Mickey Hart Performs at the Flying Monkey

Grateful Dead drummer on stage May 18

April 11, 2013 • Saved under Arts
Press release
The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart performs at the Flying Monkey in Plymouth on May 18.
The Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart performs at the Flying Monkey in Plymouth on May 18.

Two time Grammy winner Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead) will perform with his band at the Flying Monkey Performance Center in Plymouth, New Hampshire on May 18 with special guests The African Showboyz from Ghana as part of the second leg of the Worlds Within Tour.

The African Showboyz are four brothers from the northern part of Ghana who fuse a unique blend of West African rhythm, dance, and raw energy. One hundred percent of the ticketing fees sold through MickeyHart.net will go to fund Musical Therapy Research at UCSF. The show will feature brand new material from the Mickey Hart Band’s new album, Mysterium Tremendum, as well as selections of Hart’s greatest hits and Grateful Dead songs.

The band is currently in the studio working on the follow up to Mysterium Tremendum. The Worlds Within Tour has provided a great opportunity for the band to test out new material, including songs co-written by Hart and Robert Hunter. “We have traversed the macro, the stars, the planets; now we journey into the micro,” says Hart. “This band is truly a living, breathing organism.”

Hart commented on the progression of the band in a recent interview with the Tahoe Daily Tribune. “We played 100 shows last year, and it really tells when we get on stage,” said Hart. “The band is on fire. We are ready to play, and this is going to be a great year for us.”

The Mickey Hart Band consists of Grammy-winning percussionist and longtime band mate Sikiru Adepoju, Tony Award winning vocalist Crystal Monee Hall, singer and multi-instrumentalist Joe Bagale, drummer Greg Schutte, guitarist Gawain Matthews, and keyboardist/sound engineer Jonah Sharp. JamBands.com gave the band’s recent tour stop in New York City rave reviews, stating that “Mickey Hart is nothing short of a musical genius, and it shines through in everything he does. Whether he’s working with George Lucas, NASA, or throwing together a unique group of musicians for a band, it’s apparent that Mickey isn’t satisfied doing the same old thing.”

Originally discovered by Grammy-winning virtuoso, Babatunde Olatunji, the African Showboyz have shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, Fela Kuti, Fema Kuti, Arrested Development, and many others.