DEEP DRUMMING

MICKEY HART and PLANET DRUM

Live at the Van Duzer Theatre, Humboldt State University, Arcata, 

CA; September 24, 2006. Good to very good audience recording.

From the Global Rhythm Magazine News:

The Planet Drum 2006 Tour reunites Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, 

Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo for a September series of West 

Coast shows in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the ground-

breaking album of the same name. Planet Drum was released in 1991 on 

the Rykodisc label and went on to earn the first-ever Grammy in the

World Music category. The tour is the groups first in almost a 

decade. It also marks the resumption of an artistic relationship -

between Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain - that goes back to the late 

1960s.

For Hart, this reunion is an opportunity to take Planet Drum into 

new places. “This is a deep drumming groove. We’re taking the 

archaic rhythm worlds into outer space. Planet Drum explores rhythm 

and noise… it’s a sound yoga of processed acoustic percussion headed 

straight for the trance zone that becomes a dance of ancient and 

modern worlds. Deep drumming is a skeleton key into these realms.”

Track 01. Pony 

Track 02. Message From Zena 

Track 03. Tall Grass

Track 04. Heart Space

Track 05. I Can Tell You More 

Track 06. Gio 1-2-5

Track 07. Temple Caves 

Lineup:

Mickey Hart

Zakir Hussain

Sikiru Adepoju

Giovanni Hidalgo