Bruce Hampton

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 1960s and early 1970s 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 Governors Award In The Arts and Humanities