Allison Road

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“Allison Road”
Single by Gin Blossoms from the album New Miserable Experience
Format	cassette tape
Genre	Pop rock
Label	Fontana, A&M
Writer(s)	Robin Wilson
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"Allison Road" is a single from the Gin Blossoms.

[edit] History

Robin Wilson wrote the song in 1989 when he 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.^[1]

[edit] Footnotes

v • d • e Gin Blossoms Discography Studio albums Dusted · New Miserable Experience · Major Lodge Victory EPs Up and Crumbling  · Shut Up and Smoke Compilations Outside Looking In: The Best of the Gin Blossoms · New Miserable Experience - Deluxe Edition (2 CD Boxset) · 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gin Blossoms Singles "Mrs. Rita" · "Hey Jealousy" · "Until I Fall Away" · "Found Out About You" · "Allison Road" · "Til I Hear It from You" · "Follow You Down" · "Day Job" · "As Long as It Matters" · "Learning the Hard Way" · "Long Time Gone" · Not Only Numb DVDs Just South of Nowhere · 20th Century Masters - The Best of Gin Blossoms