11-30-2010, 02:18 PM
Miles Prower Wrote:Here's a classic. It's a two-parter on youtube:I haven't heard this for years. I'd forgotten all about the Donovan quote on this track (starting just after 2:50 on the second part - "First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is"). This album (their second "studio" album - even though it was mixed with live performances) was the first release after Mickey Hart joined the band in 1967. Did they ever do a Latin percussion breakdown before he arrived? MH is now quite an authority on ethnic and roots percussion styles. I'm pretty sure his "Planet Drum" project was responsible for a proliferation of new age drum circles!
I do like this Planet Drum version of the Dead's "Fire on the Mountain"