Basically Frightened
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"Basically Frightened" is the title of a song written by Col. Bruce Hampton
, Tinsley Ellis, and the late Ricky Keller. The song was first recorded and released on Col. Bruce Hampton's 1986 solo album "Arkansas" on Landslide Records.
The song was frequently performed by Southern jam band legends Col. Bruce Hampton
and The Aquarium Rescue Unit
. The lineup of ARU featuring Col. Bruce Hampton
, Oteil Burbridge
, Jimmy Herring
, Matt Mundy, and Jeff Sipe recorded the song and released it on their debut self-titled album in 1992. That same year Billy Bob Thornton
directed the movie Widespread Panic
: Live from the Georgia Theatre which features a music video for "Basically Frightened" recorded by Widespread's opening act, ARU.
The song also appeared on a 1994 compilation retrospective of Col. Bruce Hampton's solo career titled "Strange Voices: A History 1977-1987," also on Landslide Records.
Bruce Hampton wrote and directed a short film in the 1990s called "Basically Frightened."
Bruce Hampton
Bruce Hampton is a surrealist American musician. In the late 1960s he was a founding member of Atlanta, Georgia's avant-garde Hampton Grease Band...
, Tinsley Ellis, and the late Ricky Keller. The song was first recorded and released on Col. Bruce Hampton's 1986 solo album "Arkansas" on Landslide Records.
The song was frequently performed by Southern jam band legends Col. Bruce Hampton
Bruce Hampton
Bruce Hampton is a surrealist American musician. In the late 1960s he was a founding member of Atlanta, Georgia's avant-garde Hampton Grease Band...
and The Aquarium Rescue Unit
Aquarium Rescue Unit
Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit is an experimental rock group originally founded by Col. Bruce Hampton. The band gained popularity in the Atlanta club scene in the early 1990s and went on to tour with the first H.O.R.D.E. Tour. During the initial years, the band was composed of...
. The lineup of ARU featuring Col. Bruce Hampton
Bruce Hampton
Bruce Hampton is a surrealist American musician. In the late 1960s he was a founding member of Atlanta, Georgia's avant-garde Hampton Grease Band...
, Oteil Burbridge
Oteil Burbridge
Oteil Burbridge, in Washington, D.C.), is a Grammy Award-nominated American multi-instrumentalist, specializing on the bass guitar, trained in playing jazz and classical music from an early age. He has achieved fame primarily on bass guitar during the current resurgence of the Allman Brothers Band...
, Jimmy Herring
Jimmy Herring
Jimmy Herring is an American guitarist who is currently the lead guitarist in the band Widespread Panic. Herring is a founding member of Aquarium Rescue Unit and Jazz is Dead...
, Matt Mundy, and Jeff Sipe recorded the song and released it on their debut self-titled album in 1992. That same year Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone...
directed the movie Widespread Panic
Widespread Panic
Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Todd Nance, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring...
: Live from the Georgia Theatre which features a music video for "Basically Frightened" recorded by Widespread's opening act, ARU.
The song also appeared on a 1994 compilation retrospective of Col. Bruce Hampton's solo career titled "Strange Voices: A History 1977-1987," also on Landslide Records.
Bruce Hampton wrote and directed a short film in the 1990s called "Basically Frightened."
External links
- Brato Ganibe Col. Bruce Hampton's Official Website
- Col. Bruce's MySpace Page Listen to the song "Basically Frightened"
- Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit - Official Website