Col. Bruce Hampton will celebrate 70th at the Fox with lineup of jam band stars

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

A lineup of jam luminaries is scheduled to join him: Widespread Panic members

John Bell, Dave Schools, Duane Trucks

and

Jimmy Herring

;

Peter Buck

of R.E.M; steel guitarist

Darick Campbell

; saxophone player

Karl Denson

;

Drew Emmitt

and

Vince Herman

of Leftover Salmon;

Jon Fishman

of Phish; banjo player

Rev. Jeff Mosier;

guitar hero

Warren Haynes

; Drivin’ N Cryin’ frontman

Kevn Kinney

; Atlanta jazz-staple

Johnny Knapp

; the legendary

Chuck Leavell;

Athens rock-troubadour

T. Hardy Morris

; 13-year-old guitar prodigy

Brandon Niederauer

;

John Popper

of Blues Traveler; funk bassist

Kevin Scott;

keyboardist

Matt Slocum

;

Denny Walley

of Frank Zappa fame; gypsy-metal guitarist

Emil Werstler

;

Oliver Wood

of The Wood Brothers; MLB star

Jake Peavy

; and the Colonel’s “Sling Blade” co-star, actor

Billy Bob Thornton

.

Tickets for the show, priced at $35, $50, $75 and $125, will go on sale at 10 a.m. March 17 at the Fox box office, www.foxtheatre.org and by calling 1-855-285-8499. A pre-sale is underway through 10 p.m. March 16 (passcode: Hampton). Proceeds will benefit the Fox Theatre Institute and other musician-focused charities.

Hampton's musical reach began with the groundbreaking Hampton Grease Band (which also included Atlanta guitarist Glenn Phillips ) and stretched to the idiosyncratic Aquarium Rescue Unit. In the '90s, he was instrumental in shaping the H.O.R.D.E. tours with Popper.

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