Over the following two years, the band toured widely to promote the album. In 1997, Buckley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to resume work on his second album - My Sweetheart the Drunk. While awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during a spontaneous evening swim in the Wolf River, when he was caught in the wake of a passing boat.
He is considered as one of the most remarkable musical artists of his generation, acclaimed by audiences, critics, and fellow musicians alike.