Cry of Love (band)

Cry Of Love
Origin	North Carolina
Genres	Hard rock, Southern rock
Years active	1989–1997
Associated acts	The Black Crowes, Lynch Mob, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Warrant

Cry Of Love was an American rock band, formed in 1989 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The group released their debut album in 1992 (Brother), produced by John Custer before playing the Monsters of Rock festival the following year. After this show, their frontman Kelly Holland left the group. They scored a number-one hit on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart with "Peace Pipe" in 1993.

Ex-Lynch Mob and current Warrant singer, Robert Mason, was recruited as Holland's replacement some three years later. Together they recorded a new album in 1997 (Diamonds & Debris), but the band split shortly afterwards.

Former band member Audley Freed was recruited to the Black Crowes in 1998, and he played with the band until October 2001. He also played on Crowes' lead singer Chris Robinson's second solo album in 2004, and on the subsequent tour.

Line-up

• Pee Wee Watson - Vocals, Guitar (1989–1990)
• Kelly Holland - Vocals, Guitar (1991–1994)
• Robert Mason - Vocals, Guitar (1996–1997)
• Audley Freed - Guitar (1989–1997)
• Robert Kearns - Bass, Vocals (1989–1997) (now with Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Jason Patterson - Drums (1989–1997)

Discography

Albums

• Brother (August 1992)

1. "Highway Jones" (A. Freed, K. Holland) 5:12
2. "Pretty As You Please" (A. Freed) 3:47
3. "Bad Thing" (K. Holland, A. Freed, J. Custer) 3:07
4. "Too Cold In The Winter" (K. Holland, A. Freed) 3:54
5. "Hand Me Down" (A. Freed) 3:47
6. "Gotta Love Me" (A. Freed, K. Holland, J. Custer) 3:25
7. "Carnival" (A. Freed) 5:10
8. "Drive It Home" (A. Freed, K. Holland, J. Custer) 4:06
9. "Peace Pipe" (A. Freed, K. Holland) 3:58
10. "Saving Grace" (A. Freed) 6:23

• Diamonds & Debris (August 1997)

1. "Empty Castle" 4:29
2. "Hung Out To Dry" 4:46
3. "Sugarcane" 3:26
4. "Fire in the Dry Grass" 5:24
5. "Georgia Pine" 4:28
6. "Warm River Pearl" 4:27
7. "Sweet Mary's Gone" 4:26
8. "Revelation (Rattlesnakes & Queens)" 3:17
9. "Bring Me My Burden" 5:23
10. "Sunday Morning Flood" 7:08
11. "Diamonds & Debris" 3:58
12. "Hung Out Redux" 1:19
13. "Garden of Memories" 4:07

Singles

• "Bad Thing" (1993) U.S. Mainstream Rock #2;^[1] UK #60^[2]
• "Peace Pipe" (1993) U.S. Mainstream Rock #1
• "Too Cold in the Winter" (1994) U.S. Mainstream Rock #13
• "Sugarcane" (1997) U.S. Mainstream Rock #22

References

1. ^ Billboard, Allmusic. passim
2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 129. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.