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.
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.
JFJO's last trip to the West Coast in 2008 includes a stop in Berkeley TONIGHT at the Starry Plough! Be sure to bring an extra article of clothing, as our friends from PMP will be out screen printing! See you there!
Hey Dude, So I was friends with Johnnie JOhnson and also with with Bo Diddley .They spoke well of you,Itw aould be great to meet one day down the raod somewhere I know our oaths will cross! Take care & peace Kim Farinacci
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I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME AT THE SOUTHBAY FESTIVAL!!! ENJOYED MICKEY, GEORGE AND STEVE, IT WAS GREAT SEEING DONNA UP ON STAGE TOO!!ARE YOU COMING DOWN TO SOUTH FLORIDA??? LOVE YA CINDERELLA
The Rex Foundation would like to thank everyone who supported us at festivals around the country this summer- you were able to raise over $9,000! I hope you enjoyed yourselves and rocked out with us at the Rex Jam.
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Thank you for the musical LOVE!!!! Been a fan forever and my love will not change--- hope to get to see you play with one of my heros of the world- that George Porter JR!! What FUN!!
HI MY FRIEND MICKEY HART Pleased to have you as my friend Thank you for sharing your Wonderful Music and Friendship with me.
R O C K it to the MAX ! ! Take care and have yourself an inspiring weekend and a very ROCKIN Summer ! YOUR DRUMMER FRIEND ALWAYS BLEU OCEAN WWW. BLEU-OCEAN. COM
Had a great time at Rothbury and so glad you were there!! Thank you for your heartbeat and the beautiful rhythms you share with the World. Blessings of Peace!
3rd ANNUAL VENICE BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 11 a. m. to 7 p.m.
On Sunday, August 10, 2008, the 3rd Annual Venice Beach Music Festival will rock the beach from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. near the Venice skate park at the west end of Windward Avenue. A free event, the festival features a full afternoon of music from six eclectic and unusual up-and-coming bands as diverse in their sound as they are in their appearance. Venice’s own Sugarbitch headlines. After six years playing on the boardwalk and at legendary Hollywood venues including the Viper Room, Roxy, and House of Blues, Sugarbitch’s unique sound is a combination of soul and funk, spun with an operatic, psychedelic twist by entertaining lead singer Nia Mondy. Other local and California-based bands are scheduled to play throughout the afternoon. The Aliens, who have gifted Hollywood and the southland with their visits for ten years, land at 11 a.m. sharp. Donning costumes and masks and operating a self-crafted instrument, the “Out-of-control-atron,” they experiment with new life forms of sound—surf-punk tinged with a heavy-metal guitar. They are sure to abduct new fans as they sing, “Take me to your leader.” Stobo is an L.A. based quartet whose sound ranges from cleverly-penned ballads to justified, fist-pumping hard rock. Having played with Beck, Me’shell N’degeocello, and Stephen Perkins, the band features the original music of singer/songwriter Billy Stobo. The Virginia City Revival, a self-proclaimed “church,” will be on hand for those who don’t make it to services earlier that morning. The sisters and brothers of this ensemble preach their own gospel—an outrageous marriage of country, surferbilly, and hard rock—and their dress and lyrics are political comic relief as much as commentary. Ninja Academy is a “bass and drums instrumental fury” that has played stealthily but steadily throughout Los Angeles for five years. Their songs have been featured on the MTV series “The Real World.”
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