During the 1920s, while still a teenager, Hampton took xylophone lessons from Jimmy Bertrand and began to play drums. Hampton was raised Catholic, and started out playing fife and drum at the Holy Rosary Academy near Chicago.
During the 1920s, while still a teenager, Hampton took xylophone lessons from Jimmy Bertrand and began to play drums Hampton was raised Catholic, and started out playing fife and drum at the Holy .Rosary Academy near Chicago