Cry Of Love was an American

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 rock

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 band, formed in 1989 in Raleigh, North Carolina

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. The group released their debut album

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 in 1992 (Brother), produced by John Custer

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 before playing the Monsters of Rock

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 festival the following year. After this show, their frontman Kelly Holland left the group. They scored a number-one hit

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 on Billboard

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's Mainstream Rock chart

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 with "Peace Pipe" in 1993.

Ex-Lynch Mob

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 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

Audley Freed

thumb|250px|Audley Freed playing with [[New Earth Mud]] on June 28, 2004 at [[Irving Plaza]], [[New York]]Audley Freed is a guitarist. He started his professional career on the Southeastern club and fraternity circuit. He then formed the band Cry of Love, which was signed to Columbia Records and...

 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
  Audley Freed
  thumb|250px|Audley Freed playing with [[New Earth Mud]] on June 28, 2004 at [[Irving Plaza]], [[New York]]Audley Freed is a guitarist. He started his professional career on the Southeastern club and fraternity circuit. He then formed the band Cry of Love, which was signed to Columbia Records and...
  
   - Guitar (1989–1997)
• Robert Kearns
  Robert Kearns (musician)
  Robert Kearns is an American bassist who has played with several notable bands. He is from Conover, NC.He was a founding member of Cry of Love from 1989 until 1997 and went on to join The Bottle Rockets from 1998 until 2005. In 2009 he was named to be the touring substitute for a cancer stricken...
  
   - Bass, Vocals (1989–1997) (now with Lynyrd Skynyrd
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• Jason Patterson - Drums (1989–1997)

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; UK
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  #60
• "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