Bruce Crump

Bruce Crump
Crump at the drums in 2008
Background information
Born	(1957-07-17)July 17, 1957 Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died	March 16, 2015(2015-03-16) (aged 57)
Genres	Southern rock, Christian rock, blues-rock, folk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Drums, percussion
Years active	1978–2015
Labels	Epic, SPV, Capitol Records
Associated acts	Molly Hatchet, Streetheart, Gator Country, China Sky
Website	Molly Hatchet official website

Bruce Hull Crump, Jr. (July 17, 1957 – March 16, 2015) was the original drummer with the rock band Molly Hatchet from 1976 to 1983 (including their 1980 hit song "Flirtin' with Disaster" ) and 1984 to 1991. He also played as a member of the Canadian band Streetheart in the early 1980s, appearing on their Live After Dark recording, and joined several of his former Molly Hatchet bandmates in the band Gator Country in the mid-2000s. At his death, Crump was in the Jacksonville, Florida-based band White Rhino and the newly reformed China Sky.^[1]

Crump was the great-grandson of the Memphis politician E.H. Crump.

Personal life

Crump was born in Memphis on July 17, 1957,^[2] and he grew up between Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Fl.^[3] He was married and had four children,^[4] three boys and one girl, Jessica (two of his sons, Bradley and Kyle, also play the drums; the other son Jaden does not, but plays and used to watch basketball with his dad^[5]). He lived in Midlothian, Virginia.^[6] but called "home" Richmond, Virginia.^[7]

When not involved in his band activities, he had a home business providing drum lessons, "Drum Lessons by Bruce". He was also a licensed real-estate agent and briefly a web site designer.^[3]

Illness

In July 2002, he was diagnosed with throat cancer.^[3] He died on March 16, 2015.

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