Aquarium Rescue Unit

Aquarium Rescue Unit is a jam band, originally founded as a backup band for Col. Bruce Hampton, consisting at various times, of Oteil Burbridge, Jimmy Herring, Matt

Aquarium Rescue Unit is a jam band, originally founded as a backup band for Col. Bruce Hampton, consisting at various times, of Oteil Burbridge, Jimmy Herring, Matt Mundy, Charles Williams, Kofi Burbridge, Jeff Sipe, Paul Henson, and Hampton himself. Formed in Atlanta, Georgia, the Aquarium Rescue Unit, with its constantly changing lineup, was a cornerstone member of the early jam band scene, with players that eventually became members of the Allman Brothers Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, Leftover Salmon, and Frogwings. Although the band was never commercially successful, the band's combination of bluegrass, rock, Latin, jazz, and impeccable chops became a template for future bands in the genre.

The band originated from a weekly Atlanta jam session hosted by Hampton (from the Hampton Grease Band), playing in the same clubs night after night having a whole reutine that the audience knew, and eventually toured around the Southeast United States, with a lineup including Jeff Mosier and Harles Williams of the Blueground Undergrass, eventually settling on the lineup that produced their two albums released on Capricorn Records; Eeepee, in 1991, and In a Perfect World, in 1993.