Highway 101 / Highway 101(2) / Paint The Town - Highway 101

Three original albums from Highway 101 plus 2 bonus tracks on a 2 CD set: Recordings from 1987 to 1990.

In the early 1980s Country band Alabama created fresh excitement within Country Music, opening up the doorway for further male outfits like Exile, Sawyer Brown, Little Texas and The Kentucky Headhunters. Then, enter Highway 101, an outfit that broke the group scene's male dominance with a female vocalist as its central figure while, at the same time creating a distinctive contemporary sound that blended the Country music of Nashville and the West Coast with a tinkling of pop.

Lead singer Paulette Carlson, born 11th October 1953 in Northfield, Minnesota, was perfect to front this band. Playing music and writing songs for as long as she can remember, Carlson put the home scene behind her as she relocated in Nashville in 1978 and started paying her dues as a staff writer for The Oak Ridge Boys' music publishing company and by singing backup for Gail Davies. 

Chuck Morris, the manager of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Lyle Lovett wanted to form an outfit that would combine traditional country with rock and roll. After hearing Carlson's demo recordings, she completed Morris's line-up for Highway 101 that included Cactus Moser, Jack Daniels and Curtis Stone. Carlson's husky vocals were well complemented by the musicians and her contributions as a writer ensured the band's success. 

1. Whiskey, If You Were A Woman
2. Bridge Across Forever
3. Somewhere Tonight
4. Woman Walk The Line
5. Good Goodbye
6. Cry, Cry, Cry
7. Are You Still Mine
8. One Step Closer
9. Someone Believed
10. The Bed You Made For Me
11. Honky Tonk Heart
12. Road To Your Heart
13. Feed This Fire
14. Setting Me Up
15. Somewhere Between Gone And Goodbye
16. There Goes My Love
17. Desperate Road
18. All The Reasons Why
19. Long Way Down
20. (Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes
21. I Cant Love You Baby
22. If Love Had A Heart
23. While You Slept Last Night
24. This Side Of Goodbye
25. Walkin, Talkin, Cryin, Barely Beatin Broken Heart
26. Ill Paint The Town
27. Rough And Tumble Heart
28. Midnight Angel
29. Whos Lonely Now
30. Sweet Baby James
31. Someone Elses Trouble Now
32. The Change