Warren Haynes Discusses Col. Bruce Hampton’s Final Moments

Guitarist Warren Haynes is in the middle of a media blitz to support the upcoming release of Gov’t Mule‘s new studio album Revolution Come…Revolution Go. Haynes was asked about the recent Hampton 70 concert as part of two radio interviews and described Col. Bruce Hampton’s final moments in each.

Warren visited the New York City studios of classic rock station Q104.3 on Thursday. In addition to performing solo renditions of “Dreams & Songs” and “Traveling Tune,” Haynes participated in an interview with DJ Ken Dashow. The guitarist discussed how 30 or 40 musicians surrounded Hampton at the end of a four-hour concert in his honor at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. “At the very end of the night, he just laid down on stage and he was done” Haynes said.

Watch Warren Haynes’ appearance on Q104.3 with the part about Hampton starting at the 6:30 mark:

Haynes also talked about Hampton’s passing on SiriusXM’s Debatable on the Volume channel. He went into more detail about what happened with Alan Light and Mark Goodman. “Everybody thought he was joking because the Col. was prone to do that,” Warren said. “Everybody in the audience and everyone on stage thought the same thing – he was just clowning. But it went on too long. At one point I made eye contact with Derek Trucks and we were both thinking ‘this has gone on too long, this is not right.’ So I stepped over and tickled the back of the Col.’s hand and nothing happened. Almost simultaneously four people came out and picked him up and carried him off stage.”

Here’s more from Warren about the Col.’s final moments:

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