Person

Bruce Hampton

Acting · 1947–2017 · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Musician, Vocalist, Composer, Actor. He was known for his energetic, eccentric style and often regarded as the granddaddy of the jam band scene. He was born in Tennessee and grew up in Atlanta. He first gained attention in the late 1960's and early 1970's and he was a founding member of the Hampton Grease Band. The band broke up in 1973. In the next five decades that followed he formed or was a part of a number of other acts. In 1993, he started acting in film and television with such credits as Sling Blade (1996), Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1998), Jimi Hendrix Electric Church (2015), Tombstone (1993), Duckworth, (2011), Gilda Sue Rosenstern: The Motion Picture! (2016), Here Comes Rusty (2016). In 2012, the Governor of Georgia presented him with the Governor's Award In "The Arts and Humanities".

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  Space Ghost Coast to Coast

  Warren (voice)

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  Sling Blade

  Morris

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  Widespread Panic: The Earth Will Swallow You

  Self

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  Here Comes Rusty

  Dicky St. Jon

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  Outside Out

  Bruce Hampton

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  The Pasaquoyan

  1993

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  Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce Hampton

  Self

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  Gilda Sue Rosenstern: The Motion Picture!

  Mr. Lives in His Van

• 2018Gilda Sue Rosenstern: The Motion Picture!Mr. Lives in His Van
• 2016Here Comes RustyDicky St. Jon
• 2012Basically Frightened: The Musical Madness of Colonel Bruce HamptonSelf
• 2002Widespread Panic: The Earth Will Swallow YouSelf
• 2000Outside OutBruce Hampton
• 1996Sling BladeMorris
• 1994Space Ghost Coast to CoastWarren (voice)
• 1993The Pasaquoyan