Allison Road

In 1989, Robin Wilson passed by a sign on his way to El Paso that read "Next Exit Allison Road." His friend with whom he was riding had a sister named Allison, and so they stopped to take a picture. Five months later, Wilson had the picture and was bored. In a Billboard interview from 1994, he recalled:

I walked to the other room, sat down in front of the television and turned on CNN. And the moment the TV turned on I heard that little melody in my head; 'On Allison Road.' And I was like, 'Shit!' So I turned off the TV, climbed over the couch and went back in my bedroom and the song was pretty much done 20 minutes later.^[2]

The exit sign for Allison Road is located on I-10 in Roosevelt, Texas.

Footnotes

↑ Unterberger, Andrew. "Top Ten Mediocre Post-Grunge / Alternative Bands". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
↑ Boehlert, Eric (15 October 1994), "The modern age". Billboard. 106 (42):95

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Gin Blossoms

Bill Leen Jesse Valenzuela Robin Wilson Scott "Scotty" Johnson Scott Hessel Doug Hopkins Richard Taylor Chris McCann Steven Severson Dan Henzerling Phillip "Phil" Rhodes Scott "Scotty" Kusmirek John Richardson

Studio albums	Dusted New Miserable Experience Congratulations I'm Sorry Major Lodge Victory No Chocolate Cake

Live albums	Live in Concert

EPs	Up and Crumbling Shut Up and Smoke

Compilations	Outside Looking In: The Best of the Gin Blossoms The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gin Blossoms Rarities Icon

Singles	"Lost Horizons" "Mrs. Rita" "Hey Jealousy" "Found Out About You" "Until I Fall Away" "Allison Road" "Til I Hear It from You" "Follow You Down" "Day Job" "As Long as It Matters" "Learning the Hard Way" "Miss Disarray"

DVDs	Just South of Nowhere

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