Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance is a band formed in 2006 by musician Col. Bruce Hampton. 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. The Quark Alliance tours nationally and also includes guitarist Perry Osborn, bassist Kris Dale, and drummer Duane Trucks. Perry Osborn joined the band in 2008.

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  • Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance is a band formed in 2006 by musician Col. Bruce Hampton. 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. The Quark Alliance tours nationally and also includes guitarist Perry Osborn, bassist Kris Dale, and drummer Duane Trucks. 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 has 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. " 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’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 first CD, "Give Thanks To Chank" released in November of 2007. The band performs blues standards and songs from Hampton's extensive catalog, including "Basically Frightened," "Arkansas," and "Merged Moons."
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    ''Ike Stubblefield
    Grant Green, Jr.''
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  • Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance at The 2007 Riverbend Festival
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  • Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance is a band formed in 2006 by musician Col. Bruce Hampton. 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. The Quark Alliance tours nationally and also includes guitarist Perry Osborn, bassist Kris Dale, and drummer Duane Trucks. Perry Osborn joined the band in 2008.
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