Tag Archive for: Jimmy Herring

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The amazing, insane totally true story of Col. Bruce Hampton’s death

A year ago today, May 1, 2017, Col. Bruce Hampton died n in the most dramatic possible fashion during his 70th birthday party concert at the fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta.  I wrote the following story for the Wall Street Journal and…
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RIP Col. Bruce – A Tribute to a Friend and Genius

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Jimmy Herring takes one of Jerry Garcia’s guitars for a spin.

Check this out: Jimmy Herring played Jerry Garcia's Travis Bean TB500 guitar that was sold for almost $250K in a 2013 auction. Garcia played the guitar extensively in the mid 70's. the following video and picture were posted on the instagram…
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Col. Bruce Hampton and the ARU: An Appreciation

This story originally ran in Relix' 40th Anniversary Issue. In February 1992, the reunited Dixie Dregs were coming to New York’s Ritz and I was excited to check them out. Though I had always considered their music sterile if brilliantly…