Roadhouse Medley

"Roadhouse Medley"
"Roadhouse Medley"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Live Alive Quo
Released	28 September 1992
Recorded	BBC
Genre	Rock
Length	4:40
Label	Polydor Records
Songwriter(s)	See text for full details
Status Quo singles chronology

"Roadhouse Medley (Anniversary Waltz Part 25)" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1992. It was included on the album Live Alive Quo.^[1]

"Roadhouse Medley" was recorded live at BBC Radio One's Party in the Park, at Sutton Park in Birmingham on 30 August 1992. All versions of the medley, including the full 13:27 version, are unavailable elsewhere.

The origins of this track date back to the early 1970s, when Status Quo heard the Doors track "Roadhouse Blues" in a club and adopted its chugging rhythm as a template for much of their early self-penned material. "Roadhouse Blues" itself had been recorded by Quo in 1972 on the Piledriver album and, with vocals by bassist Alan Lancaster, was a staple of the band's live set for many years. By 1976's Status Quo Live! album the song had been extended to more than twelve minutes in duration, featuring a lengthy middle section in which parts of a traditional Irish jig, "Irish Washer Woman" were played.

Status Quo played "Roadhouse Blues" only sporadically following Lancaster's departure from the band in 1985, with Rick Parfitt assuming lead vocals. The "jig" section started to extend again some time between the band's Knebworth Festival appearance in June 1990 and their concert at Butlin's in Minehead in October of the same year, taking in a medley of other Status Quo songs in a shortened form, before returning to "Roadhouse Blues". For the radio edit of "Roadhouse Medley" the Doors section was dropped altogether.

The songs comprising the "Roadhouse Medley" have since been restored to full length in the band's live sets, and although "Roadhouse Blues" has not been played by the classic band for many years, it was played during the critically acclaimed "Frantic Four" reunion shows in 2013 and 2014.

Track listing[edit]

7 inch/Cassette[edit]

"Roadhouse Medley" (Anniversary Waltz Part 25) (Radio Edit) (features: "The Wanderer" (Maresca), "Marguerita Time" (Rossi/Frost), "Living on an Island" (Parfitt/ Young), "Break the Rules" (Rossi/Young/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan), "Something 'Bout You Baby (I Like)" (Supa) (4:40)
"Roadhouse Medley" (Extended Version) "The Wanderer" (Maresca), "Marguerita Time" (Rossi/Frost), "Living on an Island" (Parfitt/ Young), "Break the Rules" (Rossi/Young/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan), "Something 'Bout You Baby (I Like)" (Supa), "The Price of Love" (Everly), "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison/Doors) (7:34)

CD1[edit]

"Roadhouse Medley" (Anniversary Waltz Part 25) (Radio Edit) (4:40)
"Roadhouse Medley" (Extended Version) (7:34)
"Don't Drive My Car" (Live)

CD2[edit]

"Roadhouse Medley" (Anniversary Waltz Part 25) (Radio Edit) (4:40)
"Roadhouse Medley" (Roadhouse Mix) (13:27)

Charts[edit]

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)^[2]	27
UK Singles (OCC)^[3]	21

References[edit]

^ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Roadhouse Medley (Anniversary Waltz Part 25)". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[1] "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-01-04.

[ire-2] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Roadhouse Medley (Anniversary Waltz Part 25)". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

[uk-3] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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v t e Status Quo
Francis Rossi Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Richie Malone Alan Lancaster John Coghlan Roy Lynes Rick Parfitt Pete Kircher Jeff Rich Matt Letley
Studio albums (UK)	Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Spare Parts Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon Dog of Two Head Piledriver Hello! Quo On the Level Blue for You Rockin' All Over the World If You Can't Stand the Heat... Whatever You Want Just Supposin' Never Too Late 1+9+8+2 Back to Back In the Army Now Ain't Complaining Perfect Remedy Rock 'til You Drop Thirsty Work Don't Stop Under the Influence Famous in the Last Century Heavy Traffic Riffs The Party Ain't Over Yet In Search of the Fourth Chord Quid Pro Quo Bula Quo! Aquostic Aquostic II Backbone
Live albums	Live! Live at the NEC Live Alive Quo Live at the BBC
Box sets	From the Makers of...
Singles	"Pictures of Matchstick Men" "Ice in the Sun" "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" "The Price of Love" "Down the Dustpipe" "In My Chair" "Paper Plane" "Mean Girl" "Caroline" "Break the Rules" "Down Down" "Roll Over Lay Down" "Rain" "Mystery Song" "The Wild Side of Life" "Rockin' All Over the World" "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" "Again and Again" "Accident Prone" "Whatever You Want" "Living on an Island" "What You're Proposing" "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car" "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" "Rock 'n' Roll" "Dear John" "She Don't Fool Me" "Ol' Rag Blues" "A Mess of Blues" "Marguerita Time" "Going Down Town Tonight" "The Wanderer" "Rollin' Home" "Red Sky" "In the Army Now" "Dreamin'" "Ain't Complaining" "Who Gets the Love?" "Running All Over the World" "Burning Bridges" "Not at All" "Little Dreamer" "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" "Can't Give You More" "Rock 'til You Drop" "Roadhouse Medley" "Come On You Reds" "I Didn't Mean It" "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!" "Restless" "When You Walk in the Room" "Fun Fun Fun" "Don't Stop" "All Around My Hat" "The Way It Goes" "Little White Lies" "Twenty Wild Horses" "Mony Mony" "Old Time Rock and Roll" "Jam Side Down" "All Stand Up" "You'll Come 'Round" "Thinking of You" "The Party Ain't Over Yet" "All That Counts Is Love" "Beginning of the End" "It's Christmas Time"
Other songs	"Forty Five Hundred Times" "Bye Bye Johnny" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"
See also	Discography Members Bob Young Bula Quo!