Post #214168 by hodadhank on Sun, Feb 12, 2006 8:31 AM

I agree with Congatiki and Tikilee about Mickey Hart and think his most "Tiki-Compatible" albums are a pair of mostly instrumental sessions fro 1976 and 1979.

1976's Diga by the Diga Rhythm Band. It's five tracks of percussive heaven are sufficiently marimba and vibe drenched to make any Lyman fan take notice. Garcia guests on two tracks and his mid-seventies obsession with mastering the pedal steel is evident in the textures he provides to this exotic must-have album.

Jordan Amarantha - congas, bongos
Peter Carmichael - tabla
Aushim Chaudhuri - tabla
Vince Delgado - dumbek, tabla, talking drum
Tor Dietrichson - tabla
Mickey Hart - traps, gongs, timbales, tympani
Zakir Hussain - tabla, folk drums, tar
Jim Loveless - marimbas
Joy Shulman - tabla
Ray Spiegel - vibes
Arshad Syed - duggi tarang, nal
Jerry Garcia - guitar (on Razooli and Happiness Is Drumming)
Jim McPherson - vocals (on Razooli)
Kathy McDonald - vocals (on Razooli)
David Freiberg - vocals (on Razooli)

On The Apocalypse Now Sessions (The Rhythm Devils Play River Music), Hart and fellow Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann assemble a small first rate percussion ensemble to produce ten tracks of otherworldly jungle soundscapes for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film. "...Each musician contributed a personal selection of instruments and objects, resulting in a massive assemblage of possible sonic palettes. Instruments were arranged in sound groups, and the musicians moved among them as they watched the film being screened before them."

Mickey Hart - percussion
Bill Kreutzmann - percussion
Airto Moreira - percussion
Michael Hinton - percussion
Jim Loveless - marimba
Greg Errico - drums
Jordan Amarantha - congas
Flora Purim - vocals
Phil Lesh - bass

BTW, I just noticed you can get both titles from CDNOW for only $24.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000008GEZ/ref=m_art_li_1/002-8704037-0424019?v=glance&s=music