Grateful Dead Hour no. 1000
By David Gans
Week of November 19, 2007
Featured: an interview with Mickey Hart, and a sampling of some of his CDs, recently reissued by Shout! Factory.
Mickey talks about the early days of the Grateful Dead and recounts a particularly amusing conversation he had with Bill Graham back in the day.
Mickey Hart's Mystery Box
DOWN THE ROAD
Diga Rhythm Band, Diga
HAPPINESS IS DRUMMING
SWEET SIXTEENS
Grateful Dead, Fillmore West 1969
DRUMS (Excerpt)
Grateful Dead 1968
THE ELEVEN (Rehearsal)
Grateful Dead 1/27/68 Eagle's Auditorium, Seattle WA
SPANISH JAM
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Thanks for listening!
David Gans
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very interesting
nice interview with Mickey .. give it a listen folks it`s not all about Mickey he does speek of Jerry .. Oh ,, David ,,is that Mickey singing on Down the road ? i have heard his voice in the background at a few shows but never heard him sing solo .. Thank you David !! Hope everyone has a sweet day !! peace & sunshine to all !!
"Down the Road"
Yes, that is Mickey singing "Down the Road" from his wonderful CD Mystery Box. Bruce Hornsby plays accordion and sings on that track, too.
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Krazy Glue
Mickey Hart is the undisputed spokesman for how I see (and saw) what was "happening" with this band and music. I'm relieved to know I'm not as crazy as some have suggested ("...fuckin' amateurs")*. I will take responsibility for being pharma~logically** naive, in my early daze. When I hear shows/interviews like this, I know I'm on the right track though, brakes be damned...
Thanks DG!
* - From the movie, "The Big Lebowski"
** - That's a new word I invented for this reply
Thank you David
Wow that is too cool !! I`ll have to look into purchasing that one ,, for sure !!
I`m with you GRTUD ,, in my early day`s i did`nt want to hear people talking ,, just the music man .. oh no now i`m on a history trip .. love the interviews ,, love the education,, love the story`s told .. and i like your new word GRTUD.. pcpc
Thank you again David !!
Mystery Box
Mickey Hart's Mystery Box is a wonderful CD, with lots of Robert Huner lyrics and angelic singing form a group called the Mint Juleps. Mickey's vocal on "Only the Strange Remain" is one for the books, too. They don't seem to have it in the online store here, but you can get it from Shout! Factory.
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a very intriguing view point of the music by M Hart
This program had a very intriguing interview w M Hart . He shared many ideas and points of view of how things / business was in the early days . A very straightforward description of their view of how the music formed and influenced itself , which was , or is a very different story of what ' jam ' bands have as influences { now }
nice music as well too
Great Stuff
I passed on this installment initially, not being the worlds hugest MHart fan.
But I fired it up yesterday as the snow fell- it's a glorious example of just how good a GDH can be. All previous posts here have hit the nail on the head as well.
It's a wonderful interview. Hart's recollections have historical relevance and don't sound glazed over with nostalgia at all. Did he say he still had a photo of him and Weir hitchhiking to a Grateful Dead gig? I'd love to see that bad boy!
And how about the music? Mystery Box is indeed a fantastic record, and that early Spanish jam from '68 kills.
An episode very worthy of numero 1K.
Thank you for reconsidering!
The interview was surprisingly candid. And I have always been a fan of Mystery Box.
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