the daddy of us all

col. bruce hampton has been there, done that and got the t-shirt. he’s an avid reader, a film buff, and a musical enigma. from the hampton grease band to the aquarium rescue unit, the fiji mariners and the code talkers, hampton has explored musical stylings that blended one part frank zappa, two parts charlie christian, one part john lee hooker, and two parts captain beefheart, with more than one pinch of allman brothers band tossed in for flavor. he is a writer, a singer, a guitarist, an actor and a film maker. but more than all of that, he is the organizational master, and if derek trucks, jimmy herring, and oteil burbridge are young jedi’s, col. bruce is their yoda. no small wonder he has been referred to as “the daddy of us all.”

check out the remainder of this great interview with the colonel by michael b. smith.