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Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart at the Web 2.0 conference in 2005
Mickey Hart at the Web 2. 0 conference in 2005
Background information
Born September 11, 1943 (1943-09-11) (age 64)
Origin San Francisco, California, United States
Genre(s) Rock
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Percussion
Years active 1960s–present
Associated acts Grateful Dead
Rhythm Devils
Website www.mickeyhart.net

Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943) is a percussionist and musicologist. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Rhythm Devils are a band led by founding Grateful Dead drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Musicology ( Greek: μουσική = "music" and λόγος = "word" or "reason" is the scholarly study of Music He is best known as one of the two drummers from the rock band the Grateful Dead. A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. He and fellow Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann earned the nickname "the rhythm devils". Bill Kreutzmann (born May 7, 1946 in Palo Alto, California) is an American drummer who played with rock band the Grateful Dead

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Career

Mickey Hart joined the Grateful Dead in September 1967, and left in February 1971. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. He re-joined the band for good in October 1974. During his sabbatical, in 1972, he recorded the album Rolling Thunder. Rolling Thunder is the first solo album by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. He returned to the Dead in 1974, and remained with the group until their official dissolution in 1995. Collaboration with the remaining members of the Grateful Dead continues, under the band name The Dead. The Dead is an American rock band composed of former members of the Grateful Dead.

Hart is also a percussionist, a solo artist, and the author of several books. His travels and his interest in all things percussion-related led him to collect percussion instruments, and to collaborate with percussion masters the world over.

Hart became interested in percussion as a grade-school student. Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji performed at schools around the country in the late 1950s and had the students try out the drums. Babatunde Olatunji ( April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian Drummer educator social activist and recording Hart had been one of those students and he never forgot the experience. Olatunji later taught Hart and collaborated with Hart and the Grateful Dead on a regular basis. [1]

Hart was influential in recording global musical traditions on the verge of possible extinction, working with archivists and ethnomusicologists at both the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution. The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress was created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife" (see Public Law 94-201 The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress The Smithsonian Institution (smɪθsoʊnɪən is an educational and research institute and associated Museum complex administered and funded by the Government of He is on the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center and has been a spokesperson for the Save Our Sounds audio preservation initiative. The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress was created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife" (see Public Law 94-201 He also serves on the Library of Congress National Recorded Sound Preservation Board and is known for reissues and other recordings with historical and cultural value.

In 2000, Mickey Hart became a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to seek to establish new knowledge and develop more effective therapies which awaken, stimulate and heal through the extraordinary power of music [2] -- continuing his investigation into the connection between healing and rhythm, and the neural basis of rhythm. The Institute for Music and Neurologic Function is a US nonprofit organization conducting research into and applying Music therapy. In 2003, he was honored with the organization’s Music Has Power Award, recognizing his advocacy and continuous commitment to raising public awareness of the positive effect of music [3].

Hart's album Planet Drum not only hit #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart, remaining there for 26 weeks, it also received the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 1991—the first Grammy ever awarded in this category. Planet Drum is a World music album by Mickey Hart, a musician and musicologist who was a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

Mickey Hart has authored books on the history and traditions of drumming throughout history. His solo recordings (featuring a variety of guest musicians) are percussive of course, but also verge on New Age music categorically. New Age ( New Age Movement and New Age Spirituality) is a Social Collective Phenomenon and a Spiritual Nature His enthusiasm for world music traditions and preservation and collaborative efforts is comparable to that of guitarist Ry Cooder. The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and

Before joining the Grateful Dead, he and his father, Leonard Hart, a champion rudimental drummer, owned and operated Hart Music, selling drums and musical instruments in San Carlos, California. Leonard "Lenny" Hart (1918/19 - 1974 was a drummer who owned and operated Hart Music selling drums and musical instruments in San Carlos, California. San Carlos is a city in San Mateo County, California, USA on the San Francisco Peninsula, about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose

In 2005, Hart and the members of the band Particle joined to create the Hydra Project. Particle is a Jam band formed in Los Angeles in 2000 The original members were Dave Simmons (guitar Steve Molitz (keyboard Eric Gould (bass and Darren

During 2006, Hart teamed up with fellow Grateful Dead bandmate Bill Kreutzmann, former Phish bassist Mike Gordon and former The Other Ones lead guitarist Steve Kimock, to form the Rhythm Devils, a nickname that refers to Hart and Kreutzmann's legendary drum solos and improvisation. Phish is an American Jam band noted for their Musical improvisation, extended Jam sessions and cult following Mike Gordon (born June 3, 1965 in Sudbury, Massachusetts) is a bass player and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band The Other Ones was an American Rock band formed in 1998 by former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Steve Kimock (born October 5, 1955 in Bethlehem Pennsylvania) is an American rock Musician and Guitarist. The Rhythm Devils are a band led by founding Grateful Dead drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. The band features songs from their respective repertoires as well as new songs written by Jerry Garcia's songwriting companion Robert Hunter. Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1 1942 &ndash August 9 1995 was a Musician, Songwriter, Artist, and Lead guitarist and Robert C Hunter (born June 23, 1941) is an American Lyricist, Singer songwriter, and Poet, best known for his association The Rhythm Devils announced their first tour in 2006, which ended at the popular Vegoose festival in Las Vegas, Nevada over the Halloween weekend. Vegoose was an annual Halloween music and arts festival that took place in 2005 2006 and 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a Holiday celebrated on the night of October 31.

Bibliography

Solo discography

Notes

  1. ^ African Music Encyclopedia
  2. ^ Mission of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function
  3. ^ Past Music Has Power Awards Honorees

References

External links

Rolling Thunder is the first solo album by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. Airto Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian Jazz percussionist and musician Flora Purim (born in March 6 1942 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian jazz singer known mainly for her work in the Jazz fusion style Henry Wolff is a musician who worked on the movie ' Koyaanisqatsi ' Nancy Hennings is a musician who teamed up with Henry Wolff to do the CD ' Tibetan Bells ' in 1971, one of the pioneering CDs of New age music. Planet Drum is a World music album by Mickey Hart, a musician and musicologist who was a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead. Ustad Zakir Hussain ( Hindi: ज़ाकिर हुसैन Urdu: زاکِر حسین born March 9, 1951, is a famous Tabla Sikiru Adepoju is a percussionist and recording artist from Nigeria, primarily in the genres of traditional African music and World music. Giovanni Hidalgo "Mañenguito" (born March 9, 1963) is an educator and percussionist associated with Latin jazz. Lastfm is a UK -based Internet radio and Music Community website, founded in 2002 MusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an Open content Music database
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