Rolling Thunder [US 1st ‘Santa Maria’ Pressing]

Rolling Thunder is the first solo album by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart.

Although Hart had temporarily left the Grateful Dead at the time he made Rolling Thunder, members of the Dead play on the album, along with several other well-known musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Also featured are classical tabla players Zakir Hussain and his father Alla Rakha. The album contains early versions of two songs co-written by Bob Weir that later became Grateful Dead concert staples – “Playing in the Band” and “Greatest Story Ever Told” (called “Pump Song” on this album).

The cover art for Rolling Thunder was created by Alton Kelly and Stanley Mouse’s Kelly/Mouse Studios.