Mickey Hart

Mickey Hart is the rare drummer who became a scholar of rhythm itself. Beyond his legendary run with the Grateful Dead, what moves me is his lifelong dig into world percussion, earning a Library of Congress Living Legend honor and a Grammy. I love that he treated the beat not as backbeat but as a global language worth studying. The Brooklyn kid who became one of the rhythm devils gave drumming intellectual weight without losing its joy. To me he proves that curiosity can turn a craft into a calling.

Name (English)

Mickey Hart

Name (Japanese)

ミッキー・ハート

Reading

みっきー・はーと

Born

September 11, 1943 (age 82)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

musician / musicologist / percussionist / composer

High school

Lawrence High School

Awards & achievements

• Library of Congress Living Legend
• Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album

• Official sitehttps://www.mickeyhart.net/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mickeyhart/
• Xhttps://x.com/mickeyhart
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%20Hart
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q522201

Tags

• New York
• musician
• musicologist
• percussionist

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.