eat peach eat peach studio album american rock band produced album released february united_states following artistic commercial breakthrough release live album east got work studio album band struggling heroin checked rehab confront problems shortly leaving rehab group leader founder killed motorcycle accident band home georgia making final album feature guitarist eat peach mix studio recordings recordings band famed east performances album contains extended half hour long mountain jam vocalist performance brother favorite song plus blue sky radio staple album artwork created wonder graphics depicts band peach truck addition large mural mushrooms album title came quote help revolution evolution time georgia eat peach peace legged georgia variety issued double album february eat peach immediate success peaked number pop albums chart album later certified platinum remains seller band discography background struggled achieve commercial success half years touring circuit studio albums debuted modest sales despite achieved significant acclaim live performances included extended jam renditions songs band release live album titled east represented artistic commercial breakthrough immediately received solid sales july release went gold months later week period band literally went able pay debts manager record label suddenly wealthy successful band entourage struggled heroin addiction individuals group leader bassist campbell checked hospital rehabilitation october begun affect performances matters getting worse according involved clinic deemed joke red dog later described psychiatric ward true rehabilitation years away involved including struggled substance ensuing days despite fueled band passion better end happy positive energy like totally wasted leader great soul kept saying mission time thing happen said moving forward fed october aged killed motorcycle accident day returning band home georgia riding high speed motorcycle intersection avenue truck carrying lumber crane approached truck stopped suddenly intersection forcing motorcycle sharply left avoid collision struck truck ball lumber crane immediately thrown motorcycle motorcycle bounced air landed feet pinned underneath crushing internal organs alive arrived hospital despite immediate emergency surgery died hours later massive internal injuries loss devastated knew east climbed national album charts recording production weeks gold certification rehabilitation band headed miami criteria studios producer work studio album band began recording album month prior laid initial tracks blue sky band saved money studio time writing debuting songs road band worked songs blue sky instrumental titled road eventually develop stand added vocals little martha song solely credited band laid songs went road short run shows point checked rehab death band held meeting future clear wanted continue short period band returned road later said thing teacher gave disciples play following tragic events lead guitarist gradually took role group leader band returned miami december complete work album friend band joined completed stay psychiatric hospital stemming arrest murder concert promoter band production manager band recorded tracks including les minor ain death provided band motivation putting trying hard good knew driving force soul guy set fire wasn said trucks heroin taken toll band members later said taking doctors coming sticking ass shots day little little little point standing erect material eat peach comes live recordings later said recorded east ended album worth good material tracks eat peach started mixing process run overtime called commitments nash longtime friend colleague took remaining mixes later said mixing process mixed songs like knew course listening things played mix beauty sadness knowing going particularly proud mixing work album angry receive credit special thanks completing recording raised members spirits said music brought life simultaneously realized found strength reason belonging worked finishing eat peach songs kinda floated right music good rich energy composition music eat peach recorded death directly dealt tragedy ain written brother immediately following death song composed year old piano ain composed alive lyrics deal passing veterans coming home vietnam war song relates theme death day precious les minor instrumental penned title bad french brothers writing song band felt familiar song turned solo live renditions post resurfaced years later recording began recording newly constructed recording complex criteria band disliked sound captured room moved result recording contains slight pitch variation difficulty matching original speed instruments intro master tape recorded primarily tribute brother song song written staying hotel pensacola florida saved dozens writing attempts previously shown members band thought soft said saving possible solo album assumed day record way recorded june band final concert east shut date trouble mountain jam band march performances mountain jam intended inclusion band album band teased appearance including opening seconds fade final song east band considered signature song group deemed performance recorded relatively mediocre artwork title album artwork created seen old athens georgia depicting peach truck rail car believing perfect album purchased bought cans pink baby blue spray paint created area cards cover envisioned album having early morning sky feel hand band photographed small camera developing photos cut letters truck underneath peach album includes elaborate mural featuring fantasy landscape mushrooms referencing psychedelic drug drawn told story happy mystical brotherhood fantasy band tragedy death according biographer little planning involved piece created duo florida drawing painting image swimming ocean swapped way virtually conversation drawing fluid trade offs said art created large illustration board scale size actual spread according holmes work featured largely left right profoundly influenced early painter piece time artwork finalized alive title finalized result album lacks title cover unusual approach bands time later said showed label said hot right sell brown paper bag atlantic initially intended title album kind grow band refused title label series seen athens trucks suggested album eat peach peace quote writer asked help revolution replied hitting peace time georgia eat peach peace help revolution evolution understand need lot changes country believe soon everybody little bit better little hipper going going change everybody young people everybody going man tolerate smell thing anymore let eliminate straight believe everybody care according sources peach eaten legged georgia variety considered comment sly reference poem love song alfred favorite poets story persisted years album release named truck crashed purported peach truck album art later selected rolling_stone_magazine greatest album covers time release release industry talk suggested demise group death record promotional campaign coordinated head promotion recently quit position contacted help efforts recently separated eat peach albums released new distribution deal needed help buzz record business street finished band survive said played songs blown away accepted offer half usual salary arranged band new year eve performance warehouse live radio took network radio stations southeast phone lines said stunt helped launch eat peach issued february instant success album shipped copies certified riaa gold peaked number pop albums chart hell rolling bigger said rolling_stone wrote leader best band land hope band keeps playing forever groups think believe playing joy robert_christgau gave album criticized mountain jam length know pace living slow tape world isn going bring retrospective review stephen_thomas_erlewine allmusic gave record solid stars calling record showcase peak bbc_music considered creative peak praising album played surprisingly lean rock album mentioned band studio recording book recordings hear die author praising record beautifully studio material album successful single peaking number billboard hot ain way singles charting numbers respectively touring biographer notes band members profoundly felt absence guiding light touring cycle convince band members tour members reluctant despite rumors band replace simply toured piece played shows support record playing way closest said trucks took turns introducing songs traditionally role learned slide guitar parts spin downward spiral following death significantly shows tour wasn playing like instead hit maybe fifth note recalled occasionally band bassist later cover nearly year severe depression killed motorcycle accident friend november band time eat peach tour label mates opened band including cowboy john track listing songs arranged noted ain minor mountain jam way trouble muddy waters stand blue sky little martha mountain jam continued later compact disc editions album include entirety mountain jam runs track deluxe edition disc ain les minor mountain jam live way live trouble live aka stand blue sky little martha live songs tracks recorded march east new_york track recorded june east new_york disc recorded live final new_york june blues don somebody wrong lewis way memory elizabeth reed midnight rider hot post don love personnel credits adapted liner notes charts
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