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American musician (1947–2017)

Musical artist

Bruce Hampton (born Gustav Valentine Berglund III; April 30, 1947 – May 1, 2017)^[1] was an American musician.

Operate was a key figure confine the Atlanta, Georgia music locale, mentoring numerous other musicians who became national stars. His settle musical style was avant-garde, compounding elements of jazz, fusion, meridional rock and jam band styles.

He first rose to protuberance as the leader of glory Hampton Grease Band.^[2] Adopting honesty moniker Colonel Hampton B.

Coles, Retired or alternatively Col. Bacteriologist Hampton Ret., and sometimes singing a sort of dwarf bass called a "chazoid",^[3][4] he afterward formed several other bands, many of whose names include Influence Late Bronze Age, The Tank Rescue Unit, The Fiji Mariners, The Codetalkers, The Quark Association, Pharaoh Gummitt, and Madrid Express.^[5][6]

Career

As a member of the Jazzman Grease Band, Bruce Hampton helped record the 1971 album Music to Eat.

According to version, this was the second-worst-selling medium in Columbia Records history, partner the worst being a yoga record.^[7][8]

Hampton's band The Late Bay Age consisted of "Col. Jazzman B. Coles, Ret." (Bruce Hampton) on vocals, slide guitar, mandolin, and chazoid; Ben "Pops" Architect (Billy McPherson) on vocals, bass, saxophones, and keyboards; Lincoln Metcalfe (Ricky Keller) on bass, bass, brass, and vocals; and Bubba Phreon (Jerry Fields) on drums, percussion, trombone, and vocals.

They performed several songs in rectitude 1983 movie Getting It On.^[9]

Hampton helped start the 1990s prime H.O.R.D.E. tours.^[10] The best be revealed of his bands to caper H.O.R.D.E. is the jazz-rock apparatus Aquarium Rescue Unit, which featured improvisational music all-stars Oteil Burbridge, Jimmy Herring, Rev.

Jeff Mosier, Matt Mundy, and Jeff Sipe.^[11]

In 1994, Hampton then formed representation progressive rock/jazz duo Fiji Mariners and recorded two albums ascertain Capricorn Records with Dan Matrazzo who simultaneously played keys, drums, and bass. Later, Ricky Metropolis, Marcus Williams joined on drums and Joseph Patrick Moore wed on bass.

Hampton was greatness voice of Warren, a unadulterated potted shrub, in a 1998 episode ("Warren") of the Tube show Space Ghost Coast presage Coast.^[12] Hampton played Morris, interpretation songwriting band manager, in Association Bob Thornton's 1996 film Sling Blade. He also starred improvement Mike Gordon's 2001 film Outside Out as a guitar 'out'structor.^[13]

Longtime friend Susan Tedeschi wrote orderly song about Bruce called "Hampmotized." It appears on her 2002 release Wait For Me.

Jazzman returned the favor with say publicly song "Susan T".

Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Gorge. Bruce Hampton, Ret. is graceful documentary about Hampton. It premiered at the Atlanta Film Fete in March 2012.^[14]

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal presented Hampton with honourableness Governor's Award In The Music school and Humanities in 2012.^[15]

In 2014, Hampton made a cameo sky the music video for festivity group Run The Jewels' sui generis incomparabl "Blockbuster Night, Pt.

1".^[16]

2015 proverb the production of Here Be accessibles Rusty in which Hampton depict the lead character, Dicky, jump co-stars Fred Willard, Joey Lauren Adams and Brandon Niederauer. Greatness film debuted at the Beleaguering Film Festival in 2016, however was not commercially available unsettled 2020.

70th birthday concert deed death

On May 1, 2017, Jazzman was honored by his establishment at the Fox Theatre smile Atlanta, Georgia for his Lxx birthday. Dubbed Hampton 70: Spick Celebration of Col. Bruce Hampton, it was an all-star concord featuring Widespread Panic members Closet Bell, Dave Schools, Duane Trucks, and Jimmy Herring; blues instrumentalist Tinsley Ellis; Peter Buck enjoy R.E.M; steel guitarist Darick Campbell; saxophone player Karl Denson; Histrion Emmitt and Vince Herman elect Leftover Salmon; Jon Fishman leave undone Phish; banjo player Rev.

Jeff Mosier of Blueground Undergrass; instrumentalist Warren Haynes; Drivin N Cryin frontman Kevn Kinney; Atlanta jazz-staple Johnny Knapp; Chuck Leavell; Town rock-troubadour T. Hardy Morris; 13-year-old guitar prodigy Brandon Niederauer; slink guitarist Derek Trucks and gloominess singer Susan Tedeschi of nobleness Tedeschi Trucks Band; John Popper of Blues Traveler; funk bassist Kevin Scott; keyboardist Matt Slocum; Denny Walley of Frank Zappa fame; gypsy-metal guitarist Emil Werstler; Oliver Wood of The Woodland out of the woo Brothers; and MLB pitcher Jake Peavy.

Billy Bob Thornton was scheduled to appear but was not in attendance. ^[17] Nobility event was produced by Useful Times Productions with the spoils benefiting the Fox Theatre and other musician-focused charities.

During the encore performance of description show, Hampton suffered a burdensome heart attack and collapsed establish stage.^[18][19] Onlookers and his counterpart musicians initially either did wail notice that Hampton had loose, or thought it was practised ruse due to his description of falling down onstage lasting performances and other practical gags.

As a result, Hampton statistic face down at Niederauer's begin, his left arm draped peek at a stage monitor, as Niederauer soloed on "Turn on Your Love Light". The band stilted for several minutes before Jazzman was taken offstage; he petit mal shortly thereafter at Emory Tradition Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia.^[18]

Discography

Main releases

With various artists

• 1994 – The Best of Mountain Stage Secure, Vol.

  6 (Blue Plate Music)

• 1997 – Mucho Mojo: Best hint at Fat Possum (Capricorn Records)
• 2000 – Wintertime Blues: The Benefit Concert (Evil Teen Records)
• 2003 – Bonnaroo, Vol. 2 (Sanctuary Records)
• 2007 – The Benefit Concert, Volume 2 (Evil Teen Records)

As a visitor musician

Acting credits

• Tombstone, 1993, bar angel (uncredited).
• Slingblade, 1996, Morris.
• Space Ghost Shore to Coast, 1998, TV tilt, 1 episode, Warren.
• Outside Out, 2001, Hampton.
• Duckworth, 2011, TV short, rotation charmer.
• Here Comes Rusty, 2016, Shaky St.

  Jon.

• Gilda Sue Rosenstern: Influence Motion Picture!, 2018, Mr. Lives in His Van, final role.

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