Grateful Dead Sleep Stories | Why the Dead Needed Two Drummers, Billy, Mickey and the Rhythm Devils and more
From Grateful Dead Sleep Stories · 02:09:25
Show by GD Sleep Strories
Tonight, two drummers: a boy in a garage in Palo Alto, and a boy in a closet in Brooklyn with his father's old sticks, who ended up side by side at the back of the same stage for the better part of thirty years. Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and the strange, rolling thing people came to call the Rhythm Devils. Almost nobody in this story agrees on who introduced them or what night the second drummer first sat down. A long, calm story for a long night. CHAPTERS 0:00 Settle in 1:32 A garage in Palo Alto 6:29 The Warlocks at Magoo's 11:56 Kreutzmann and the Acid Tests 16:52 Mickey Hart in Brooklyn 22:02 The Air Force in Spain 27:19 Meeting at the Count Basie show 32:45 Mickey sits in at the Straight 37:53 Drum City in San Carlos 43:06 Playing in eleven 48:02 Alla Rakha and Ali Akbar Khan 53:32 Olatunji and African drums 58:48 Lenny Hart leaves 1:04:09 One drummer again 1:09:06 The barn in Novato 1:14:43 Winterland farewell, 1974 1:19:50 Diga Rhythm Band and Zakir Hussain 1:25:15 Apocalypse Now 1:30:20 The Beam 1:35:29 The drum duet 1:40:38 Space 1:45:51 The Beast 1:51:12 Planet Drum 1:56:09 Kreutzmann's memoir 2:01:21 The Rhythm Devils return 2:06:17 Drifting off The Shakedown Archives Sleep Stories are long, calm, spoken-word journeys through the real history of the Grateful Dead, made to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. No jarring music, no ads breaking the spell, no bright screen. Just a quiet voice and two hours of true stories from the band, the scene, and the people who lived it. Perfect for insomnia, winding down, long nights, travel, or anyone who loves the Dead and wants to drift off inside the history. Dim the lights, get comfortable, and let it carry you off. If this helped you sleep, following the show is the one thing that keeps them coming. Sweet dreams. TAGS: rhythm devils, bill kreutzmann, mickey hart, billy and mickey, two drummers, drums and space, the beast, the beam, planet drum, lenny hart, zakir hussain, alla rakha, olatunji, diga rhythm band, apocalypse now, rolling thunder, grateful dead sleep story, sleep story, sleep stories for adults, history for sleep, fall asleep fast, bedtime story for grown ups, boring history for sleep, calm history narration, long sleep story, stories to fall asleep to, insomnia sleep story, grateful dead history, deadhead
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