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Former Grateful Dead Drummer Mickey Hart Working For Hurricane Relief
Download a new song by the Mickey Hart Band and help raise money for people affected by Hurricane Sandy.
13 Mar 2013
There Is No "World Music": A Conversation with the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart
About halfway into his three-decade run as a drummer in the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart became one of the most significant figures in the music industry, despite the fact that this side of his story is still mostly unknown.
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'The Grateful Dead Movie': It Looked Like the end and Garcia and Co. Played Like It Was
With improved sound and a clearer image in Blu-Ray format, the viewer gets a stronger sense of the full majesty of musicians staring into the face of fear in an hour of darkness.
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Beyond the Bubble of the Grammys
The Grammys suffer from the same problem as the rest of the recording industry: thinking America defines culture.
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Da Capo Best Music Writing 2004 by Mickey Hart
Its annual publication is an act of canon formation, proclaiming what writers and topics are worth remembering and what constitutes 'good' in either music or its critical examination.
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Festival Express (2004)
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