Mickey Hart

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Mickey Hart at the Web 2.0 Conference 2005

Mickey Hart (born September 11, 1943 ) is an American drummer and percussionist , who was best known as a member of the rock band Grateful Dead . Together with Bill Kreutzmann he formed the Rhythm Devils .

Hart has always been interested in percussion techniques, instruments and traditions from around the world. On his travels he visited the masters of various techniques all over the world and collected recordings and instruments. He wrote a number of books on the subject. His album Planet Drum with Vikku Vinayakram and various other guest musicians won the 1991 Grammy in the Best World Music category .

In addition, Hart wrote music for film and television (e.g. for the film Apocalypse Now ) as well as for major events such as the 1996 Olympic Games .

In 1994 Mickey Hart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Grateful Dead , and in 1999 he played with Woodstock III . In 2000 he received an honorary doctorate from the Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center. In 2009 his CD Global Drum Projekt (with Zakir Hussain and others) was awarded a Grammy for Best Contemporary World Music Album .

In 2016, the Rolling Stone listed Hart together with his band colleague Bill Kreutzmann as 34th of the 100 best drummers of all time .

bibliography

  • Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussion . Harper, San Francisco 1990
    • English: The magic drum. A journey to the sources of rhythm. Goldmann, Munich 1991
  • Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm . 1991
  • Spirit into Sound: The Magic of Music . 1999
  • Songcatchers: In Search of the World's Music . 2003

Discography

Mickey Hart's solo albums:

  • Rolling Thunder (1972)
  • Diga Rhythm Band (1976) (with Diga Rhythm Band )
  • The Rhythm Devils Play River Music - The Apocalypse Now Sessions (1979)
  • Yamantaka (with Henry Wolff and Nancy Hennings, 1983)
  • Music To Be Born By (1983)
  • Däfos (with Airto Moreira & Flora Purim , 1984)
  • At the Edge (1990)
  • Planet Drum (1991)
  • Mickey Hart's Mystery Box (1996)
  • Supralingua (1998)
  • Spirit Into Sound (2000)
  • Mondo Head (with Kodō , 2002)
  • Over The Edge And Back - The Best of Mickey Hart (2002)
  • Global Drum Project (with Zakir Hussain , Sikiru Adepoju , Giovanni Hidalgo , Taufiq Qureshi 2008)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Rolling Stone , March 31, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Hard, Mickey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American drummer and percussionist
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1943