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Bruce Hampton (born Gustav Valentine Berglund III, April 30, 1947) is a surrealist American musician.〔Palmer, Robert. (''Recordings; POP ECCENTRICS REVISITED'' ), ''New York Times'', 21 June 1981. Retrieved on 03 March 2015.〕 In the late 1960s he was a founding member of Atlanta, Georgia's avant-garde Hampton Grease Band.〔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.〕 Adopting the moniker Colonel Bruce Hampton, Retired, and sometimes playing a sort of dwarf guitar called a "chazoid",〔Freeman, Scott. (''Col. Bruce to the Rescue'' ), ''Creative Loafing'', 31 January 2007. Retrieved on 03 March 2015.〕〔Paul, Alan. (''Col. Bruce Hampton and the ARU: An Appreciation'' ), ''AlanPaul.net'', 05 June 2014. Retrieved on 03 March 2015./〕 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.〔("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.〕 ==Career== As a member of the Hampton Grease Band, Bruce Hampton helped record the 1971 album ''Music to Eat''. The legend states this was the second-worst-selling album in Columbia Records history with the worst being a yoga record.〔Unterberger, Richie. (''About Hampton Grease Band'' ), ''MTV artists'', Retrieved on 03 March 2015.〕〔Neff, Joseph. (''Graded on a Curve: Hampton Grease Band, Music to Eat'' ), ''The Vinyl District'', 06 February 2014, Retrieved on 03 March 2015.〕 Hampton's band The Late Bronze Age consisted of Col. Hampton B. Coles, Ret. (Bruce Hampton) on vocals, slide guitar, mandolin, and chazoid; Ben "Pops" Thornton (Billy McPherson) on vocals, guitar, saxophones, and keyboards; Lincoln Metcalfe (Ricky Keller) on bass, guitar, brass, and vocals; and Bubba Phreon (Jerry Fields) on drums, percussion, trombone, and vocals. They performed several songs in the 1983 movie ''Getting It On''.〔(''The Late Bronze Age - IMDb'' ), ''IMDb'', Retrieved on 03 March 2015.〕 Hampton helped start the 1990s seminal H.O.R.D.E. tours.〔(''On the Cover: H.O.R.D.E 20 Years On'' ), ''Relix'', 04 April 2012, Retrieved on 03 March 2015.〕 The best known of his bands to play H.O.R.D.E. is the jazz-rock outfit Aquarium Rescue Unit which featured improvisational music all-stars Oteil Burbridge, Jimmy Herring, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Matt Mundy and Jeff Sipe.〔Paul, Alan. (''The Jamband Velvet Underground: Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit'' ), ''Relix'', 09 May 2014, Retrieved on 03 March 2015.〕 In 1994, Hampton then formed the progressive rock/jazz duo Fiji Mariners and recorded two albums on Capricorn Records with Dan Matrazzo who simultaneously played keys, drums, and bass. Later, Ricky Fargo, Marcus Williams joined on drums and Joseph Patrick Moore joined on bass. Hampton was the voice of Warren, a talking potted shrubbery, in a 1998 episode (entitled "Warren") of the TV show Space Ghost Coast to Coast.〔(''"Space Ghost Coast to Coast" Warren (TV Episode 1998)'' ), ''IMDb'', Retrieved on 03 March 2015.〕 Hampton played Morris, the songwriting band manager, in Billy Bob Thornton's 1996 film ''Sling Blade''. He also starred in Mike Gordon's 2001 film ''Outside Out'' teaching guitar 'out'struction.〔Dansby, Andrew. (''Phish Members Release Outside Projects'' ), ''Rolling Stone'', 14 November 2000, Retrieved on 03 March 2015.〕 Grammy Award nominated blues singer and longtime friend Susan Tedeschi wrote a song about Bruce called "Hampmotized." It appears on her 2002 release ''Wait For Me''. Hampton returned the favor with the song "Susan T". "Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Col. Bruce Hampton, Ret." is a documentary about Hampton. It premiered at the Atlanta Film Festival in March 2012.〔Freeman, Scott. (''Preview: “Basically Frightened” expertly chronicles long, strange trip of Col. Bruce Hampton'' ), ''Arts ATL'', 29 March 2012, Retrieved on 03 March 2015.〕 Georgia Governor Nathan Deal presented Hampton with the Governor's Award In The Arts and Humanities in 2012.〔(''Deal awards individuals for achievement in the Arts and Humanities'' ), ''Office of The Governor'', 16 October 2012, Retrieved on 08 March 2015.〕 In 2014 Hampton made a cameo in the music video for rap group Run The Jewels' single "Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1".〔(''Col. Bruce Hampton Chokes on Hamburger in New Run The Jewels Video'' ), ''jambands.com'', 21 November 2014, Retrieved on 03 March 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruce Hampton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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