Diga (album)

Diga
Abstract drawing of the head and shoulders of a man, suggestive of Indian art, with clouds and mountains on a silver background
Studio album by
Diga Rhythm Band
Released1976
Recorded1976
StudioThe Barn, Marin County, California
GenreWorld music
Length40:05
LabelRound Records
ProducerMickey Hart
Mickey Hart chronology
Rolling Thunder
(1972) 		Diga
(1976) 		The Apocalypse Now Sessions
(1980)

Diga is an album by the Diga Rhythm Band, a percussion-based music ensemble led by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and by Zakir Hussain. It was released by Round Records as a vinyl LP in 1976. It was remixed and released on CD by Rykodisc Records in 1988.[1][2][3]

The ensemble, originally called the Tal Vadya Rhythm Band, was founded in 1973 by Zakir Hussain, at the Ali Akbar College of Music. Mickey Hart joined in 1975, and Hussain and Hart renamed the group the Diga Rhythm Band. Diga was recorded in 1976 at Hart's studio The Barn in Novato, California.[4]

Jerry Garcia plays guitar on two of the album's five tracks. The song "Happiness Is Drumming" is an early, instrumental version of "Fire on the Mountain".[2]

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