Mickey Hart

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Biography

Born: September 11, 1943, Brooklyn, New York. Drummer for The Grateful Dead.

  • Real name
  • Michael Hart
  • Name variations
  • Hart·M. Hart·Mickey Hart & Friends·Mickey Hart's Mystery Box·Micky Hart
  • Aliases
  • B.D. Shot
  • Diga Rhythm Band·McGanahan Skjellyfetti·Mickey & The Hartbeats·Mickey Hart Band·Mickey Hart's Mystery Box·New Riders Of The Purple Sage·Planet Drum·The Dead (5)·The Grateful Dead·The Rhythm Devils
  • Primary profession
  • Composer·soundtrack·music_department
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 11 September 1943
  • Place of birth
  • Brooklyn
  • Education
  • Lawrence High School
  • Knows language
  • English language
  • Member of
  • Grateful Dead
  • Parents
  • Lenny Hart

Music

Movies

Books

Awards

Trivia

Winner of 1991 Grammy Award for Best World Beat Recording

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Grateful Dead)in 1994.

Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 2009.

Founder of world beat band "Mickey Harts Mystery Box"

Quotes

In the beginning their was noise. Noise begat rhythym, and rhythym begat,everything else.

Dreams sometimes foretell the future.

I hated science in high school. Technology? Engineering? Math? Why would I ever need this? Little did I realize that music was also about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, all rolled into one.

Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning. .

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