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unusual facts about Burnin' the Roadhouse Down


Burnin' the Roadhouse Down

Despite having not charted a Top 40 country single since 1994, Steve Wariner had been finding success in the late 1990s as a songwriter, including the Number One hits "Longneck Bottle" for Garth Brooks and "Nothin' but the Taillights" for Clint Black, as well as Bryan White's Top 20 country hit "One Small Miracle".


Billy Joe Walker, Jr.

He has written singles for Eddie Rabbitt, including the singles "I Wanna Dance with You" and "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love".

Burnin' Sky

Burnin' Sky was recorded in France at Château d'Hérouville in July and August 1976 with future Rolling Stones engineer Chris Kimsey but its release was delayed until March 1977 as to not compete with the band's then-current album Run with the Pack.

#"Knapsack" – 1:20 (a short studio one take of "The Happy Wanderer" originally listed LP as "intro" to "Everything I Need")

Richard Meltzer

Meltzer wrote the lyrics to many of the band's songs, including the hit Burnin' for You.

Richie Spice

More recently, a remix of one of his more popular tracks, "Marijuana", by Digital Mystikz's Coki, renamed "Burnin'" has focused more attention to him in the blossoming dubstep scene coming out of the UK.

The Coast of Colorado

The album includes the singles "Your Memory Wins Again", "I Don't Have Far to Fall", "Burnin' a Hole in My Heart", "The Gospel According to Luke" and the title track, all of which reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

We Be Burnin'

"We Be Burnin'" was released as the first single from The Trinity in August 2005 in the US and in September 2005 in the UK.


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