He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995. He and fellow Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann earned the nickname "the rhythm devils".
In 1991, Hart produced the album Planet Drum, which remained at #1 on the Billboard World Music Chart for 26 weeks,[3] and received the first ever Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.
During 2006, Hart teamed up with fellow Grateful Dead bandmate Bill Kreutzmann, Phish bassist Mike Gordon and former The Other Ones lead guitarist Steve Kimock, to form the Rhythm Devils
In the summer of 2010 with a new lineup including Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann (assorted percussion), Keller Williams (guitar, vocals), Sikiru Adepoju (talking drum), Davy Knowles (guitar, vocals), and Andy Hess (bass).
Bibliography
- Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussion (1990)
- Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm (1991)
- Songcatchers: In Search of the World's Music (2003)
- Spirit into Sound: The Magic of Music (2006)
Solo discography
- Rolling Thunder (1972) – Mickey Hart
- Diga (1976) – Diga Rhythm Band
- The Rhythm Devils Play River Music (1980) – The Rhythm Devils
- Däfos (1983) – Mickey Hart, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim
- Yamantaka (1983) – Mickey Hart, Henry Wolff, Nancy Hennings
- Music to be Born By (1989) – Mickey Hart
- At the Edge (1990) – Mickey Hart
- Planet Drum (1991) – Mickey Hart
- The Apocalypse Now Sessions (1991) – The Rhythm Devils
- Mickey Hart's Mystery Box (1996) – Mickey Hart
- Supralingua (1998) – Mickey Hart
- Spirit into Sound (2000) – Mickey Hart
- The Best of Mickey Hart: Over the Edge and Back (2002) – Mickey Hart
- Global Drum Project (2007) – Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, Gi
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