GLOBAL DRUM PROJECT
Mickey Hart
Zakir Hussain
Skiru Adepoju
Giovanni Hidalgo
Influences
Drumming from around the globe, The Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Hamza Al-Din, Baba Olatunji, Africa, Indonesia, Native America, India, South America, Asia...
Sounds Like
Rolling Thunder, Mickey Hart, 1972 Diga, Diga Rhythm Band, 1976 The Rhythm Devils Play River Music (The Apocalypse Now Sessions), The Rhythm Devils, The Grateful Dead.
Mickey Hart Band Featuring Steve Kimock & George Porter Jr. Summer Tour
Grateful Dead drummer and percussionist Mickey Hart will launch a 20 city tour this summer including appearances at many of the nations premiere festivals. The outing comes on the heels of the Shout! Factory releases of The Mickey Hart Collection out this spring.
The Mickey Hart Band will feature Steve Kimock on guitar, George Porter Jr on bass, Jen Durkin on vocals, and talking drum master Sikiru Adepoju. After headlining appearances at Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa on June 6 and Wakarusa on June 8, the group will head out on an 18 city trek beginning July 3 at the Rothbury Festival and continuing through July 24 at 10K Lakes Festival.
The shows will feature the Robert Hunter penned songs debuted by the Rhythm Devils in 2006 including Fountains of Wood, The Center, and Your House, in addition to Grateful Dead staples such as New Speedway Boogie and Fire on The Mountain.
Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart’s innovative Planet Drum CD convened some of the world’s finest drum talent for a collaboration that won the very first GRAMMY for world music—bringing together Nigerian drum legend Babatunde Olatunji, Indian tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, Nigerian talking drum ace Sikiru Adepoju, and Puerto Rico’s master conguero Giovanni Hidalgo, among others. The 1991 album spent an unprecedented 26 weeks at 1 on the Billboard world music chart, and continues to sell as a perennial favorite.
Now, fifteen years later as The Global Drum Project, the musical partnership of Hart and Hussain—which began with their groundbreaking 1970s world fusion experiment Diga Rhythm Band—resumes, with a fresh collaboration of tranced-out grooves, elegant electronic programming and hypnotic tuned percussion and again enlists the great partnership of Adepoju and Hidalgo. This time they are joined by Taufiq Qureshi on percussion & vocals, Niladari Kumar on sitar, Dilshad Khan on sarangi, and the late, great Olatunji in sampled vocals from the original sessions. Elements from Hart’s various world music recordings, including the Kaluli tribespeople of Papua New Guinea’s rainforest, are woven with the live performances into a danceable, multi-textured celebration of rhythm.
Recently read your books. Wow. Thanks for bringing more insight to the world of drumming. I really enjoyed them. My drumming will take on a new meaning and understanding.
See you real soon at some early shows in the tour.(I'm so excited!) We've been getting the word out everywhere about the tour,even at Wakarusa. We were so bummed not to see you perform there because of the storms. So we danced in the rain instead & thought of you! See you soon. Please let me know if I can help with anything. I am THE Hospitality Sister,indeed:)
Thank you for accepting the invitation. I still enjoy every aspect of your music, since My induction to a 4 day Tour Date of The Grateful Dead in Atlanta, Georgia back in the mid-90's. Then heading to Tampa, Fl. that weekend to continue the musical journey. That's when I learned what great music "live" was all about.{Why did I wait so long to hear y'all live?!?} The Wave really carries the sound in a way never heard before at an outdoor venue for Me. That memory still stands today. The sisters and brothers were amazing too! Have a great day! You've made Mine :-)
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