Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit Offer Webcast Of Saturday Show In Athens

On Saturday night Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit  will perform in their hometown of Athens, Georgia as part of their first headlining tour since 2011. If you can’t make it to the Georgia Theatre there’s an option to watch from home or wherever you have an internet connection.

Frontman Col. Bruce Hampton and guitarist Jimmy Herring, drummer Jeff Sipe, bassist Oteil Burbridge and keyboardist Matt Slocum are slated to perform Saturday, August 8 at the Georgia Theatre in Athens. TourGigs will host an HD multi-cam webcast beginning at 9 p.m. ET. Head here to order Saturday’s night concert and use coupon code “aruathens” to receive 15 percent off the cost of the stream. 

As we reported, Aquarium Rescue Unit debuted a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Dark Star” on Saturday night in Denver to honor Jerry Garcia’s birthday. The band has shared video of the first ten minutes of the “Dark Star” cover shot from the photo pit:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W93hU7tR2_A

 

Take a listen to the whole “Dark Star” thanks to taper Bennett Schwartz:

 

https://soundcloud.com/jambase/aquarium-rescue-unit-dark-star/s-dJWSO