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25-621: The band originated from a weekly Atlanta jam session hosted by Hampton (from the Hampton Grease Band and The Late Bronze Age ) and eventually toured around the Southeastern United States with Hampton, Herring, Burbridge, Sipe, Mundy, and M'Butu. This lineup produced two albums released on Capricorn Records ; Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit , in 1992, and Mirrors of Embarrassment , in 1993. During

50-604: A child (his first instrument was the upright bass, which he picked up at the age of seven.) Rodgers' songwriting and instrumental/vocal skills has led him to great places, most recently as the band-leader for Herring/Rodgers/Sipe, formed with Jimmy Herring ( Aquarium Rescue Unit , The Allman Brothers , The Dead , Phil Lesh & Friends & Widespread Panic )) Jeff Sipe ( Aquarium Rescue Unit , Phil Lesh & Friends , Mark van Allen ( Sugarland , Blueground Undergrass ) and Neal Fountain ( Fiji Mariners ). Herring/Rodgers/Sipe toured in late May and August 2006. The vast majority of

75-416: A power trio led by Rodgers. The band's final lineup consisted of Bobby Lee Rodgers (lead vocals, electric banjo, guitar), Mark Raudabaugh (drums, vocals), and Andrew Altman (bass, vocals). The Codetalkers were known for their extensive touring, particularly in the eastern United States, and appearances at major music festivals such as Bonnaroo and Vegoose . The band's sound was characterized by their use of

100-564: A reputation among the jam band crowd for entertaining fans not only with their music, but with their antics on stage. They were also a taper friendly band, who encouraged the taping and trading of their live shows, provided that no money exchanges hands. The band was also known for having guest musicians frequently join them for all or part of a show. Some notable on-stage guests of The Codetalkers have been Jimmy Herring , Derek Trucks , Bob Weir , Mike Gordon , Hubert Sumlin , Ron Holloway and Ike Stubblefield (about whom Rodgers has penned

125-552: A rotating Leslie cabinet for Rodgers' guitar and their emphasis on improvised jams during live shows. The Codetalkers were also notable for their "taper-friendly" policy, encouraging fans to record and share their live performances. In early 2009, Rodgers officially disbanded The Codetalkers, citing financial issues related to their management at the time. The Codetalkers were composed of Bobby Lee Rodgers (lead vocals, electric banjo , guitar , "air trombone"), Mark Raudabaugh ( drums , vocals) and Andrew Altman ( bass , vocals). The band

150-460: A rotating outer cast of members over the years, including lead vocalist Paul Henson; Oteil's brother, Kofi Burbridge on keyboards, flute, back-up vocals; and drummer Sean O'Rourke. They recorded additional studio albums as Aquarium Rescue Unit: 1994's eeePee and In A Perfect World , and 2003's The Calling . The remaining original members started to leave as they received offers from other larger acts. Jeff Sipe joined with Jonas Hellborg and

175-594: A song bearing his moniker ). While primarily playing the bulk of their live performances east of the Mississippi River in the United States, the band also played several music festivals each year, such as Vegoose in 2005 and Bonnaroo in 2002 and 2006. In May 2008, the band played two shows in Tokyo and were invited back for a full-blown tour in early 2009 following the release of their next album. Bobby Lee Rodgers

200-575: Is apocryphally said to have been the second-lowest selling album in Columbia's history, second only to a yoga instructional record. This record compared with Captain Beefheart , Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention , and Pere Ubu . The band then signed to Frank Zappa's Bizarre and Straight labels, but broke up in 1973. Several of the members went on to more renowned music careers, including Glenn Phillips ' solo work and Bruce Hampton 's work with

225-466: Is called Dead & Company . Jimmy Herring co-founded Jazz Is Dead in 1998, then toured and recorded with supergroup Frogwings , The Allman Brothers Band , Project Z , Phil Lesh and Friends , and The Dead . In 2006 Herring was asked to join Widespread Panic with whom he has recorded and toured extensively. In 2004 Hampton, Herring, Sipe, Burbridge and M'Butu reunited for several shows as

250-568: The Aquarium Rescue Unit . Harold Kelling formed The Starving Braineaters and continued playing with several bands in the Atlanta area. Sam Whiteside was also the road manager. Sam Whiteside and Espy Geisler designed the cover art and most of the artwork on the inside of their album Music to Eat . Music to Eat gained a significant cult following, and was re-released on CD in 1996 with several minutes of additional material that had been edited from

275-632: The Variety Playhouse in Little Five Points , a commercial area in Atlanta, Georgia. They played the Music to Eat and played some covers in their two encores, including " Rock Around the Clock ". The Codetalkers The Codetalkers were an American jazz fusion and rock and roll band from Savannah, Georgia , active from 1999 to 2009. Known for their blend of jazz, rock, blues, bluegrass, and funk,

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300-696: The Air , and in his own occasional project, Oteil And The Peacemakers. He continued to play with the Allman Brothers Band until the band officially broke up on 10/28/2014. During the last few years of his time with the Allman Brothers, Oteil was also a full-time member the Tedeschi Trucks Band . He was asked to fill the bass slot in the post- Fare Thee Well incarnation of The Grateful Dead when Phil Lesh decided he no longer wanted to tour. This project

325-486: The band gained popularity in the jam band scene for their improvisational live performances and on-stage antics. The Codetalkers were formed by Bobby Lee Rodgers , a former professor at Berklee College of Music , following his meeting with Col. Bruce Hampton at a show in Atlanta . Throughout their career, The Codetalkers underwent several lineup changes. Initially a four-piece band including Hampton, they later evolved into

350-509: The band. Since 2006, the group had toured as a "power trio" first with Rodgers, Greenwell and Pecchio, and from June 2007 on with the latter two replaced by Raudabaugh and Altman, respectively. Raudabaugh and Altman share Rodgers' college-level musical education in jazz and have helped bring Rodgers' vision for his music back to the place where he felt it was best represented. During a show in Savannah, where Rodgers first met Raudabaugh and Altman,

375-585: The late Shawn Lane in 1995, and over the years has played with Leftover Salmon , Susan Tedeschi , Phil Lesh , and Trey Anastasio . Currently Jeff Sipe is playing drums for Keller Williams 's new band the WMDs . In 1997, Oteil Burbridge replaced Allen Woody in The Allman Brothers Band . Burbridge also played in Phish keyboardist Page McConnell 's side project Vida Blue , on Trey Anastasio 's Surrender to

400-468: The movie Widespread Panic: Live from the Georgia Theatre which features a music video for " Basically Frightened " performed by Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit with Chuck Leavell and Count M'Butu. In 1993 the band lost two key members when Matt Mundy retired from the band and Hampton soon followed. Oteil, Herring and Sipe continued to tour as "The Aquarium Rescue Unit." The band had

425-793: The original Col. Bruce Hampton and Aquarium Rescue Unit. They continued with eight shows in Colorado and the Southeast between January 2006 and May 2007. Bobby Lee Rodgers of The Codetalkers was asked to sit in on banjo and vocals, taking the place of Matt Mundy who has retired from performing. By 2007 each member of the original lineup was an accomplished artist in their own right: Herring with Widespread Panic , Burbridge with two bands: The Allman Brothers Band and Oteil and The Peacemakers, Sipe with Trey Anastasio and Leftover Salmon , M'Butu with The Derek Trucks Band , and Hampton with Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance . Aquarium Rescue Unit reunited for

450-534: The reopening of the Georgia Theatre in Athens, Georgia, on August 8, 2011. The lineup included Col. Bruce Hampton, Jimmy Herring, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Sipe and Matt Slocum on keyboards. On March 24, 2015, via Facebook, Col. Bruce Hampton announced the band was getting back together for shows scheduled for summer 2015. The band returned to the lineup of Hampton, Oteil Burbridge, Jimmy Herring, Matt Slocum and Jeff Sipe. Hampton Grease Band The Hampton Grease Band

475-422: The songwriter confidently proclaimed that the sound and vision of his music that he had been searching for had been found. Their music has been described as a mix of jazz , rock , blues , bluegrass and funk with improvised jams being the main theme in their live performances. Some of their unique sound comes from their use of a rotating Leslie cabinet used for Rodgers' guitar. [1] The Codetalkers had

500-635: The summer of 1992, the group helped start the H.O.R.D.E. tour with such like-minded bands as Phish , Spin Doctors , Blues Traveler , Bela Fleck & the Flecktones , and Widespread Panic . Members of these bands would frequently tour, perform, and record with one another. Béla Fleck and John Popper contributed on Mirrors of Embarrassment and Popper also contributed to The Benefit Concert Vol. 2 . Chuck Leavell played on ARU's first two albums on Capricorn Records . Also, in 1992 Billy Bob Thornton directed

525-617: The vinyl release. The band was the lead-off band for Frank Zappa/Mothers last appearance at the Fillmore East on June 6, 1971. It was at this concert that Zappa and the Mothers recorded part of Live at the Fillmore East . Later that evening, they were joined by John Lennon and Yoko Ono , also available in recorded versions. Lead guitarist Harold Kelling died in May 2005. The Hampton Grease Band held their first reunion concert on June 2, 2006, at

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550-457: Was an American rock band, beginning as a blues rock group in the late 1960s in Atlanta, Georgia. They performed with several major bands in this period, including Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers . The band gained a reputation for wacky stage antics, and eventually garnered enough attention to sign to Columbia Records . They recorded the double album Music to Eat (June 1971), which

575-473: Was formed in 1999, upon the meeting of Rodgers and Col. Bruce Hampton at a show at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta. The group toured for many years as a four-piece with the lineup of Rodgers, Hampton, Greenwell and Pecchio. In the spring of 2006, the band announced they would be touring without Hampton, who was stepping down for a multitude of reasons. The band was aiming to undertake a heavy touring schedule in support of their recent release, in which Hampton

600-505: Was the primary songwriter, responsible for the original material played by the band, and collaborated on a handful of songs with other band members through the years. He was one of the youngest professors ever to teach at the Berklee College of Music (the world's largest music college,) joining Pat Metheny among those ranks. His background is mostly in the jazz world (he was a professor of jazz studies at Berklee) but played bluegrass as

625-424: Was unwilling and unable to participate. He had lent his name to the project for years in order to help Rodgers gain the recognition Hampton felt he deserved, but as a touring musician for 40 years, the grueling demands that a national tour would place on him didn't seem very alluring. Coincidentally, just as this announcement was to be made, Hampton trumped the press release by citing his own health reasons for leaving

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