Its members included vocalist bruce hampton later of col. Glenn had joined the legendary hampton grease band while still in high school. Hampton grease band may have ultimately been a band easier to appreciate in concept than to listen to in practice. Hampton grease band halifax hq audio music to eat, 1971.
Buy this, turn up the volume, turn out the lights and reality will recede into a distant ugly memory as the hampton grease band take you on a journey to god knows where or what, but enjoy the ride, dig the view and by the end of side four or cd two you will never be quite the same again. For a brief period, though, they were offering some of the wackiest rock ever to be found on a major label. They are also, for most listeners, a band thats much more fun to read about than to read full biography. The landmark album from hampton grease band a group who were.
My first thought about the hampton grease bands new album is. Music to eat is the only album ever produced by avant garde rock band hampton grease band. Hampton grease band biography, albums, streaming links. Add or edit the setlist and help improving our statistics. The worlds largest collection of live recordings at. The hampton grease band adapted to any venue, from the tiny room of the 12th gate to fields full of hundreds of thousands at the atlanta international pop festivals. Hear him with longtime partner donald fagen on tunes from countdown to ecstasy in a 1974 set from seattle. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from hampton grease band at the discogs marketplace. A look at the 1996 reissue of the hampton grease bands. Bruce hampton and the aquarium rescue unit fame, guitarist anthony phillips later a popular bald solo artist, other guitarist harold kelling who unfortunately passed away in 2005. Get the hampton grease band setlist of the concert at fillmore east, new york, ny, usa on june 6, 1971 and other hampton grease band setlists for free on.
Help build the largest humanedited lyrics collection on the web. Every map is made to scale to correctly portray the stadium where the concert is being put on. Improvisation bruce hampton vocals, trumpet harold kelling guitar, vocals glenn philips guitar, saxophone jerry fields drums, vocals mike holbrook bass suckrock. Its 1961, two years after the original grease gang graduated, and theres a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the pink ladies and tbirds. A spotlight on walter becker the late steely dan cofounder would have turned 70 this year.
They were already playing free concerts in piedmont park on sundays before the allman brothers band started doing the same in may 1969. The hampton grease band was an american rock band, beginning as a blues rock group in the late 1960s in atlanta, georgia, united states. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Half the songs, to begin with, weighed in at around the 20minute mark. The band gained a reputation for wacky stage antics, and eventually garnered enough attention to sign to columbia records. They performed with several major bands in this period, including grateful dead and the allman brothers. For the longest time, the skinny on the hampton grease band was that the group was responsible for the secondworst selling release in the history of columbia records. In may 1970 they opened for the grateful dead at the sports arena in atlanta for a legendary concert that featured a surprise appearance by the allman bros. The rock concert at the sports arena sunday was a good thing both in itself and, hopefully, as a sign of things to come. Hampton grease band generated enough of a reputation, though, to pique the interest of columbia records, whose curiosity incited allman brothers manager phil walden to sign the group. Freecourseweb com create rigged grease pencil animations in blender. The hampton grease band was an american rock band, beginning as a blues rock group in the late 1960s in atlanta, georgia. Hampton grease band music to eat cd2 mp3 album download.
In the late 1960s he was a founding member of atlanta, georgias avantgarde hampton grease band. No songs of other artists were covered by hampton grease band yet. The hampton grease band were a main stay of the community and seemed always ready to play for a good cause. King 1970 may 1 the buddy miles express \ blue cheer 1970 may 2. They are also, for most listeners, a band thats much more fun to read about than to hear. Discuss these halifax by hampton grease band lyrics with the community. April 30, 1947 may 1, 2017 was an american musician. Hampton grease band lyrics artist overview at the lyric. This is the word hgb uses to define its unique sound. The east hampton high school drama club will present the musical theater classic grease april 4 6th at east hampton high school. Explore releases from hampton grease band at discogs. Geez, i was 20 years oldplayed a 4 piece gretsch set with an 18 inch bass drum. Disc 1 track 8 oh well by fleetwood mac, disc 2 track 7 baby scratch my back by slim harpo, disc 2 track 9 i feel fine by the beatles, disc 2 track 10 pipeline by the chantays. Music to eat by hampton grease band on amazon music.
The hampton grease band were a main stay of the community and seemed always. Hampton grease band concert setlist at fillmore east, new. Grease 25th anniversary deluxe edition 2003 flac kitlope. Have you seen hampton grease band covering another artist.
A 2lp debut, the outfits sole 1971 effort presented the fertile zone where the mothers of invention and captain beefhearts magic band intersected. The hampton grease band was a fivepiece from hotlanta, georgia home of the 1996 summer olympic games. Atlantas misfits hampton grease band, formed by former four of nines guitarist harold kelling and vocalist bruce hampton, recorded the doublelp album. He played with them their whole six year span, and was a key component of the sound on their sole album the sprawling music to eat which should be part of everyones collection. Glenn phillips, guitarist extraordinaire, has the inside story of the hampton grease band history as only a member of the bandknows it. Or, given the prescient 20minute jams, complex arrangements and freeassociated field shouts that define this 1971 double lp by atlantas hampton grease band, maybe the dead sea scrolls. Harold kelling obituary atlanta, ga atlanta journal. Bruce hampton born gustav berglund iii died on monday night may 1 after collapsing during a concert celebrating his. Main artists list charts genres last added lyrics artistgroup album song song lyrics advanced search. Hampton grease band lyrics, full hampton grease band discography. Prog rock, psychedelic, southern rock hampton grease. The hampton grease band was an american rock band, beginning as a blues rock group in.
Are you still having a difficult time pinpointing your fabulous greaseband 2020 tickets on the venue map. Or perhaps more accurately, the bands decidely punk willtofail ethos, for their musicianship does not suck at all. Unlimited streaming of wolfgangs music, the worlds greatest catalog of live concert recordings. Hampton grease band set live from the 1970 atlanta pop festival right before led zeppelin did their set. The bands music has been described as highly eclectic and influential. Bruce hampton, glenn phillips, harold kelling, jerry fields, mike holbrook a3197785 artist. The hampton grease band were favorites of duane and the allman bros. But upon its reissue in 1996, music to eat was revealed as so much more. This show was memorable because i was at emory and knew the young republicans who supported nixon and his vietnam policy. Derek trucks self tedeschi trucks band glenn phillips self hampton grease band anthony decurtis self journalist. Music to eat by hampton grease band album, experimental. Take a listen to the hampton grease bands set at the atlanta pop festival in 1970. Music profile for hampton grease band, formed 1968. Grease 2 1 hours and 55 minutes movie 1982 return to rockin rydell high for a whole new term.
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