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The Music and Mythocracy of Col. Bruce Hampton : A Basically True Biography / Jerry Grillo and Chuck Leavell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grillo, Jerry, 1960- author.
- Leavell, Chuck, author.
- Series:
- Music of the American South.
- Music of the American South Series ; Volume 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Singers--United States--Biography.
- Singers.
- Rock musicians--United States--Biography.
- Rock musicians.
- Jam bands--United States.
- Jam bands.
- Hampton Grease Band.
- Aquarium Rescue Unit (Musical group).
- Hampton, Bruce, 1947-2017.
- Hampton, Bruce.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Colonel Bruce Hampton (the stage name of Gustav Valentine Berglund III) was a regional cult musical figure who launched and continued to influence the jam band genre over his more than fifty years in performing. The Myth of Col. Bruce Hampton is neither a true biography in the Boswellian sense nor a work of cultural studies, although it combines elements of both. As one of the reviewers said, Grillo's account of the life and music career of Col. Bruce (1947-2017) "reads like a novel." Grillo aims not so much to document and demystify the often self-mythologizing performer so much as explain why his fans and friends loved him so dearly. Hampton's family history, his place in Atlanta and southeastern musical history, significant friendships and musical relationships, and controversies over personnel in his Hampton Grease Band are covered. The author makes heavy use of interviews with Hampton, his bandmates, family, friends, and fans. The late Bruce Hampton's legacy includes being a touchstone for acts like the Allman Brothers, Widespread Panic, and the Grateful Dead. Hampton's mythology quickly outgrew his truth and he was quite happy that way"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8203-5849-5
- OCLC:
- 1256670498
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