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4 unusual facts about Mickey Hart


Jerilyn Lee Brandelius

Brandelius was in an intimate relationship for 10 years (1971–1981) with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart.

Michael Hart

Mickey Hart (born 1943), drummer and musicologist with the Grateful Dead

Mickey Hart's Mystery Box

Robin Millarmarimba on "The Sandman", sine bass on "Only the Strange Remain", "Sangre de Cristo", keyboards on "John Cage is Dead"

The song "Only the Strange Remain" was later performed live by the Other Ones, and appears on their album The Strange Remain.


Culture of Papua New Guinea

The first commercial release to see an international audience didn't occur until 1991 (see 1991 in music), when Mickey Hart's Voices of the Rainforest was released.

Grateful Dead Archive

The archive was officially donated in April 2008, by band members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart.

Kitarō discography

He has collaborated with various artists including Megadeth's Marty Friedman, Mickey Hart, Philip Glass, Dennis Banks, and Jane Zhang, as well as appearing on four Far East Family Band albums.

Kyle Hollingsworth

In 2007, Kyle toured with The Mickey Hart Band, featuring Steve Kimock', George Porter Jr. and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead

One from the Heart

Tavoularis, whose art department was next door to the musical rehearsal space, used Waits' music as tonal inspiration, incorporating it into the film's highly stylized "look." Mickey Hart, drummer for The Grateful Dead, and musician Bobby Vega were also credited for their contributions to the production.

Steven Feld

Some of Feld's recordings are sampled on the track, "Kaluli Groove" on the 2007 album Global Drum Project by Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo.

The Best of Mickey Hart: Over the Edge and Back

It contains music excerpted from six of Hart's albums – Diga (1976), The Apocalypse Now Sessions (1980), At the Edge (1990), Planet Drum (1991), Mickey Hart's Mystery Box (1996), and Supralingua (1998).

The Grateful Dead Channel

The Grateful Dead Channel is a Sirius XM Radio channel playing music spanning American rock band Grateful Dead's entire career including unreleased concert recordings and original shows hosted by band members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann.

The Relix Bay Rock Shop, No. 1

The two songs from Before Time Began were recorded in the studio in 1969 by the original lineup of the New Riders of the Purple Sage, which included Dawson, David Nelson, and three members of the Grateful DeadJerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, and Phil Lesh.

Ty Burhoe

Since 1995, Ty has served as Zakir Hussain's tour assistant as well as the designer for his custom drums and drum racks which Zakir uses for his tours with Shakti, Masters of Percussion, Mickey Hart & Planet Drum, Charles Lloyd Trio and Lines Ballet collaborations.


see also

At the Edge

On September 1, 1990, Harper San Francisco published the book Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussion, by Mickey Hart, Jay Stevens, and Fredric Lieberman.

Rhythm Devils

It was announced on the Gathering of the Vibes website that the Rhythm Devils would perform there in 2010 with a lineup of Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Sikiru Adepoju, guitarists Keller Williams and Davy Knowles (Back Door Slam)and bassist Andy Hess (The Black Crowes; Gov't Mule).