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Playing in the Band with Mickey Hart

Published: Monday, August 06, 2012

Mickey Hart of Grateful Dead fame is playing three area shows in the coming weeks. He is playing the Paramount in Huntington, New York on August 16th, the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey on August 17th and the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, New York on September 5th. This is a rare opportunity to see Hart in an intimate setting and in the legendary venues the Stone Pony and the Bearsville Theatre.

Hart’s most recent album is Mysterium Tremendum (360 Productions), released on his own label in the spring. The album was recorded in Hart’s Studio Z in Sonoma County, California. Hart worked with many celebrated collaborators, including longtime Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools and Zakir Hussain, who is one of Indian music’s most legendary figures, known for his work in Shakti with guitar god John McLaughlin.

Author: Steve Matteo
Steve Matteo is the author of Dylan, and Let It Be and has written for Rolling Stone, Crawdaddy, Relix, Harp, Blender, Spin, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, New York, Time Out New York, Details, Good Times, Utne Reader and Salon.