Hampton Grease Band : Halifax

The first 10 minutes of Halifax, which occupied side 1 of the Hampton Grease Band's infamous 1971 album Music To Eat.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Hampton Grease Band
• Bruce Hampton
• Glenn Phillips
• Halifax
• Music to Eat

[texasbirdfan1]

remember them circa late 60's at the 12th Gate in uptown Atlanta. They did (another?) Sports Arena concert around 1972 and Chuck Berry can without band and Hampton and the band backed him up.

[mellotrongirl]

spray paaaaaaint--avoid breathing of vapors...keep away from children...AAAH HAAAH! Why do I keep expecting to hear this? Such a fantastic album...Columbia Records really didn't know what to do with these guys; maybe that's why it wound up in the cut-out bins through much of the 70's and people picked up on them then...at least Glenn and Bruce, etc. did some great solo LP's to keep the spirit alive (and the sense of humour too)

[hamnose]

They did a concert with the Grateful Dead and Chuck Berry at the Sports Arena in 1970. They were all were the most amazing performances. I was doing purple microdot so my ears were extra sensitive and discerning. Chuck, the Grease band the Dead, like I said, all of them did amazing sets, then The Allman brothers showed up and they all jammed together till something like 2 in the morning. Over 40 years later I'm still in a state of shock. And BTW these guys were nice guys too.

[pylgrym]

Caught the 35-year reunion concert in ATL with the fine guitarist from the Swimming Pool Ques (R.I.P. Howard)... now I am going on a cruise to Halifax with my bride... AND worship at the Church of God's Choice! EVANS!! EVANS!!!! These guys played with the Allman Brothers in the ATL back in The Day!

[rwarden2955]

Back in the good old days of "underground radio", this was a heavy rotation item on Phoenix radio station KCAC. An extraordinary man by the name of William Edward Compton exposed us to new and unsettling music. I will love and honor him forever for that. R.I.P.

[haineux]

This is just the first 10 minutes of the song, which is a bit of a tragedy. The complete recording is 19:42. The actual song is actually just over 17 3/4 minutes long minutes long, but the recording engineer, after they finish, says "Do it again; I don't trust this tape recorder," and the band performs a two-minute version of the entire song.

This album is what happens when a bunch of kids pretending to be Captain Beefheart and the Grateful Dead decide to perform a program of Frank Zappa tunes.

[1953patterson]

Truly a CLASSIC album in every sense of the word. I dedicate this to a friend who introduced me to this "unusual" band, Jay Mitchall, then a student at Ga. Tech in the early 70s. Thanks Jay AND, of couse, Bruce and His GREAT Band!!