Hampton Grease Band

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The Hampton Grease Band was an American rock band. Based on blues rock , they developed an experimental style that was not very popular with the audience, but has cult status today.

Band history

The Hampton Grease Band began as a blues rock band in Atlanta in the late 1960s . These included Bruce Hampton (vocals, trumpet), Glenn Phillips (guitar, saxophone), Harold Kelling (guitar, vocals), Jerry Fields (drums, percussion, trombone, vocals) and Mike Holbrook (bass). They played as the opening act for such well-known bands as the Grateful Dead , Jimi Hendrix , Procol Harum and the Allman Brothers Band . Over time they developed their own sound, which was heavily influenced by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart .

Phil Walden , manager of the Allman Brothers, signed her. For Columbia Records they made recordings that were considered commercially futile. Columbia decided to put out a live album instead . In 1971 Music to Eat was released as a double album . It was rumored that the album was one of the lowest-selling albums in Columbia, beaten only by a yoga album.

Despite a successful show with Frank Zappa at the Fillmore East , Columbia ended their collaboration with the group. Zappa signed her, but there was no further publication. In 1973 the Hampton Grease Band broke up. In 1996 Columbia released Music to Eat on CD.

In 2006 the Hampton Grease Band reunited. They performed Music to Eat in Atlanta . Bob Elsey replaced Harold Kelling, who died in 2005.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Allmusic, see web links
  2. ↑ Discogs, see web links
  3. ↑ Piero Scaruffi: Article about the Hampton Grease Band and Music to Eat (English)
  4. ↑ Website of the Hampton Grease Band (English)