On Saturday, December 26th, 50+ artists and hundreds of thousands of viewers around the world came together for Georgia Comes Alive, a virtual music festival aimed at promoting voter participation in Georgia’s Senate runoff elections on January 5th, 2021, which saw a record-breaking voter turnout.
One of many world-renowned musicians who took part in the festivities was acclaimed pedal steel guitarist Roosevelt Collier who unveiled a new instrumental composition, “Peachtree Tunnel”. Appropriately named after The Peach State, this musical odyssey was a concentrated effort by Collier as he was joined by Bucky on drums and Digo on bass to form a pungent trio.
While Collier doesn’t offer any vocals on the track, he lets his guitar do the talking as together the group enters into a mood indicative of the Southern blues tradition found throughout Georgia. With Collier’s enticing pedal steel guitar work, the song takes on an aura of a scenic drive through the tunnel of peachtrees for which the song is named.
Revisit Roosevelt Collier’s performance of “Peachtree Tunnel” from Georgia Comes Alive below and subscribe to the Live For Live Music YouTube channel for more Georgia Comes Alive videos:
Roosevelt Collier – “Peachtree Tunnel” – Georgia Comes Alive
Collier is no stranger to the Comes Alive virtual festival series and took part in its predecessors Justice Comes Alive and Quarantine Comes Alive.