Unfortunately Capricorn Records ceased trading shortly after it's release in 1978 just as it was taking off, dooming this wonderful album to the cut-out bins. Not discouraged and with the support of Sandra, Eddie formed a live band called 'The Rockin' Horses' with the idea of presenting material from the album live, along with new material.

The lack of a paying wage for the band led to it's demise, but Eddie continued to gig in and around Alabama with different players for a couple of years. In 1982 Jimmy Johnson produced six songs on Eddie for a proposed album, but the project never did get of the ground. A divorce from Sandra and the disappointment of the Johnson sessions left Eddie 'At The Bottom Of the Well'...... It was in Decatur Alabama that an old friend John D Wyker found Eddie in a low state and took it on himself to get him back on the musical track. With friends Owen Brown and Jeff Simpson Wyker recorded Eddie at Birdland Studios, the resulting tracks were then married to the unused Johnson cuts to form the eclectic 'Letters Of Mississippi' album which received great reviews, especially in Europe where the album had been championed by Swedish radio presenter Kalle Oldby.

The album was re-mastered and packaged by Zane records in 1990 and released in England. This increased visibility of Eddie led to a deal with Rounder records in the early 90's. Two albums were issued by Rounder, 'Cry And Moan' and Very Blue Highway', also released in England by Zane. Eddie continued to write and had moved back home to Birmingham where in July 1995 he suffered a fatal heart attack.