Mickey Hart – Rolling Thunder (VG/VG) – LP, US 1972

Rolling Thunder is an LP by Mickey Hart from 1972 released on the Warner Bros. Records label.

About this album

Rolling Thunder is Mickey Hart’s adventurous 1972 debut, a percussion-led album that expands rock’s palette with folk, psychedelic and world-music influences. Best known as one of the Grateful Dead’s drummers, Hart steps forward here with a record that turns rhythm into the central force, pairing dense groove, improvisation and shamanic atmosphere. The album’s long-form opener, ‘Rolling Thunder / Shoshone Invocation’, sets the tone for a work rooted in experimentation rather than conventional songcraft. As an early solo statement from a major counterculture figure, it shows Hart pushing beyond the drum kit into a wider musical vision that helped anticipate later crossover percussion projects.

Genre: Pop & Rock, Pop & Rock

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