by happycat! >^.^<m~ | Feb 23, 2012 | Mickey Hart
MESSAGE FROM MICKEY
Can’t wait to unleash Mysterium Tremendum to you all in just over a month. This band is on fire and the cd shines like a silver dollar. We are ready to get on the bus to create something special and unique with these new songs. We’ll be pulling out some of my favorite Dead tunes on this tour and take them for a ride as well. Music connects us with the spirit in us and we need this powerful medicine now more than ever.
As my old friend Albert Einstein would say…” Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there will ever be to know and understand.”
In rhythm,
– Mickey
TOUR DATES:
03|01|12 Santa Cruz, CA The Rio Theatre
03|02|12 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
03|03|12 Las Vegas, NV The Hard Rock Cafe
03|04|12 Flagstaff, AZ Orpheum Theatre
03|06|12 San Luis Obispo, CA SLO Brewery
03|07|12 Healdsburg, CA The Raven Theater
03|08|12 Sacramento, CA Colonial Theater
03|09|12 Chico, CA El Rey Theatre ABOVE THE CLOUDS TOUR
04|10|12 Louisville, KY Headliner’s Music Hall
04|11|12 Cleveland, OH Rock & Roll H.O.F.
04|12|12 Jim Thorpe, PA Penn’s Peak
04|13|12 Ridgefield, CT Ridgefield Playhouse
04|14|12 Londonderry, NH Tupelo Music Hall
04|16|12 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
04|17|12 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
04|18|12 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
04|20|12 Live Oak, FL The Wanee Festival
04|21|12 Atlanta, GA Sweetwater 420 Festival
04|22|12 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre
04|23|12 Fayetteville, AR George’s Majestic
04|25|12 Dallas, TX The Granada Theatre
04|26|12 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa
NEW TOUR DATES ADDED
04|27|12 New Orleans, LA Tipitina’s
05|07|12 Bend, OR Tower Theatre
05|08|12 Vancouver, BC Vogue Theatre
05|09|12 Seattle, WA Neptune Theatre
05|10|12 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
05|11|12 Ashland, OR Ashland Armory
05|12|12 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
05|15|12 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
05|16|12 Salt Lake City, UT State Room
by happycat! >^.^<m~ | Jan 29, 2012 | Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart’s long anticipated new album Mysterium Tremendum is due out on April 10, 2012.
It will contain new music from the Mickey Hart Band, including new songs from the ever prolific Robert Hunter. Many of the expected tracks have been performed in recent months as Mickey has been out on the road with this project, including “Let There Be Light”, “Slo Jo Rain” and “Supersonic”.
Mickey Hart Band “Let There Be Light” features lyrics by Robert Hunter
Mickey Hart and his new band has been in the studio with producer Ben Yonas, who also plays in the Mickey Hart Band. Ben is often tucked away further back of the stage, adding his sonifications on keyboards and a Mac.
He is literally upstaged, likely by design, by frontman singer Tim Hockenberry, who also plays keyboards as well as multiple other instruments. Also in front is Crystal Monee Hall, who sings and plays guitar, Gawain Mathews on lead guitar, Ian “INKX” Herman on drums, longtime Mickey Hart player Sikiru Adepoju on talking drum and djembe, and in the bass position Dave Schools from Widespread Panic. Of course Mickey Hart is playing drums, the beam, and RAMU – his computer programmed Random Access Digital Musical Universe gizmo.
This band, creating the sound and finding the right musicians to bring it to life, is something Mickey has been developing behind the scenes for a little while. Deadheadland spoke to Mickey about it last summer in our interview with him. He first took it out in embryonic form at the Wave Gravy 75th Birthday celebration in 2011, and then officially debuted over the summer.
Read our coverage of his shows in San Francisco and Oakland.
MICKEY HART WEST COAST TOUR
The Mickey Hart Band will be on tour in the west during March 2012:
Santa Cruz, Los Angeles, Las Vegas NV, Flagstaff AZ, San Luis Obispo, Healdsburg, Sacramento and Chico.
MICKEY HART ABOVE THE CLOUDS TOUR
Then, on the same day as the Mysterium Tremendum album is released, April 10, 2012, the Mickey Hart Band begins it’s ambitious ABOVE THE CLOUDS tour in Louisville Kentucky. Then Cleveland OH, Jim Thorpe PA, Ridgefield CT, Londonderry NH, Washington DC, Carrboro NC, Ashville NC, the Wanee Festival in Live Oak FL, Sweetwater 420 Festival in Atlanta GA, Birmingham AL, Fayetville AR, Dallas TX, and Austin TX.
Quite a tour, and hitting lots of places that need a good show! And that’s just to start… expect a lot more music from mickey this festival season. The Mickey Hart Band also has these great Fan Club Ticket deals and VIP Ticket Packages that include meet and greet and photos with Mickey, and more.
Get the full tour, FanClub and VIP details here: http://mickeyhart.net/shows/
Go see the Mickey Hart Band, and when it comes out, get the album. It is a real treat to get to hear these new Robert Hunter penned tunes with a fresh vibe with Hart. Mickey is coming from a real good place, and he want’s to share it with you. Good energy you can feel.
