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Diga Rhythm Band — Happiness is Drumming
Album: Diga Rhythm Band
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Haven't heard this one in a LONG time. YUM! Thanks...
mikedill wrote:
funny - i was about to post the exact same thing.
good thing I checked. so was I
I'm happy!
Long distance drummer, why you drumming that for? Get out, get out, get out .... we get the drift....
whoaaaaa ORANGE SUNSHINE!!!! FIRE!!! FIRE!!! ON THE MOUNTAIN!!!! IT'S ALL ORANGE... ORANGE SUNSHINE!!! ARRRGHGGHHGGHGH!!!! *BAD* *BAD* TRIP, DUDE....
punkbot wrote:
Fire...fire on the mountain...
funny - i was about to post the exact same thing.
This is really a yawner, what do you all see in this?
Fire...fire on the mountain...
My feet. They can't stop tapping!
Holy Muzak , Batman!!! (no offense, hippies)
Ya learn something new every day.
Anyone else hear the theme for PeeWee's Playhouse in the beginning? I asked my wife what she heard and that is what she said also.
As a fellow percussionist, I love everything Mickey has ever done. Thanks RP, Been a while since I heard this.
Thanks for the info Dave. I guess that's how they "get off with a different song title."
Haven't heard this one in quite awhile and I own it! Thanks for bringing back to my frontal lobes. Reminds me of many a spleef.
Dave_Mack wrote:
Cool! Thanks for the info Dave!
anniebear wrote:
This is actually the SEED for "Fire on the Mountain"
Indeed it is. Read this from AllMusicGuide:
During a lull in activities with the Grateful Dead, percussionist and ethnomusicologist Mickey Hart joined with tabla player, Zakir Hussain, son of longtime Ravi Shankar accompanist, Alla Rakha, and students of the Ali Akbar College of Music to form the heavily percussive Diga Rhythm Band in 1975. Recording their sole album, Diga, in Hart's barn/studio in Novata, California, the 11-piece group was augmented by Jerry Garcia on guitar and Jim McPherson, Kathy McDonald and David Freiberg on vocals. One tune on the album, "Happiness Is Drumming (Fire on the Mountain) went on to be a staple at concerts by the Grateful Dead, the Other Ones and Hart's Planet Drum.
anniebear wrote:
This is actually the SEED for "Fire on the Mountain"
AHHH!! I always learn something here at RP. I am getting my Masters in Music Appreciation here! I like this....
long distance runner what you holdin' out for
Yep. "Fire...fire on the mountain."
sillyboy wrote:
Thought it was a cover of 'Fire on the Mountain' at first. I'm diggin' it. Groovy...
This is actually the SEED for "Fire on the Mountain"
Mickey Hart will always have the magic rhythm of The Dead, smile :sunny.gif:
Thought it was a cover of 'Fire on the Mountain' at first. I'm diggin' it. Groovy...
JINX! 1234567...
Fire, fire on the mountain!
Hey, this is the Dead's Fire on the Mountain...EXACTLY. Where do they get off with a different song title? I'm confused.