Released 1994 Genre Power pop Writer(s) Robin Wilson | Format Cassette tape Label Fontana, A&M | |
"Allison Road"
(1994) "Til I Hear It from You"
(1995) | ||
"Allison Road" is a single from the Gin Blossoms.
History
In 1989, Robin Wilson passed by a sign on his way to El Paso that read "Next Exit Allison Road." The 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.
The exit sign for Allison Road is located on I-10 in Roosevelt, Texas.
References
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