Mickey Hart on Dead & Company’s Staggering Sphere Run and His Vegas Art Exhibition: ‘The Stars Are Aligned for Us’
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic There are subwoofers embedded in the seats of Las Vegas’ Sphere, which is part of the reason why Mickey Hart‘s nightly extended percussion segment, titled simply “Drums,” is one of the clear highlights of Dead & Company’s current 30-show residency at the venue.
But that’s not the only great use Hart has been making of low-end frequencies that people can experience when they come in for a show by the Grateful Dead offshoot.
Next door to Sphere, at the Venetian resort, a gathering space called Dead Forever is being anchored by an exhibition of dozens of Hart’s paintings.
His method in creating these works is to gather a unique blend of paints and then let very loud speakers make the colors dance.
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