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Diga. (1976) The Apocalypse Now Sessions. (1980) Diga is an album by the Diga Rhythm Band, a percussion-based music ensemble led by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and by Zakir Hussain. It was released by Round Records as a vinyl LP in 1976. It was remixed and released on CD by Rykodisc Records in 1988. [1] [2] [3]
Diga, by the Diga Rhythm Band, was originally released on The Grateful Dead’s label in 1976, was the first collaboration between Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain, and can be seen as the first step on the road to Planet Drum. Diga is a classic world-music album in its own right, with special guest Jerry Garcia on two tracks.
Diga Rhythm Band by Mickey Hart released in 1976. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Diga Rhythm Band “Diga” (1976) In each of Mickey Hart’s albums, the artist submerges himself within a concept and reinvents himself through the project dujour. Hart’s rhythmic journey as recorded in the studio has created some duds and crafted some gems. Fortunately, the Diga Rhythm Band produced one of his jewels.
The Winter 1976 Round Records newsletter provided a history of the Diga Rhythm Band. In 1968 Mickey Hart was studying at the Ali Akbar College of Music with Tabla Master Shankar Gosh. Mickey would work on compositions with Shankar which included Rhythmic Cycles of 4, 6, 16, 5 & 7 and take these teachings to Bill Kreutzmann.
Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 1971, and again from October 1974 until their final show in July 1995.
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Diga Rhythm Band Diga (Shout! Factory) First Appeared in The Music Box, May 2008, Volume 15, #5. Written by John Metzger. Wed May 21, 2008, 06:30 AM CDT. Although his solo debut Rolling Thunder was designed to fit within the scope of the early ’70s music scene, it also made it readily apparent that Mickey Hart’s obsession with rhythmic grooves ran deeper than that of the average drummer.
