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    Grateful Dead Hour no. 1000

    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

    Take a look at the GD Hour program logs and let us know what you'd like to hear. Feel free to post requests and comments here or by email to gdhour@dead.net

    Thanks for listening!
    David Gans
    gdhour@dead.net

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    dgans
    15 years 2 months ago
    Mystery Box
    Mystery Box and many other Mickey Hart titles are available from Shout! Factory: http://www.shoutfactory.com/browse/152/mickey_hart.aspx Gans/GD Hour blog
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    15 years 2 months ago
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    Where can I find this CD for sale? Been looking for it but no luck. Had a copy at one time but someone liked it more than me I guess.Thanks for any help.
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    dgans
    15 years 3 months ago
    Thank you for reconsidering!
    The interview was surprisingly candid. And I have always been a fan of Mystery Box. Gans/GD Hour blog
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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

Take a look at the GD Hour program logs and let us know what you'd like to hear. Feel free to post requests and comments here or by email to gdhour@dead.net

Thanks for listening!
David Gans
gdhour@dead.net

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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 !!
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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
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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 !!
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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. Gans/GD Hour blog
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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
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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.
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Where can I find this CD for sale? Been looking for it but no luck. Had a copy at one time but someone liked it more than me I guess.Thanks for any help.