It was subsequently re-released by Relix. In 1989, the album was released on CD on the Grateful Dead label. SAN FRANCISCO, CA- The Mickey Hart Band will release their. The album contains early versions of two songs co-written by Bob Weir that later became Grateful Dead concert staples - “Playing in the Band”, and “Greatest Story Ever Told” (called “Pump Song” on this album).The cover art for Rolling Thunder was created by Alton Kelly and Stanley Mouse’s Kelly/Mouse Studios.The album was named after the Shoshone medicine man, shaman, teacher, and activist Rolling Thunder, who was a friend of Mickey Hart and the Grateful Dead and whose voice is heard on the first track.In 1986, Relix Records re-released the album on vinyl, using the original masters and color separations. Mickey Hart Band Announce New Album, Superorganism, and Tour To Celebrate Harts 70th Birthday. Also featured are classical tabla players Zakir Hussain and his father Alla Rakha. Did Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart invent rap music in 1974 During their Sunday night show at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, Grateful Dead offshoot Dead and Company were deep into a grooving version of.

Although Hart had temporarily left the Grateful Dead at the time he made Rolling Thunder, members of the Dead play on the album, along with a number of other well-known musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area music scene.

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