Mickey Hart Band Final Dates of 2012 + Free Live Tracks


SAN FRANCISCO, CA- The Mickey Hart Band will be performing their final shows of 2012 in Paradise, CA (Nov 28), and Napa, CA (Nov. 29th), before they head to the Fillmore on Dec 1st to perform at the Rex Foundation benefit, “A Buck Dancer’s Choice”. The Rex Foundation will honor the memory of longtime Dead Manager, Jon McIntire, with special sets from the Mickey Hart Band, Bob Weir, ALO, plus special guests to be announced. Tickets for the Rex Foundation show can be purchased at Rexfoundation.org. Tickets are also still available for the Paradise and Napa shows at http://www.mickeyhart.net/shows.

As a thank you to the fans for their tremendous support all year, the Mickey Hart Band has released 40 minutes of free live tracks from their show in Atlanta on October 19, 2012 at the Variety Playhouse, including “Time Never Ends”, “West L.A. Fadeaway”, “Franklin’s Tower”, and “Djinn Djinn”. The live tracks can be downloaded for free at http://www.mickeyhart.net/download.

Mickey Hart Band Tour Dates
11/28/12 Paradise, CA- Paradise Performing Arts Center
11/29/12 Napa, CA – The Uptown Theatre
12/1/12 San Francisco, CA- The Fillmore- Rex Foundation Benefit, A Buck Dancer’s Choice with Bob Weir, ALO, and more.

Mickey Hart Band Gives Away Free Downloads From Fall Tour, Announces November Dates

Mickey Hart Band Gives Away Free Downloads From Fall Tour, Announces November Dates

SAN FRANCISCO, CA- The Mickey Hart Band have released free tracks from their Fall Tour including a very rare cover of Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away” featuring Hart’s longtime collaborator and Grammy Winner, Giovanni Hidalgo, recorded at a recent show in St. Petersburg, FL.  The songs are available for free download at http://www.mickeyhart.net/download.  The band is currently on tour with new dates just added in November.

Hart and Giovanni Hidalgo in St. Petersburg, FL 10/15/12 at the State Theatre

Hart and Giovanni Hidalgo in St. Petersburg, FL 10/15/12 at the State Theatre

 Mickey Hart Band 2012 Tour Dates

10/20/12 Black Mountain , NC- Lake Eden Arts Festival –Buy Tickets

11/28/12 Paradise, CA- Paradise Performing Arts Center –Buy Tickets

11/29/12 Napa, CA – The Uptown Theatre  –Buy Tickets

Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead in-store signing at Rasputin Music Berkeley TODAY MAY 3rd!

Hey Berkeley, get ready!

Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead is coming to Rasputin Berkeley to sign copies of his new  MICKEY HART BAND album “Mysterium Tremendum.”   5:30pm until 7:30pm

Rasputin Music is a large independent record store, founded in 1971 in Berkeley, California, with 9 store locations throughout the extended Bay Area.
2401 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley CA
(510) 848-9004
www.rasputinmusic.com

www.mickeyhart.net

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Bob Weir and Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart to play at All Good Music Festival 2012

The All Good Music Festival & Campout Anxiously awaiting news about Summer tours and Festivals…

…and here is a big surprise! While Furthur was a headliner at the All Good Music Festival for the last two years, they will not be there in 2012.   Bob Weir will be performing with Bruce Hornsby and Branford Marsalis (does this imply a tour for Bruce and Bob?)  and Phil Lesh and Friends will also be at this years festival (and, does this imply a tour for Phil and Friends?).  Phil’s Friends line-up has not been announced, but expect something stellar!

And… the Mickey Hart band will also be at All Good Music Festival 2012.

Plus, The Allman Brothers Band, Railroad Earth, and many more.   Not all artists are even announced yet, and the festival lineup is incredible.  Looks like it really is ALL GOOD!
The Festival will be held July 19-22 at Legend Valley Concert Venue & Campground – the location formerly known as Buckeye Lake Music Center.

From All Good Music Festival:

 ALL GOOD FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, PHIL LESH & FRIENDS, THE FLAMING LIPS & MORE 

16th Annual Music & Camping Event to Feature Over 40 Bands

Festival to Be Held July 19-22 Weekend at Legend Valley Concert Venue & Campground – 30 Minutes East of Columbus, OH

Thornville, OH – February 21, 2012 – The All Good Music Festival & Campout continues its exhibition of diverse and internationally notable talent as over 40 renowned music artists take to the stages July 19-22 at the Legend Valley Concert Venue & Campground located 30 minutes east of Columbus, Ohio.

The historic site, formerly known as the Buckeye Lake Music Center, has hosted a celebrated roster of famous performers and may be best known as the venue of several notable Grateful Dead performances in the late 1980’s & early 90’s.

The All Good Festival continues its tradition of side by side main stages with no overlapping sets guaranteeing every patron the opportunity to see every performance in full.

The 2012 All Good Festival lineup includes:

The Allman Brothers Band
Phil Lesh and Friends
The Flaming Lips
Bob Weir & Bruce Hornsby featuring special guest Branford Marsalis
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Lotus
G. Love & Special Sauce
Galactic
Shpongle presents The Masquerade
Mickey Hart Band
Trampled by Turtles
SOJA
Railroad Earth
Papadosio
The Werks
The Wood Brothers
Lettuce
The Lumineers
Everyone Orchestra
The Rex Jam
Plus many more to be announced

Over the coming months, another 20+ artists will be announced, adding to the already stacked roster ranging from rock, bluegrass, indie, and funk to electronica, hip-hop, collaborative jams, and much more.  The new All Good location in Ohio offers easy access to the festival with better roads and faster processing than were possible at the festival’s previous site in West Virginia.  Once onsite, attendees can also expect comfortable camping, RV camping, quiet family camping, artisan food vendors, diverse craft vendors, regional microbrews, designated bonfire pits, kids entertainment, drum circles, play shops, endless options for entertainment and safety. Tickets to the 16th annual All Good Music Festival & Campout go on sale Friday, February 24 at 12 PM EST at www.allgoodfestival.com/tickets and include all 4 days and nights of camping, parking, plus all entertainment. Early Bird tickets will be available for a limited time for $159.00 starting this Friday, and are $70 off the gate price. There are also Even Better VIP packages available, which include an exclusive concert viewing and camping area close to the stages, private and air conditioned bathrooms and showers, free taxi shuttles, premium All Good merchandise and more.

 

For more information, please visit:
www.allgoodfestival.com
www.facebook.com/allgoodmusicfestival
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Mickey Hart reflects on "Music to Be Born By"

from Mickey Hart’s people:

Mickey Hart Reflects On “Music To Be Born By”
Ha
rt’s Son Taro Holds Record For Youngest Recording Artist

With the recent news of Jay-Z and Beyonce’s newborn daughter “Blue Ivy” grabbing the record for the youngest person to enter the Billboard charts on her Dad’s new single “Glory”, Mickey Hart reflects on his son Taro who holds the record for the youngest recording artist, 6 months in utero, on his father’s album “Music To Be Born By [1989]”, which was just re-released by Smithsonian Folkways as part of “The Mickey Hart Collection”The birthing process, one of life’s great mysteries, triggered a musical response in me. The sound from the fetal monitor included among a host of gurglings and bodily noises, the emerging heartbeat of my unborn son Taro. It was the sound of new life, and a startling rhythmic event—the inner orchestra of emerging life, the rhythm world of the body at its most essential. It compelled me to entrain with it, to create new, complementary rhythms. As a father, the repetitive pulsing became symphonic in my mind; it drove me into the studio to create a new composition incorporating my son’s living, developing, hopeful, amazing, unconscious, primordial music: Music To Be Born By.”

This soothing, 70-minute soundscape was intended to transform the coldness of a hospital birthing room into a warm, rhythmic environment for the process of labor and birthing. However, after requests by several friends to use the album for their own birthing processes, Hart decided to release the recording for the general public. The music consists of Taro’s heartbeat (recorded in utero) overdubbed with bass harmonics (provided by Bobby Vega), drums, and wooden shakuhachi flute (played by Steve Douglas). Music to be Born By was issued in 1989 as part of “THE WORLD” series and re-released as part of the Mickey Hart Collection made available by Smithsonian Folkways.

Mickey Hart is currently offering 10 free downloads from The Mickey Hart Collection on his website at http://www.mickeyhart.net/download.

 Editor’s Note:  In my other reality, I am a massge therapist at human touch massage and also was a massage educator for over a decade, and I can vouch for how healing this music is.  I have used it in many sessions, and classes.  I also know of many Birth Doula’s who use it in their practices.  >^.^<