''The New Frontier'' is an album by the American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

band Highway 101. Released in 1993, it was the band's only album on Liberty Records. Its only charting single was "You Baby You", which reached number 67 on the country music charts. "No Chance to Dance" was previously recorded by

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in 1988 for his album "Gracias" and his version was released as a single reaching No. 72 on the charts in 1989. And it was also recorded in 1990 by Bob DiPiero, Dennis Robbins, and John Scott Sherrill (the writers of the song) when they formed the band Billy Hill, their version never made it on the charts.

Track listing

# "You Baby You" (Chris McCarty, Gary Mallaber) – 3:22 # "Home on the Range" (Cactus Moser, Chuck Jones) – 2:59 # "Tell Me More" (Moser, Jones) – 2:46 # "No Chance to Dance" (

Bob DiPiero Robert John DiPiero (born March 3, 1951) is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15 US number one hits and several Top 20 single for Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy ...

John Scott Sherrill John Scott Sherrill is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in the field of country music. His brother, Donn Sherrill, was a Vanderbilt student. He introduced John Scott to his fraternity brother, Scott Siman who recorded demos of his ...

Dennis Robbins Dennis Anthony Robbins (born August 23, 1949) is an American musician who first made himself known as a guitarist in the band Rockets. After his departure from The Rockets, he began a career in country music, recording three major-label albums an ...

) – 3:08 # "Who's Gonna Love You" (Curtis Stone,

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) – 3:37 # "The Last Frontier" (Moser, Jones) – 3:57 # "Fastest Healin' Broken Heart" (Curtis Stone,

Pat Bunch Pat Bunch is an American country music songwriter. Much of her earlier chart hits resulted from collaborations with fellow songwriters Mary Ann Kennedy and Pam Rose. Since 1995 Bunch has also had multiple chart successes co-writing with Doug Joh ...

) – 2:38 # "Love Walks" (Moser, Mike Noble, Jeff Pennig) – 4:01 # "You Are What You Do" (DiPiero,

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, Mark D. Sanders) – 2:59 # "I Wonder Where the Love Goes" (Moser, Jones) – 3:42

Personnel

Highway 101 * Cactus Moser – drums, guitars, vocals *

Nikki Nelson Nikki Nelson (born January 3, 1969, in La Mesa, California) is an American country music singer. When she was seven, she and her family moved to Topaz Lake, Nevada. In 1991, she replaced Paulette Carlson Paulette Tenae Carlson (born October 1 ...

– lead vocals, guitars * Curtis Stone – bass guitar, mandolin, guitars, vocals Additional musicians * Michael Black – background vocals *

Larry Byrom Steppenwolf was an American-Canadian rock band that was prominent from 1968 to 1972. The group was formed in late 1967 in Los Angeles by lead singer John Kay, keyboardist Goldy McJohn, and drummer Jerry Edmonton, all formerly of the Canadian ...

– electric guitar * Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar, mandolin * Larry Chaney – electric guitar *

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...

– steel guitar * Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin * Thom Flora – background vocals * Paul Franklin – steel guitar * Tony Harrell – keyboards *

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

– electric guitar *

John Jorgenson John Richard Jorgenson (born July 6, 1956) is an American musician. Although best known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters, he is also proficient on the mandolin, mandocello, Dobro, pedal steel gu ...

– electric guitar *

Steve Nathan Steven Jay Nathan is an American keyboardist. He is known for his session work in Muscle Shoals and Nashville studios. Biography Nathan was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. In 1977, Nathan moved to Muscle Shoals, Alabama. After touring w ...

– keyboards * Mike Noble – acoustic guitar *

Harry Stinson Harry Stinson (born June 3, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian real estate developer from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is president of Stinson Properties, Inc. He has been called Toronto's "condo king". Biography Stinson's most significant ...

– background vocals Technical * Derek Bason – recording assistant, mixing assistant * Bob Campbell-Smith – additional recording * Eric Elwell – additional recording * Chuck Howard – producer * John Kelton – recording (except for "Love Walks"), mixing * Mel Jones – recording assistant * Pat McMakin – recording ("Love Walks" only) * Glenn Meadows – mastering * Cactus Moser – producer * Curtis Stone – producer

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:New Frontier, The 1993 albums Highway 101 albums Liberty Records albums