''The Rhythm Devils Concert Experience'' is a 2008 two-disc DVD concert film and documentary of the

Rhythm Devils The Rhythm Devils is a percussion-based rock band led by former Grateful Dead drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. Grateful Dead The Rhythm Devils had their origins as an informal but frequent fixture in the Grateful Dead concert repertoire ...

2006 tour, featuring members of the

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The Other Ones The Other Ones was an American rock band formed in 1998 by former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart, along with part-time Grateful Dead collaborator Bruce Hornsby. In 2000, Bill Kreutzmann, another Grateful Dead alumnu ...

, and

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. The name "Rhythm Devils" was originally a nickname for Dead drummers

Mickey Hart 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 19 ...

and

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

. Hart and Kreutzmann formed the band in 2006 and used the name as the group's moniker. Disc one features concert footage from

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, and Sayerville, New Jersey recorded in October 2006, featuring all original compositions with lyrics by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. Disc two features behind the scenes interviews, sound check footage, and excerpts from various live concerts.

Track listing

*"Comes the Dawn" *"Fountains of Wood" *"The Center" *"7 Seconds" *"Your House" *"Arabian Wind" *"See You Again" *"Next Dimension"

Personnel

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

– drums, percussion *

Mike Gordon Michael Eliot Gordon (born June 3, 1965) is an American bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon plays banjo, piano, and guitar. He is a filmmaker ('' Rising Low'', '' Outs ...

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bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

Steve Kimock Steve Kimock (born October 5, 1955) is an American rock guitarist. He was a member of San Francisco Bay Area bands Zero and KVHW. His tone and some of his playing approach has been compared to Jerry Garcia, who was a friend of his, and he has ...

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guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

*Jen Durkin – vocals *

Sikiru Adepoju Sikiru Adepoju (born 10 November 1950) is a Nigerian percussionist and recording artist, primarily in the genres of traditional African music and world music. He plays a variety of instruments and styles. Background A master of the talking dr ...

– percussion

References

Pizek, Jeff. "Mickey Hart: Unity, Healing through the Beat", ''Daily Herald'', July 4, 2008
* ttp://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044927/hart-the-dead-happy-to-rock-again-for-obama Graff, Gary. "Hart: The Dead Happy To Rock Again For Obama", ''Billboard'', July 1, 2008br>Greenberg, Rudi. "Rhythm Devil: Mickey Hart", ''Express'', July 9, 2008"Mickey Hart Band Announces US Summer Tour and Rhythm Devils DVD out in June", ''All About Jazz'', May 20, 2008

External links

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Mickey Hart official websiteBill Kreutzmann official website
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