Mickey Hart | |
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![]() Hart at the Web 2.0 conference in 2005 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Michael Steven Hartman |
Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | September 11, 1943
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion |
Years active | 1960s–present |
Member of | Planet Drum |
Formerly of | Grateful Dead |
Website | mickeyhart |
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. He and fellow Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann earned the nickname "the rhythm devils".