaker
• Steel Guitar: Dan Dugmore
• Mandolin: John Jorgenson
• Harmonica: Rob Parnell
• Backing Vocals: Joy White, Jonell Mosser, Steve Mackey, Dennis Wilson, Harry Stinson

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	59
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	23
Canadian RPM Country Albums	17