The Quark Alliance

Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance

Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance at The 2007 Riverbend Festival
Background information
Origin Atlanta, Georgia USA
Genres Rock, Jazz fusion, Progressive rock
Years active 2006 - 2010
Labels Brato Ganibe
Website Official Website
Members
Col. Bruce Hampton
Perry Osborn
Kris Dale
Duane Trucks
Ike Stubblefield
Grant Green, Jr.
Past members
Jeff Caldwell
Mark Letalien

Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance is a band formed in 2006 by musician Col. Bruce Hampton that recorded and toured through 2010. Hampton has been a part of the Southern music scene since the 1960s fronting such acts as The Hampton Grease Band, The Late Bronze Age, The Aquarium Rescue Unit, and The Fiji Mariners.[1]

The Quark Alliance toured nationally and also included guitarist Perry Osborn, bassist Kris Dale, and drummer Duane Trucks.[2]

Perry Osborn joined the band in 2008. He teaches music at Florida State University and has toured with Grant Green, Jr., Jeff Sipe, and Gary Gazaway.

Kris Dale graduated from the University of Miami's School of Music with a degree in studio music and jazz performance. Kris played in many touring bands including Tongo-hiti, The Lost Continentals, Kingsized, Bernadette Seacrest, and The Johnny Knox Trio. Along the way he picked up pedal steel guitar and recorded on the theme song for Adult Swim's "Squidbillies."[3]

Duane Trucks was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He began playing drums at the age of two. Coming from a musical family, he was able to learn from some of the best musicians in the country and take lessons from the legendary Bernard Purdie. After graduating high school he toured with his brother Derek Trucks's band, Soul Stew Revival. His jazz trio 'The Sixes' still plays occasionally around Atlanta.

Former member Jeff Caldwell has been playing clubs in the South and L.A. for years. For a while he was at the Musicians Institute in California with John Frusciante and Aquarium Rescue Unit guitarist Jimmy Herring. Jeff wrote seven songs on the band's 2007 CD.

The Quark Alliance's only CD, "Give Thanks To Chank" released in November 2007.[4]

Track listings

"Give Thanks To Chank" - 2007 - BratoGanibe Records

1. Give Thanks To Chank
2. It's Not Over
3. Nicole
4. Susan T
5. I'm Not Listening
6. Them Dickinson Boys
7. You Hold Me The Best
8. The Den Is In Heaven
9. All Simplicity
10. Open The Door
11. Talk So Loud
12. Lanerville
13. Threnody To The Victims Of Louisiana

References

  1. ^ "Col. Bruce to The Rescue". creativeloafing.com. creativeloafing.com. January 31, 2007. http://clatl.com/atlanta/col-bruce-to-the-rescue/Content?oid=1265427. Retrieved 2010-08-13. 
  2. ^ "Jambands.com - Need We Say More? Jaimoe, Col. Bruce and Shannon McNally To Join Derek Trucks Band". Jambands.com. Jambands.com. November 3, 2009. http://www.jambands.com/news/2009/11/03/jaimoe-col-bruce-and-shannon-mcnally-to-join-derek-trucks-band. Retrieved 2010-08-12. 
  3. ^ "Squidbillies Television Show Credits". Yahoo.com. Yahoo.com. August 12, 2010. http://tv.yahoo.com/squidbillies/show/38371/castcrew. Retrieved 2010-08-12. 
  4. ^ "Col. Bruce Hampton New Album". jambase.com. jambase.com. November 13, 2007. http://www.jambase.com/Articles/12013/Col.-Bruce-Hampton-New-Album. Retrieved 2010-08-12. 

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