Sections of this page. JC: I'll be 44 in February. There was a Time 4. I've never been a serious guitar player like so many of the greats. Especially in the R & B world with 6 acts on one ticket...Aretha, B.B., Joe Tex, Solomon Burke and Albert King for $2.50 (laughs). "Space Is The Place" CBH: Well, when I grew up in the early 50s I heard a lot of stuff and then Little Richard and Chuck Berry came along. In this … I'm not sure what that is yet. Glenn Phillips from the Hampton Grease Band joins The Audiovore for a special tribute to Col. Bruce Hampton as they look back over Bruce's singular music career and some of the wild and hilarious tales from their time together in one of the most uncompromising rock … I can't wait to see it. I wish I had it now, and we could all retire (laughs). But I've been reading Jiddu Krishnamurti's The Intelligence of Thought. JC: What's coming up that we need to keep an eye out for as far as your music goes? Colonel Bruce Hampton: Right. Don't Go In That Room 8. I just do 2 or 3 days a week now. JC: The Hampton Grease Band opened for the Allman Brothers Band in Atlanta's Piedmont Park. I'd see the daily screenings and I was thinking this is one of the best movies I've ever seen. I think he's very funny. "I never had much control We had 6 or 7 groups on the bill--that's almost been 21 years ago. Happy Birthday to Bruce Hampton. You are a man and a writer with the best intentions. for my money, there's still no better singer in rock & roll than Little Richard. JC: Can you explain the Energy Room up at JB's place in the mountains? --Sun Ra It was really positive and uplifting to see people with such good intentions. I watch it occasionally here and there. Just wear a long sleeve shirt (chuckles). Or it doesn't make sense to me. "Arkansas". Facebook. What's amazing to me, Bill Kurtzman and I have known each other for 40 years. Killing Floor 6. Start the wiki. His grandfather was with George Halas who started the Chicago Bears and played against my grandfather in 1919. ... Col Bruce and The Aquarium Rescue Unit-Fixin to Die. It's amazing how serious people take it. Years later, he formed the Aquarium Rescue Unit and the Fiji Mariners. Since they are winding down on their 25th Anniversary...what's the most important thing you remember about them? Yeah, I only stayed in Tennessee about two weeks. Posted on February 5, 2010 by chriscawthray. Tag Archives: colonel bruce hampton zambi wsp aru Colonel Bruce Hampton. Leave one now! Three days after we conducted this interview, the Colonel appeared on the first night of Widespread Panic's Wood Tour in Atlanta. Col.Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit. I remember that music very vividly when I was growing up. You played an integral role in starting the H.O.R.D.E tours back in the 90s. JC: After all these years, what's been the hardest thing to learn? Join Napster and play your favorite music offline. CBH: Yeah--we try to play everything--jazz, blues, country, R & B, bluegrass, but yeah fifty percent of it is R & B. I started to learn what it's all about because I had no idea. It's a masterpiece. Sign Up. Sometimes I've slept in the Nebraska woods. Widespread Panic's John Bell wrote this about the Colonel in the liner notes for the Arkansas album: "Pretending is easy, but in Bruce's company, you're so aware of your own flavor of B.S., it just becomes more comfortable to surrender to his presence...I'm spewing my own brand new flavor right now--but after having been kindly dismantled by Bruce so many times since birth, maybe that observation comes close to being genuine.". JC: I've read when you were a baby--Liza Mae Williams--took care of you. Listen to Walking With Zambi (Try Hoodah) by Col. Bruce Hampton And The Late Bronze Age, 5 Shazams. The guys I play with are in it. I'm So Glad 11. Walking With Zambi 3:13: 18 Pen Pals Diminished 3:05: 19 Celtic Annoyance 3:06: 20 A Stained Soul Cringes At the Small Details In the Mirror of Embarrasment 2:38: 21 Fat Brooms Brush the Number Bush ... Fiji (feat. They used to work and play at the Uptown Lounge in Athens. This is going to be an incredibly special time. Postcards From Hell 05. When you think you're doing something you're in bad trouble. She'd play Mahalia Jackson, Rosetta Tharpe and all the greatest gospel music that's ever been played. I've got definite Atlanta roots. You eventually met Billy Bob Thornton through Phil Walden at Capricorn Records, which of course led to your role in Sling Blade. We talk about the book, dig into the man, the music, and the mystery that was the Colonel. To show you how things have changed, I'd sneak out and ride a moped 8 miles away with no helmet at 15 in the middle of the night. CBH: Oh, wow. King...you caught a glimpse of that every night between 1964-1966 from what I understand, right? They were good cats. Listening to her when I was 2, 3, 4 years old and what she would play or sing. In order to survive in this business you develop and image or project one and pound it until people dig it. I don't want to play in the symphony with it or anything of that nature. Every day he'd go to the janitors and the cooks and he'd check on everybody. Facebook. Power is a silly thing. CBH: Well, to me--it's after the end of the world. I knew Billy Bob started working on an Otis Redding film so I already knew of him. I love him. I'm also going to be doing some quieter stuff with a piano player and a drummer. That portion will lead into the second half of the set featuring music that Col. Bruce and Johnny loved playing together. // Announcement On Fox Theatre Institute By Hattie 02. The Music and Mythocracy of Col. Bruce Hampton: An Inside Look, Part This One (self.JcricketZambi) submitted just now by JcricketZambi My daughter is one of the main reasons that there is a new biography about Col. Bruce Hampton. In this recent Swampland interview, we discuss the Colonel's early musical influences, his Atlanta roots, the Hampton Grease Band, the H.O.R.D.E tours, musical instinct, Billy Bob Thornton, spring tour dates, future plans, Widespread Panic, literature, wisdom, his insight to the end of the Mayan calender on December 21, 2012 and the upcoming Colonel Bruce documentary titled Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton due out in March of 2012. The book is called The Music And Mythocracy of Col. Bruce Hampton – A Basically True Biography and it is set to be released in April 1 by the University of Georgia Press. The Grogans Have Arrived 5. The group rendered an old Bukka White song the Colonel adopted called "Fixin' To Die". The Bruce banner will be hung! Fixin' to Die 3. Colonel Bruce Hampton: One Ruined Life of a Bronze Tourist, The Six Degrees of Swampland:Billy Bob Thornton, The Six Degrees of Swampland: Widespread Panic. Cunningham, coached the University of Georgia's football team from 1910-1919. Sections of this page. I was on the road for 30 years. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. So John Popper asked me 'What would you guys do in the old days?' The Colonel always refused to compromise his music for mass consumption. JC: Even your most far out music never really strays too far from blues, country or jazz music. I've been reading Vladamir Nabokov. Watch the video for Walking with Zambi (Try Hoodah) from Col. Bruce Hampton and the Late Bronze Age's Isles of Langerhan for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Other related projects include providing a voice-over in the TV show Space Ghost as well as the leading role in a film Mike Gordon directed titled Outside Out. After 50 years, I feel like I'm just beginning to learn. Just impossible... Listen to Walking With Zambi (Try Hoodah) from Col. Bruce Hampton's Strange Voices: A History 1977-1987 for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. We got together in 1990. I haven't seen it in ten years, but people tell me they see it all the time. Georgia played Tulane. The truth is in the paradox. Ain't Nothing You Can Do 2. For others, it's drinking, drugs and relationships. I know you've been recording some... (Good Night) Irene Collection ColBruceHampton Band/Artist Col. Bruce Hampton. You learned the ropes way before you put out your first record Music To Eat... He shot the whole movie in a matter of a couple weeks. That was 1955 or 56. Talk about that a little. And I'm 165 years old! The Johnny Knapp Tribute will be a two-part segment. CBH: Well, I don't read much anymore these days. CBH: Do you still live in Atlanta? Until I got to Arkansas..." Billy said he was working on this movie. I think Phil had us and Jim Varney at the time. His grandfather was Col. W.A. JC: No, I haven't seen the documentary yet. JC: How old were you then? Billy Bob is an amazing guy with amazing talent. A tribute to Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit as they prepare to reunite: We were opening for Three Dog Night, and we considered covering all of their tunes before they came out. After the football game--he got them all dressed up and they went to World War I. I've only seen it four or five times. JC: That's high praise coming from you. Die cut stickers Paying tribute to great Col Bruce Not the holographic ones as I wanted to make them more reasonable costs Y’all spoke up and so I made a run of … King and Albert King perform on many occasions. Feelin' Good 07. introductions That's a tricky thing. Walking with Zambi: The Colonel Bruce Hampton Interview … The Colonel played an integral role in starting the H.O.R.D.E. I don't follow it like I used to. He life was on the line and he just knew this thing had to work. They were so young when they started. I know you bought your first guitar from John Huey who later became the president of Time magazine... There was a Time 4. Col. Bruce Hampton, col bruce, zambi, TDS, Team Dirty South. He was doing a TV show with John Ritter. We were way too weird for them. 1. ! Accessibility Help. I like to do different things everyday in the studio. In the 80s everyone had bad hair and stupid shoes. Of course, I'm a big Hunter S. Thompson fan. So, JB, me, John and Trey met in Bill Graham's office and we wanted to keep the ticket prices down. CBH: It will be out March 23-31 at the Atlanta Film Festival. He was already writing the screenplay for Sling Blade. To me, music has to come from the church, folk music or outer space. JC: A good man with an iron is hard to find. Fixin' to Die 3. Bruce recorded on Capricorn and Terminus Records for years. You also appeared in Thornton's directorial debut about Widespread Panic--Live From The Georgia Theatre. I've never really wanted to appeal to a whole lot of people. Log In. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. I remember a couple of us had to fly back to do a scene or two, and then he edited it, and put it out pretty quick. The Grogans Have Arrived 5. His grandfather, W.A. I'll be out in California also. Colonel Bruce started his first band in 1963. Musically, or personally? He formed the Hampton Grease Band around 1968. JC: Were you discouraged by the reception of Music To Eat? Brato Ganibe! See more of Col.Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit on Facebook. From the album "Isles Of Langerhan" by Col. Bruce Hampton on Napster I'm down to about 3 days a week on the road. I guess it was April of 95 when he shot Sling Blade. James Calemine: Let's start at the beginning...you were born in Tennessee, but your family roots are really in Atlanta. It was a phenomenal success. or. In Atlanta, as a teenager in the early 60s, young Bruce often snuck into The Royal Peacock Lounge where he watched Otis Redding, James Brown, B.B. This group often opened for the Allman Brothers Band in Atlanta's Piedmont Park. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. CBH: Yeah, my good friend Harold put me in a band called The Four of Nine. I knew Phil before then. Col. Bruce Hampton - gtr/vocsDaniel Wytanis - tromboneKevin Scott - bassTyler Neal - guitarDarren Stanley - drumsGood Ol' Days - Cumming, GA. Col. Bruce Hampton) 1995 Pharoah's Kitchen 2014 You May Also Like See All. A brand that seeks to connect us one meal, one movie, one song, and most importantly, one experience at a time. The Hampton Grease Band released Music To Eat, which was the second worst selling album in the history of Columbia Records; the first being an instructional yoga album. That's what usually kills a band or a football team or whatever--Ego. JC: Were you ever a big football fan Colonel? I've seen so many games over the years. Nobody wanted to deal with it or was capable dealing with those small details. The most amazing thing about Billy Bob is his life was on the line with every bit of money he had in this film. I'm honored to play music. Listen to Walking With Zambi (Try Hoodah) by Col. Bruce Hampton. Col Bruce Hampton Live @ the Vista Room by Col. Bruce Hampton and the Madrid Express, released 20 October 2017 1. Dave was the doorman, Todd tended bar and I think JB was hanging around playing the pinball machines. Add lyrics on Musixmatch. Sing About It 06. Jump to. I really need to watch it again. So it got turned over to people who could actually run the thing. I know he told me you experienced it. CBH: Oh, I was 16 or 17. I feel like I'm just starting to learn now. As a toddler, Colonel Bruce was cared for by a family nanny--Liza Mae Williams--who was born into slavery and exposed the young boy to gospel music. We were not courting the rock ballad crowd in 1968 (collective laughter). Eventually they let me stand on the side of the stage and I got to see the best music that's ever been done. Hampton's landscape is here populated with sheer nonsense, about as far as he would ever get from the gospel/blues side he would indulge with the Aquarium Rescue Unit. JC: I really picked up on your music during the Aquarium Rescue Unit and Fiji Mariner years. Cunningham served as the University of Georgia's football coach from 1910-1919. JC: So, we're all safe then? JC: You grew up in Atlanta. My family has been in Atlanta since about 1830. I like the R & B feel to that music. You can't let Ego cripple you. It's the stuff we all love and we do five or six of my tunes. Then I knew I found something I truly loved. She sang spiritual songs. By James Calemine, "I do not come to you as a reality. It's always a joy to talk to you. JC: I want to ask you about Widespread Panic. We toured with four or five bands to keep the ticket price down and do 30-40-minute sets. Colonel Bruce Hampton was born Gustav Valentine Bergland III in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on April 30, 1947, and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. There Was A Time 04. CBH: I never know what's going to collapse into place. I grew up in the Eisenhower 50s, and all of a sudden Little Richard comes along and I went 'My Gosh'. And stuff changes. When we both found that out we said it was impossible. All the musicians to ever play with Colonel Bruce Hampton admire him. --Colonel Bruce Hampton JC: Around that time you began to get your first band together. You just didn't find people like them. But he just breezed through it. Isn't that terrifying? The number one thing to learn in life is to get rid of Ego, which stands for Edging God Out. Bruce always walked to the beat of a different drummer. CBH: Oh yeah, we opened for the Allmans a good 15 or 20 times in Piedmont Park. Lately, the Colonel has been playing with his groups The Quark Alliance and Pharaoh Gummitt. I don't want to demystify the Colonel's image, but every time I talk to him I find him to be a distinguished--and very humorous--southern gentleman. CBH: That's what I say. That guy is unbelievable. Equal parts psychedelicized Allman Brothers and boogiefied Grateful Dead (with a dash of Commander Cody thrown in), Col. Bruce Hampton and his various groups, particularly the Aquarium Rescue Unit, played… #aru26 #activate #zambi Allman Brothers Band Widespread Panic Widespread Panic Street... Jump to. You've done your homework James. 3:30 PREVIEW Time is Free. #zambi. You can be a sophisticated folk singer, but it's got to come from those places or I can't listen to it. One day I'm going to watch it again. That's how it worked back then. Create New Account. CBH: (Chuckles) Well there's a great deal of mythology with that story. His mother was institutionalized after being misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I was a very young kid, but I remember being ecstatic because it brought so much joy, chaos and rebellion. I remember thinking about Dave Schools at the time, 'Wow this young guy really knows a lot about music. Panic was a breath of fresh air. The first true acolyte of Zambi, he rushed to spread the word to others, including Jeff Sipe. Currently there are 0 comments. CBH: Wow, interesting question. The guys in my band are very young and they've never had an opportunity to play it. You don't see people who write, direct and act anymore--they are few and far between. CBH: That's true. The first will feature jazz the way that Johnny played it. He also played a role in Billy Bob Thornton's masterpiece Sling Blade. Cunningham, who was the fifth generation of the family to graduate from West Point, and later served as the head football coach of the Georgia Bulldogs. Zambi is Col. Bruce and Col. Bruce is Zambi.
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