SONG ORIGIN
Burned Faceless
Written by Michael Houser
“Burned Faceless” is an unreleased Michael Houser song, discussed in a 1997 interview but never a live staple.
Well, that’s a song that I wrote. I guess we didn’t play it on our last tour. We’re not really comfortable with it right now. We haven’t really found the heart of it yet. It may sit for a couple of years before we ever do anything about it. We write songs all the time. Most of them get to your ears, but some of them don’t. ‘Burned Faceless’ could have used a little more work on our part before we brought it forth. I think you’ll see it reappear, I just don’t know where. I like it; I wrote it.
Michael Houser, guitarist · Interview by Todd A. Prusin, conducted 8/22/1997 (Relix, Oct/Nov 2003)
A Michael Houser composition the band shelved; not on any album and not a documented live song. One of the deep unreleased cuts Houser mentioned before his death in 2002.
- Michael Houser interview by Todd A. Prusin (conducted 8/22/1997), published posthumously in Relix, Oct/Nov 2003 · Relix
Special thanks to Ethan Ice for providing the Relix (Oct/Nov 2003) scans that sourced this entry.
Frequently asked
- Who wrote “Burned Faceless”?
- “Burned Faceless” was written by Michael Houser.
- Is “Burned Faceless” a Widespread Panic original or a cover?
- It is a Widespread Panic original.