Stay and Play in Macon Concert Series
Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance in Concert
The Inaugural Event of the “Stay and Play in Macon” concert series.
Presented by Cox Capitol Theatre
and
The Big House Foundation
Proceeds benefit the Cox Capitol Theatre and The Big House Foundation, which is developing The Allman Brothers Band Museum.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Doors at 7:00 p.m.
Show at 8:00 p.m.
General Admission $10 In Advance / $15 Day Of Show
20% military discount on general admission with military ID
Reserved Seating:
Cocktail $20 (Adv) / $25 (Day Of)
Tables for six $250 (includes 2 buckets of beer)
Boxes for six $250 (includes 2 buckets of beer)
Bring your Cox Communications bill to get a $1 discount on the ticket price and a slice of pizza.
Equal parts psychedelicized Allman Brothers and boogiefied Grateful Dead (with a dash of Commander Cody thrown in), Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit capitalized on the nuevo-hippie movement that swept through America in the early ’90s. The Atlanta-born Hampton has been kicking around the Southern music circuit since the early ’60s; as the Hampton Grease Band, he released Music to Eat on Columbia Records in 1969. … for remainder of bandography see here.
In connection with the Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance concert, the Macon Film and Video Festival (MAGA) and the Big House Foundation will present a special screening of Billy Bob Thornton’s 1996 cult classic
“Sling Blade” (R)
followed by commentary and Q&A by Col Bruce Hampton
Sunday, May 29, 4:00 pm
In “Sling Blade” Col. Bruce Hampton plays Morris, a song writing band manager. Set in rural Arkansas, the film, written and directed by Thornton, tells the fictional story of a simple man named Karl Childers, played by Thornton, who is released from a psychiatric hospital where he has lived since murdering his mother and her lover at age 12. Childers befriends a young boy, begins a friendship with the boy’s mother and must confront the mother’s abusive boyfriend, Doyle, as well as his own dark past. Hampton got to know Thornton in the ’70s when Thornton was a drummer for the Arkansas band Los Tres Hombres. Twenty years later, Thornton created the Morris character based on Hampton and asked him to play the role. Following the screening, Hampton will participate in a question and answer session.
Tickets $5 (includes movie and Q&A). In keeping with the movie French fries and mustard will be served.
Special Thanks for the recent post about Allman Brothers Museum events on Grateful Dead Cloud Surfing blog. Best regards to David Gans and all he does throughout the years in so many ways for enlightened music culture.