ap.google.com — 10 hours ago PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61. Mitchell was a powerful force on the Hendrix band's 1967 debut album "Are You ...
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... the end of an era.
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Mitch Mitchell Has Died
The Moderate Voice —
Mitch Mitchell, drummer with the Jim Hendrix Experience, has died.
Here’s Mitchell on drums, along with John Lennon, Eric Clapton, and Keith Richards, doing one of Lennon’s White Album tunes. I love Ringo Starr’s drumwork on the original recording and in a way, Mitchell and Starr represent diametrically opposed approaches to drumming. Starr has always claimed to hate drum solos, insisting that his job as the rhythm section is to provide a backbeat. Mitchell, on the other hand, created a sound that put him front and center with Hendrix on guitar. His ...
RIP Mitch Mitchell
COUNTERCOLUMN: The Adjunct of Evil —
The best rock drummer in history, in my view, is dead at the age of 61. I used to listen to Hendrix for hours as a teenager...on vinyl, through headphones. And Mitch's drumming was a huge part of that band. He was the first rock drummer who played DRUMS, as a coequal musical partner. I remember an interview with Alan Holdsworth, where he said "A lot of drummers are just into a groove. I hate that." Mitch would have been great with Holdsworth. Great with anyone. Think of it. Without Mitch, "Fire" would have been a throwaway track. Mitch made it into a ...
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www.blah3.com 11/13/2008 — One of my favorite drummers - hell, my favorite drummer - has passed away . Mitch Mitchell, the British drummer in the seminal 1960s band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, has been found dead in his US hotel room, authorities say. Mitchell, 61, was found dead in the Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon, ...
One of my favorite drummers - hell, my favorite drummer - has passed away . Mitch Mitchell, the British drummer in the seminal 1960s band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, has been found dead in his US hotel room, authorities say. Mitchell, 61, was found dead in the Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon, ...
Mitch Mitchell
www.mudvillegazette.com 11/12/2008 — ...drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, dead at 62:
Four dead rock stars in one:
...drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, dead at 62:
Four dead rock stars in one:
End of an Era —
Innocent Bystanders
The last living member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Mitch Mitchell, has died. He was 61 years old. Bet some corner of heaven is ROCKIN! I always loved “Fire.” You can do some serious shakin to that one. Only three guys in that band. What a sound.
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Crooks and Liars
I met Mitch in LA a couple of times through some music friends, but that was a long time ago. RIP. Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.
Jimi Hendrix's drummer, Mitch Mitchell, found dead at Portland hotel —
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Source: [b]The Oregonian[/b]
Jimi Hendrix's drummer, Mitch Mitchell, found dead at Portland hotel
by Stuart Tomlinson,The Oregonian
Wednesday November 12, 2008, 11:19 AM
Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and longtime fixture in the music business, was found ...
RIP: Mitch Mitchell —
Booman Tribune
Sad news. We've lost one of rock's greatest drummers: Mitch Mitchell, the jazzy and versatile British drummer in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, died on Wednesday in a hotel in Portland, Ore. He was 62 and had recently finished a national tribute tour, Experience Hendrix. The cause was unknown, ...
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