Bruce Campbell, Famed for “Evil Dead” Role, Has a Surprisingly Smooth Playlist

For our award-winning “In the Groove” series, we talk about the music that changed the Royal Oak native’s life.

Actor Bruce Campbell is best known for his role as the brawny, zombie-killer Ash Williams in Sam Raimi’s cult horror classic “Evil Dead.”

The Royal Oak native returns home for a night of storytelling and a screening of Evil Dead 2 at the Royal Oak Music Theatre on Thursday, September 26. 

The horror movie actor may surprise you with his playlist. 

Click the player to hear CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire talk with Campbell about the music he grew up listening to in Michigan.

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Author

  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning host and producer of CultureShift on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. She’s a founding producer of WDET’s flagship news talk show Detroit Today, and a former host/reporter for Arizona Public Media. Amanda is also an artist, certified intuitive and energy healer, and professional tarot reader.