Mickey Hart

American percussionist

For the former manager of the Tyrone Gaelic football team, see Mickey Harte.

Mickey Hart

Hart at the Web 2.0 conference in 2005

Background information
Birth name| Michael Steven Hartman
Born|  (1943-09-11) September 11, 1943 (age 80)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres|

* Rock
* psychedelia
* jam
* folk
* world

Occupation(s)| Musician
Instrument(s)| Drums, percussion
Years active| 1960s–present
Member of| Planet Drum
Formerly of| Grateful Dead

* The Other Ones
* The Dead
* Dead & Company
* Rhythm Devils

Website| mickeyhart.net

Musical artist

Mickey Hart leading a drum circle, February 2005

Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 1971, and again from October 1974 until their final show in July 1995. He and fellow Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann earned the nickname "the rhythm devils".

## Early life and education[edit]

Michael Steven Hartman was born in Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He was raised in suburban Inwood, New York by his mother, Leah, a drummer, gown maker and bookkeeper. His father Lenny Hart, a champion rudimental drummer, had abandoned his family when the younger Hart was a toddler. Although Hart (who was hyperactive and not academically inclined) became interested in percussion as a grade school student, his interest intensified after seeing his father's picture in a newsreel documenting the 1939 World's Fair. Shortly thereafter, he discovered a practice pad and a pair of snakewood sticks that belonged to his father. "From the age of ten," he recalled, "all I did was drum."[1]

He attended Lawrence High School in Cedarhurst, New York. Hart would later recall that many champion rudimental drummers attended his high school; this inspired him to ascend to the first chair in the All State Band as a pupil of Arthur Jones, who served as a father figure to him and ensured that he was not suspended for neglecting his other classes.[2][3]

While employed as a soda jerk at El Patio, a jazz club in Atlantic Beach, New York, he was influenced by Tito Puente's regular appearances. A few months out of high school, he discovered the work of Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji, another formative influence.[4] Olatunji later taught and collaborated with Hart.[5]

Hart dropped out of high school as a senior. Impressed by its musical pedigree, he enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1961. He served as a drummer in The Airmen of Note, an elite big band unit in the United States Air Force Band modeled after Glenn Miller's celebrated Army Air Forces Band.[6]

For three and a half years, he was stationed throughout Europe, where he also claimed to have taught "combative measures" (most notably judo, in which he had attained a black belt) to units of the Strategic Air Command and other units in Europe and Africa. During a tour in Spain, he reportedly sat in with a variety of notable jazz musicians (including Gerry Mulligan and Count Basie) in addition to performing in various ensembles (spanning the gamut from small jazz combos to marching bands) and on recording sessions for local pop stars. Hart would later intimate in a 1972 interview that his Airmen of Note assignment served as a "cover" for his instructive duties.[3] While in the Air Force, he co-founded Joe and the Jaguars (alternatively billed as The Jaguars) with a fellow serviceman, guitarist Joe Bennett.[citation needed] Following his 1965 discharge, Hart briefly returned to the New York metropolitan area, where he filled in for the regular drummer in a "staid fox-trot band" as a member of the local musician's union.[7]

While stationed in southern California, he had discovered that his father (by now employed as a savings and loan association executive in Los Angeles) was still involved in the drumming community as an endorser for Remo. Founder Remo Belli facilitated an introduction before Hart was reassigned to Spain, but the elder Hart soon disappeared. A post-discharge reconciliation attempt (also mediated by Belli) proved to be more successful. Shortly thereafter, father and son established the Hart Music Center in San Carlos, California. In late 1965 or early 1966, Hart performed in an early iteration of William Penn and His Pals prior to Gregg Rolie's membership and the recording of the garage rock classic "Swami." Later in 1966, Hart and Bennett briefly resumed their collaboration before the latter reenlisted for a tour of duty in Vietnam.[citation needed]

By the end of the year, he had moved in with Michael Hinton, a student and friend who would accompany him to a fateful Count Basie Orchestra performance at The Fillmore in mid-1967. At the concert, Hart fulfilled Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann's request to meet Basie Orchestra drummer Sonny Payne, leading to an informal tutorial between Hart and Kreutzmann and his eventual introduction to the Grateful Dead.[7]

## Career[edit]

Hart joined the Grateful Dead in September 1967. His interests in polyrhythmic rudiments and exotic percussion were integral to the band's arrangements in the period that archivist Dick Latvala would subsequently characterize as the "primal Dead era" of 1968–1969. However, he left by mutual agreement in February 1971, extricating himself after his father (who briefly managed the group) embezzled $70,000 from the band.[8] In his 2015 memoir, Kreutzmann divulged that Hart's use of heroin and other "dark drugs" had accelerated in the wake of the embezzlement and impacted his contributions to the group, also contributing to his departure: "Mickey wasn't able to play at the level he was capable of and it was beginning to affect our performances. He was getting really spacey and just getting so far out there that he wasn't able to deliver the music. It became impossible for me to play with him. It wasn't out of anger or meanness, but we had to address it and deal with it. So our brother Mickey left the band and retreated to his ranch in Novato and it really strained our relationship for a while, sad to say."[9]

During his sabbatical, he released the album Rolling Thunder in 1972. Two additional solo albums (including an ambient music project that was envisaged as the soundtrack for The Silent Flute, a screenplay co-written by Bruce Lee, James Coburn and Stirling Silliphant that was ultimately filmed in 1978 as the David Carradine vehicle Circle of Iron) were completed but rejected by Warner Brothers due to the label's increasingly strained relationship with the Grateful Dead.[10] Hart's home recording studio proved to be a haven for the more idiosyncratic endeavors pursued by various band members, and he continued to collaborate with his former bandmates on various projects, most notably Robert Hunter's Tales Of The Great Rum Runners (1974) and Ned Lagin's Seastones (1975).[10]

He returned to the Dead for their final pre-hiatus concert in October 1974 (much to the initial chagrin of Kreutzmann, who soon reconciled with Hart) and was formally reinstated by the beginning of the group's 1976 tour. He remained with the group until their official dissolution in 1995. Hart's collaboration with the remaining members of the Grateful Dead has continued with The Other Ones, The Dead and Dead & Company.

Alongside his work with the Grateful Dead, Hart has performed as a solo artist, percussionist, and the author of several books. In these endeavors he has pursued a lifelong interest in ethnomusicology and world music.[11]

Hart was influential in recording global musical traditions on the verge of possible extinction, working with archivists and ethnomusicologists at both the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution. He is on the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center and has been a spokesperson for the "Save Our Sounds" audio preservation initiative. He also serves on the Library of Congress National Recorded Sound Preservation Board and is known for reissues and other recordings with historical and cultural value.

In 1991, Hart produced the album Planet Drum, which remained at #1 on the Billboard World Music chart for 26 weeks,[12] and received the first ever Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.[13]

Hart has written books on the history and traditions of drumming throughout history. His solo recordings (featuring a variety of guest musicians) are percussive but verge on New Age. His enthusiasm for world music traditions and preservation and collaborative efforts is comparable to that of guitarist Ry Cooder.

In 1994, Hart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Grateful Dead.[14]

In 2000, Hart became a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, a nonprofit organization that studies the healing power of music[15] – continuing his investigation into the connection between healing and rhythm, and the neural basis of rhythm. In 2003, he was honored with the organization's Music Has Power Award, recognizing his advocacy and continuous commitment to raising public awareness of the positive effect of music.[16]

Mickey Hart (in background, playing drums) and Bob Weir (playing guitar) performing at the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball during the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, January 20, 2009 Tipper Gore and Mickey Hart playing drums together during a The Dead concert in April 2009

Hart was also a judge for the 3rd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.[17]

After the death of Jerry Garcia and the consequent dissolution of the Grateful Dead in 1995, Hart continued to play music with various groups including members of the Grateful Dead. In the 1996 Furthur Festival, Mickey Hart's Mystery Box played, as did Bob Weir's band, Ratdog.

In 2005, Hart and the members of the band Particle joined to create the Hydra Project.

During 2006, Hart teamed up with fellow Grateful Dead bandmate Bill Kreutzmann, Phish bassist Mike Gordon and former Other Ones lead guitarist Steve Kimock, to form the Rhythm Devils, a nickname that refers to Hart and Kreutzmann's drum duets and improvisation. The band features songs from their respective repertoires as well as new songs written by Jerry Garcia's songwriting companion Robert Hunter. The Rhythm Devils announced their first tour in 2006, which ended at the popular Vegoose festival in Las Vegas, Nevada over the Halloween weekend.

In June and July 2008, Hart led the Mickey Hart Band on a US concert tour. The band consists of Hart, Steve Kimock on guitar and pedal steel guitar, George Porter Jr. on bass, Kyle Hollingsworth on keyboards, Sikiru Adepoju on talking drum, Walfredo Reyes, Jr. on drums, and Jen Durkin on vocals.[18][19]

In 2010 Hart debuted "Rhythms of the Universe," a composition based on a variety of astrophysical data. The composition represents a collaboration between scientist and artist, using their own sophisticated tools. Nobel Laureate in physics George Smoot from the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and Keith Jackson, a computer scientist and musician also from LBNL, are providing some of the data for the project. The final result will be a "musical history of the universe", from the Big Bang onwards through galaxy and star formation, up until modern times, including images from the Hubble Space Telescope and rhythms derived from the cosmic microwave background radiation, supernovae, quasars, and many other astrophysical phenomena. The work premiered at the conference "Cosmology on the Beach" in Playa del Carmen in January 2010.[20]

In April 2010, it was announced that Rhythm Devils will tour in the summer of 2010 with a new line-up including Hart and Bill Kreutzmann (assorted percussion), Keller Williams (guitar, vocals), Sikiru Adepoju (talking drum), Davy Knowles (guitar, vocals), and Andy Hess (bass).[21]

The Rhythm Devils did only one show in 2011, at the Gathering of the Vibes Music Festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This version of the band was Hart, Kreutzmann, Keller Williams, Sikiru, Steve Kimock and Reed Mathis of Tea Leaf Green on bass.[22]

In 2011 Hart debuted a new version of the Mickey Hart Band.[23] This lineup included Tim Hockenberry (vocals, keyboards, trombone, saxophone, other instruments), Crystal Monee Hall (vocals, guitar, hand percussion), Ben Yonas (keyboards), Gawain Mathews (guitar), Sikiru Adepoju (talking drum, djembe, shakers), Ian "Inkx" Herman (drums), Greg Ellis (percussion), Vir McCoy (bass). The band played a few shows in August 2011 on the east and west coasts of the United States. In November and December 2011, the Mickey Hart Band did a 17-date tour with a slightly modified lineup. McCoy and Ellis were not in this lineup, and Widespread Panic band member Dave Schools joined the band as their bass player for the tour.[24][25]

On October 11, 2011, Smithsonian Folkways released The Mickey Hart Collection. Comprising 25 albums, the series includes music from regions that span the globe, including the Sudan, Nigeria, Tibet, Indonesia, Latvia, and Brazil.[26]

Mickey Hart in 2013

In August 2013, the Mickey Hart Band embarked upon a tour with the Tea Leaf Trio, which includes three members of the band Tea Leaf Green, in support of the band's album Superorganism.[27]

On September 29, 2013, the completed version of his and George Smoot's film Rhythms of the Universe premiered at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.[28]

In the summer of 2015, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead (Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart), joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti, performed a series of concerts to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. The performances took place at Santa Clara's Levi Stadium on June 27 and 28, 2015 and Chicago's Soldier Field on July 3, 4 and 5, 2015. These performances marked the first time Weir, Lesh, Kreutzmann and Hart performed together since the Dead's 2009 tour and was publicized as the final time the musicians will all perform together.[29]

Also in 2015, Hart began touring with Dead & Company, a band consisting of former Grateful Dead members Weir, Hart and Kreutzmann, along with John Mayer (guitar), Oteil Burbridge (bass), and Jeff Chimenti (keyboards). The band began touring in late 2015 and have conducted multiple tours since then. In 2017, he released RAMU, which featured contributions from both his long-time collaborators Steve Kimock and Sikiru Adepoju as well as Avey Tare and Tank Ball, among others.[30]

## Instruments played[edit]

Hart plays, or has played, drum set, RAMU,[31] gong, tubular bells, tambourine, timpani, bongos, timbales, maracas, bass drum, snare drum, triangle, güiro, djembe, castanets, didgeridoo, glockenspiel, cymbals, surdo, saron, beats, tar, berimbau, kalimba, cowbell, rattle, shekere, rainstick, agogo bells, bells, wood block, taragat, balafon, tarang, gourd, clacker, bombo, dumbek, tom-toms, caxixi, water gong, talking drum, blaster beam, theremin, and pan flute.[32]

## Personal life[edit]

Mickey Hart, January 2013

Hart has been married since 1990 to lawyer, environmental activist and former Sonoma County (California) Regional Parks Director Caryl Ohrbach Hart, with whom he has a daughter Reya. Hart also has a son Taro (born January 13, 1983) from his previous marriage to Mary Holloway.[33] He had Taro's heartbeat recorded in utero and used as the basis for the album Music to Be Born By. He lives in Occidental, California.[34] Hart is the only Jewish member of the Grateful Dead.[35][36]

## Works[edit]

### Audiobooks[edit]

* Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. Rabbit Ears Entertainment LLC. 1994.[37]

### Books[edit]

* Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussion. San Francisco: Harper. 1990. ISBN 978-0062503725.
* Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm. Harper Collins. 1991. ISBN 978-0062504142.
* Spirit into Sound: The Magic of Music. Grateful Dead Books. 1999. ISBN 978-1888358230.
* Songcatchers: In Search of the World's Music. National Geographic. 2003. ISBN 079224107X.

### Albums[edit]

* Rolling Thunder (1972) – Mickey Hart
* Diga (1976) – Diga Rhythm Band
* The Apocalypse Now Sessions: The Rhythm Devils Play River Music (1980) – Rhythm Devils
* Däfos (1983) – Mickey Hart, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim
* Yamantaka (1983) – Mickey Hart, Henry Wolff, Nancy Hennings[38]
* Music to Be Born By (1989) – Mickey Hart[39]
* At the Edge (1990) – Mickey Hart
* Planet Drum (1991) – Mickey Hart
* Mickey Hart's Mystery Box (1996) – Mickey Hart
* Supralingua (1998) – Mickey Hart
* Spirit into Sound (1999) – Mickey Hart
* The Best of Mickey Hart: Over the Edge and Back (2002) – Mickey Hart
* Global Drum Project (2007) – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo
* Mysterium Tremendum (2012) – Mickey Hart Band
* Superorganism (2013) – Mickey Hart Band
* RAMU (2017) – Mickey Hart
* In the Groove (2022) – Planet Drum

### Video[edit]

* The Rhythm Devils Concert Experience (2008) – Rhythm Devils

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ "Mickey Hart". The Grateful-compendium. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
2. ^ Richter, Allan (August 3, 2003). "He Found His Muse at Lawrence High School". The New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
3. ^ a b "Circular on Mickey Hart and Rolling Thunder". Jerry Garcia's Middle Finger. May 24, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
4. ^ Hart, Mickey; Stevens, Jay; Lieberman, Fredric (1990). Drumming at the Edge of Magic. San Francisco: Harper. p. 127. ISBN 9780062503749.
5. ^ Planet, Janet (April 6, 2003). "Babatunde Olatunji: 1927–2003". African Music Encyclopedia. Janet Planet. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
6. ^ Needles, Tim. "Interview with Grateful Dead drummer & musicologist Mickey Hart". Short and Sweet NYC. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
7. ^ a b "Pre August 1967-Mickey Hart". Lost Live Dead. July 22, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
8. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Rolling Thunder: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
9. ^ Kreutzmann, Bill; Eisen, Benjy (2015). Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead. New York: S. Martin's Press. p. 152\. ISBN 978-1-250-03379-6.
10. ^ a b "Album Projects Recorded at Mickey Hart's Barn, Novato, CA 1971–76". Hooterollin' Around. August 24, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
11. ^ Anderson, Rick. "Planet Drum: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
12. ^ Smith, E. "Doc" (September 22, 2006). "Planet Drum Comes to the Masonic". BeyondChron. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
13. ^ "The Grammy Winners". The New York Times. February 27, 1992. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
14. ^ "The Grateful Dead Biography". RockHall.com. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on November 1, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
15. ^ Bowden, Ray (March 7, 2013). "Mickey Hart Band with African Showboyz, Oriental Theatre, Denver, CO – 3/1". Jambands.com. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
16. ^ "About the Music Has Power Awards". MusicHasPower.org. Institute for Music and Neurologic Function. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
17. ^ "Past Judges For The Independent Music Awards". Independent Music Awards. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
18. ^ Graff, Gary (July 1, 2008). "Hart: The Dead Happy To Rock Again For Obama". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
19. ^ Pizek, Jeff (July 4, 2008). "Mickey Hart: Unity, Healing through the Beat". Daily Herald. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
20. ^ "Faces and Places (page 3)". CERN Courier. February 24, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
21. ^ "The Rhythm Devils Adds July Dates". Jambands.com. April 12, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
22. ^ "The Rhythm Devils—setlist—Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport, CT, July 24 2011". Deadheadland.com. July 25, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
23. ^ "Mickey Hart band Debut Performance—August 5, 2011 Napa Valley Opera House". Deadheadland.com. August 6, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
24. ^ "Dave Schools Joins Mickey Hart Band For Fall Tour". Glide Magazine. October 4, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
25. ^ "Biography". MickeyHart.net. Archived from the original on November 28, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
26. ^ Campagna, Jeff (October 5, 2011). "The Mickey Hart Collection in Rhythm with the World". SmithsonianMag.com. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
27. ^ Smith, E. "Doc" (September 6, 2013). "Mickey Hart's 'Superorganism' Comes to the Fillmore". BeyondChron. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
28. ^ "Rhythms of the Universe: An Evening with Mickey Hart and George Smoot". Ustream.tv. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. September 29, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
29. ^ "Dead 50". Dead50.net. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
30. ^ "The Core: Mickey Hart on Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter and the New RAMU". Relix.com. October 31, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
31. ^ Gorondi, Pablo (November 15, 2017). "Review: Mickey Hart Calibrates Universal Rhythms on RAMU". Associated Press. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
32. ^ "Mickey Hart – Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
33. ^ Knight, Brian L. "Conversations with the Rhythm Master: An Interview with Mickey Hart". Vermontreview.tripod.com. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
34. ^ The Finish: Caryl Hart – Sonoma Magazine Retrieved December 5, 2016.
35. ^ Cohen, Debra Nussbaum (March 22, 1996). "Jews mythologize Grateful Dead seder". Jweekly.com. San Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
36. ^ Brinn, David (May 29, 2013). "Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart to perform in Jerusalem". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
37. ^ "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp – Rabbit Ears". www.rabbitears.com. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
38. ^ Brenholts, Jim. Yamantaka at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
39. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Music to Be Born By at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2106.

## References[edit]

* "Mickey Hart". The Music Box. October 6, 2011. ISSN 1941-224X. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
* "Mickey Hart Discography". DeadDisc.com. October 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
* Parker, T. Virgil (2009) [2006]. "Mickey Hart: The Rhythm of the Infinite". Sausage Factory: The College Crier's Infamous Interviews of the Freaks and the Famous. First Books. pp. 259–263. ISBN 9781592993611.
* Richardson, Derk (September 27, 2007). "Mickey Hart reunites landmark world musicians for 'Global Drum Project'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
* Speed, Tom (August 14, 2008). "Making Magic with Mickey Hart". Honest Tune. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
* Sullivan, James (September 27, 1998). "Q & A With Mickey Hart". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

## Further reading[edit]

* Lavezzoli, Peter (2006). The Dawn of Indian Music in the West. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 81–101. ISBN 0826418155.
* Weatherford, Mike (March 2, 2012). "Mickey Hart explores rhythm of the universe". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved April 6, 2015.

## External links[edit]

External videos

Geo Sessions: Global Drum Project Pt. 1. From National Geographic. Global Drum Project, featuring ex-Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and tabla legend Zakir Hussain

* Media related to Mickey Hart at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website
* Mickey Hart at IMDb
* Mickey Hart on the Dead's Official Site
* Mickey Hart Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection (2010)
* Mickey Hart; God Is Sound - LA Yoga Magazine
* Mickey Hart discography at Discogs

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* Rolling Thunder
* Diga
* Mickey Hart's Mystery Box
* Spirit into Sound
* Over the Edge and Back
* Mysterium Tremendum
* Superorganism
* RAMU

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Planet Drum|

* At the Edge
* Planet Drum
* Supralingua
* Global Drum Project
* In the Groove

The Rhythm Devils|

* The Apocalypse Now Sessions
* The Rhythm Devils Concert Experience

With other artists|

* Däfos

Bands|

* Grateful Dead
* Rhythm Devils
* The Other Ones
* The Dead
* Dead & Company

* Category: Mickey Hart

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Grateful Dead

* John Perry Barlow
* Tom Constanten
* Jerry Garcia
* Donna Jean Godchaux
* Keith Godchaux
* Mickey Hart
* Robert Hunter
* Bill Kreutzmann
* Phil Lesh
* Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
* Brent Mydland
* Bob Weir
* Vince Welnick

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* The Grateful Dead
* Anthem of the Sun
* Aoxomoxoa
* Workingman's Dead
* American Beauty
* Wake of the Flood
* From the Mars Hotel
* Blues for Allah
* Terrapin Station
* Shakedown Street
* Go to Heaven
* In the Dark
* Built to Last

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* Live/Dead
* Vintage Dead
* Historic Dead
* Grateful Dead
* Europe '72
* History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice)
* Steal Your Face
* Reckoning
* Dead Set
* Dylan & the Dead
* Without a Net

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Retrospective|

| 1990s|

* One from the Vault
* Infrared Roses
* Two from the Vault
* Grayfolded
* Hundred Year Hall
* Dozin' at the Knick
* Fallout from the Phil Zone
* Terrapin Station (Limited Edition)
* Live at the Fillmore East 2-11-69

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2000s|

* Ladies and Gentlemen... the Grateful Dead
* Nightfall of Diamonds
* Postcards of the Hanging
* Steppin' Out with the Grateful Dead: England '72
* Go to Nassau
* Birth of the Dead
* The Closing of Winterland
* Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead
* The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack
* Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966
* Truckin' Up to Buffalo
* Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings
* Fillmore West 1969
* Live at the Cow Palace
* Three from the Vault
* Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings
* Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978
* To Terrapin: Hartford '77
* Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings

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* Crimson White & Indigo
* Formerly the Warlocks
* Europe '72: The Complete Recordings
* Europe '72 Volume 2
* Dark Star
* Spring 1990
* Spring 1990: So Glad You Made It
* Winterland: May 30th 1971
* May 1977
* Sunshine Daydream
* Family Dog at the Great Highway, San Francisco, CA 4/18/70
* Live at Hampton Coliseum
* Spring 1990 (The Other One)
* Wake Up to Find Out
* Houston, Texas 11-18-1972
* 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965–1995
* 30 Trips Around the Sun
* Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA 11/10/1967
* Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ, 4/25/77
* July 1978: The Complete Recordings
* Red Rocks: 7/8/78
* July 29 1966, P.N.E. Garden Aud., Vancouver Canada
* May 1977: Get Shown the Light
* Cornell 5/8/77
* Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., July 12 & 13, 1989
* Fillmore West 1969: February 27th
* Pacific Northwest '73–'74: The Complete Recordings
* Pacific Northwest '73–'74: Believe It If You Need It
* Playing in the Band, Seattle, Washington, 5/21/74
* The Warfield, San Francisco, California, October 9 & 10, 1980
* Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991
* Saint of Circumstance
* Ready or Not

2020s|

* June 1976
* Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 12-10-71
* Listen to the River: St. Louis '71 '72 '73
* Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings
* Lyceum Theatre, London, England 5/26/72
* In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden '81, '82, '83
* Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 3/9/81
* Here Comes Sunshine 1973
* RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 6/10/73

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Road Trips|

* Vol 1 No 1
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* Vol 1 No 3
* Vol 1 No 4
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* Vol 2 No 3
* Vol 2 No 4
* Vol 3 No 1
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* Spectrum 11/5/79
* Spectrum 11/6/79

Compilations|

* Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead
* What a Long Strange Trip It's Been
* The Arista Years
* Selections from the Arista Years
* The Very Best of Grateful Dead
* Flashback with the Grateful Dead
* The Best of the Grateful Dead
* Long Strange Trip
* The Best of the Grateful Dead Live
* Sage & Spirit

Box sets|

* Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977–1987)
* So Many Roads (1965–1995)
* The Golden Road (1965–1973)
* Beyond Description (1973–1989)
* The Warner Bros. Studio Albums
* All the Years Combine: The DVD Collection
* Grateful Dead Records Collection
* The Story of the Grateful Dead

Videos|

* The Grateful Dead Movie
* Dead Ahead
* So Far
* Dead Ringers: The Making of Touch of Grey
* Backstage Pass
* Infrared Sightings
* Ticket to New Year's
* Downhill from Here
* Anthem to Beauty
* Sunshine Daydream
* Long Strange Trip

Side projects and
spin-off bands|

* The Other Ones
* The Dead
* Furthur
* Dead & Company
* 2015 tour
* Summer 2016 tour
* Summer 2017 tour
* Fall 2017 tour
* Summer 2018 tour
* Summer 2019 tour
* Fall Fun Run 2019
* Jerry Garcia Band
* RatDog
* Phil Lesh and Friends
* Rhythm Devils
* Donna Jean Godchaux Band
* Heart of Gold Band
* Missing Man Formation
* New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Old & In the Way
* Legion of Mary
* Reconstruction
* Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
* JGB
* Kingfish
* Bobby and the Midnites
* SerialPod
* BK3
* 7 Walkers
* Billy & the Kids

Related topics|

* Acid Tests
* Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley, Ltd.
* Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour
* Dark Star Orchestra
* Day of the Dead
* Deadhead
* Deadheads for Obama
* Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead
* Fare Thee Well (album)
* Fare Thee Well (concert tour)
* Grateful dead
* Grateful Dead Archive
* The Grateful Dead Channel
* Grateful Dead Comix
* Grateful Dead discography
* The Grateful Dead Family Album
* Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies
* Grateful Dead Origins
* Grateful Dead Records
* Jazz Is Dead
* List of Grateful Dead members
* Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions
* The Music Never Stopped (album)
* The Music Never Stopped (film)
* Pickin' on the Grateful Dead: A Tribute
* The Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra
* Relix
* Reunions of the Grateful Dead
* Rex Foundation
* Shakedown Street (vending area)
* Summer Jam at Watkins Glen
* Unfinished Grateful Dead album
* Wall of Sound
* Wharf Rats

Related people|

* Eric Andersen
* Bob Bralove
* Jerilyn Lee Brandelius
* Candace Brightman
* Betty Cantor-Jackson
* Bob Dylan
* Carolyn Garcia
* Bill Graham
* Gerrit Graham
* Rick Griffin
* David Grisman
* Lenny Hart
* Dan Healy
* Bruce Hornsby
* Alton Kelley
* Steve Kimock
* Ned Lagin
* Dick Latvala
* David Lemieux
* Branford Marsalis
* Stanley Mouse
* Ronald Leon Rakow
* Merl Saunders
* Rock Scully
* Bob Seidemann
* Laurence Shurtliff
* Owsley Stanley
* Howard Wales

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New Riders of the Purple Sage

* David Nelson
* Buddy Cage
* Michael Falzarano
* Ronnie Penque
* Johnny Markowski

* John Dawson
* Jerry Garcia
* Mickey Hart
* Phil Lesh
* Dave Torbert
* Spencer Dryden
* Skip Battin
* Stephen Love
* Val Fuentes

Studio albums|

* New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Powerglide
* Gypsy Cowboy
* The Adventures of Panama Red
* Brujo
* Oh, What a Mighty Time
* New Riders
* Who Are Those Guys?
* Marin County Line
* Feelin' All Right
* Before Time Began
* Keep On Keepin' On
* Midnight Moonlight
* Where I Come From
* 17 Pine Avenue

Live albums|

* Home, Home on the Road
* Vintage NRPS
* Live on Stage
* Live in Japan
* Live
* Worcester, MA, 4/4/73
* Boston Music Hall, 12/5/72
* Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72
* Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX, 6/13/75
* S.U.N.Y., Stonybrook, NY, 3/17/73
* Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot
* Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77
* Glendale Train
* Thanksgiving in New York City
* Bear's Sonic Journals: Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Lyceum '72

Compilation albums|

* The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage
* The Relix Bay Rock Shop, No. 1
* Wasted Tasters
* Relix's Best of the Early New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Relix's Best of the New New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Ridin' with Panama Red
* Cactus Juice
* Very Best of the Relix Years
* Setlist: The Very Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage Live
* Instant Armadillo Blues

Videography|

* Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot

Related articles|

* Bakersfield sound
* Robert Hunter
* Peter Rowan

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Class of 1994

Performers|

* The Animals
* Eric Burdon, Chas Chandler, Alan Price, John Steel, Hilton Valentine
* The Band
* Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson
* Duane Eddy
* Grateful Dead
* Tom Constanten, Jerry Garcia, Donna Jean Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Brent Mydland, Bob Weir, Vince Welnick
* Elton John
* John Lennon
* Bob Marley
* Rod Stewart

Early influences|

* Willie Dixon

Non-performers
(Ahmet Ertegun Award)|

* Johnny Otis

Portal:

* Biography

Authority control databases

International|

* FAST
* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* France
* BnF data
* Germany
* Israel
* United States
* Japan
* Czech Republic
* Netherlands

Academics|

* CiNii

Artists|

* Grammy Awards
* MusicBrainz

Other|

* IdRef

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