Bruce Hampton
Bruce Hampton | |
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 Bruce Hampton in 2008, Blacksburg, VA Photo: Roger Gupta | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gustav Valentine Berglund III |
| Born | April 30, 1947 Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Died | May 1, 2017 (aged 70) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Genres | Rock, fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, actor |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1960s–2017 |
| Labels | Brato Ganibe, Capricorn, Columbia |
| Website | colbruce.com |
Bruce Hampton (born Gustav Valentine Berglund III; April 30, 1947 – May 1, 2017) was an American musician.[1]
Career
[change | change source]In the late 1960s he was a founding member of Atlanta, Georgia's avant-garde Hampton Grease Band.[2] Adopting the moniker Colonel Hampton B. Coles, Retired or alternatively Col. Bruce Hampton Ret., and sometimes playing a sort of dwarf guitar called a "chazoid",[3][4] he later formed several other bands. Some of those band names include The Late Bronze Age, The Aquarium Rescue Unit, The Fiji Mariners, The Codetalkers, The Quark Alliance, Pharaoh Gummitt, and Madrid Express.[5][6]
Death
[change | change source]On May 1, 2017, Hampton was being honored with a concert featuring his friends at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia for his 70th birthday when he collapsed on-stage of a heart attack during an encore performance of "Turn on Your Lovelight." As a result, Hampton lay slumped over an amplifier on the edge of the stage for several minutes before he was taken offstage for medical attention; because people thought he was joking.[7] He died shortly thereafter at Emory University Hospital Midtown.[8]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Palmer, Robert. Recordings; POP ECCENTRICS REVISITED, New York Times, 21 June 1981. Retrieved on 03 March 2015.
- ↑ Jarnow, Jesse. Yes- And’ing From Here to Zambiland: A Surreal Conversation with Col. Bruce Hampton (ret.), jambands.com, 20 August 2001. Retrieved on 03 March 2015.
- ↑ Freeman, Scott. Col. Bruce to the Rescue Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, Creative Loafing, 31 January 2007. Retrieved on 03 March 2015.
- ↑ Paul, Alan. Col. Bruce Hampton and the ARU: An Appreciation Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, AlanPaul.net, 05 June 2014. Retrieved on 03 March 2015./
- ↑ "Col. Bruce Hampton | Discography", Allmusic, Retrieved on 03 March 2015.
- ↑ Marshall, Alli. Smart bets: Col. Bruce Hampton and The Madrid Express, Mountain Xpress, 13 January 2015. Retrieved on 03 March 2015.
- ↑ Hillman, Matt (2 May 2017). "Col. Bruce Hampton Passes Away At His Birthday Party". MUSICFESTNEWS.
- ↑ Ruggieri, Mellisa. "Col. Bruce Hampton dies hours after 70th birthday concert in Atlanta | Atlanta Music Scene with Melissa Ruggieri". Music Fest News. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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