Mickey Hart

Very few films can say their opening scene involves the main character breaking the director s nose, but as this film s title suggests Ginger Baker is a man to approach with caution. A madman and a genius best known for his work with Cream and Blind Faith, Baker is often lauded as the inventor of rock n roll drumming. Beware of Mr. Baker now finds him living in his fortified compound in South Africa, desperate for cash. Chain-smoking and ingesting copious amounts of morphine, he s living with his 29-year-old internet bride and 39 polo ponies. Featuring interviews with his ex-wives, his children and many of the greatest living musicians who know him (such as Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Charlie Watts, Mickey Hart, Carlos Santana, Femi Kuti, Neil Peart and Marky Ramone) this is a look back at a tumultuous career through explosive interviews with one of rock s greatest characters.

The Monomyth (often referred to as 'the hero's journey') is a description of a basic pattern found in many narratives from around the world. This universal pattern was described by Joseph Campbell in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949). A noted scholar of novelist James Joyce, Campbell borrowed the term monomyth from Joyce's Finnegans Wake. Campbell's insight was that important myths from around the world which have survived for thousands of years, all share a fundamental structure. In a well-known quote from the introduction to The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Campbell wrote: ? A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.? The monomyth has influenced a number of artists, musicians, poets, and filmmakers, including Bob Dylan and George Lucas. Mickey Hart, Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead had long noted Campbell's influence and agreed to participate in a seminar with him in 1986 entitled From Ritual to Rapture. Campbell's work has been consciously applied by a wide variety of modern writers and artists, for example, in creating screenplays for movies. The best known is perhaps George Lucas, who has acknowledged a debt to Campbell regarding both the original Star Wars trilogy and its prequels.

Festival Express movie trailer - starring Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, Grateful Dead, The, Flying Burrito Brothers, The, Great Speckled Bird, The. Theatrical Release Date: 7/23/2004 Genre: Documentary Rating: R

Two crooked detectives who boost their salaries with a series of secret drug deals find themselves in serious trouble when one of their deals goes deadly.

Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and band drum in honor of their one time fellow drummer, Walter Cronkite.