Posted in Entertainment

Col. Bruce collapses on stage, passes away

   May 2, 2017

Colonel Bruce Hampton, guitarist and the musical godfather of the jam-band community, died last night after collapsing on stage in the Fox Theater in Atlanta. The 70-year-old was performing an encore of his own birthday celebration. The birthday concert included members of Widespread Panic, Phish and Leftover Salmon.

Ten years ago, Colonel Bruce and The Quark Alliance were part of the Inweekly’s Hawkshaw Music Fest in downtown Pensacola. After recovering from a heart attack and angioplasty a year earlier, he was enjoying a resurgence of his musical career. He listed his musical heroes as Bobby “Blue” Bland, Otis Redding, James Brown, B.B. King and Albert King, who he used to sneak into Atlanta clubs to see as a teenager.

It was an honor to meet him and a joy to listen to him play. Read The Colonel Returns.

Share:

Rules for Comments

Your comments are welcomed, but there are some rules to follow:

(1) Be Nice. No comments that slander another, no racism, no sexism, no personal attacks.

(2) No Harrassing Comments.

(3) No Libel. That’s saying something is not true about someone. Don’t do it.

(4) Keep it clean. Nothing vulgar, obscene, or sexually related. No profanity or obvious substitutions.

(5) I reserve the right to remove any comments that violate our rules or are inappropriate. I am not responsible for what is posted. Comments may not appear right away until they are approved by a moderator.

(6) Limit your comments to the subject in this story only, and limit comments to 1,500 characters or less. Do not post copyrighted material. Comments will not be added to stories that are over five days old.

(7) No posts may advertise a commercial business, political candidate, or political group. Links in a comment aren’t allowed.

8) Commenting too many times may result in your comments not being allowed. Readers will begin to ignore your views.

9) Email me if you believe a comment violates any of these rules, and it will be deleted.