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Mitch Mitchell
Blah3 Feed —
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, in the early hours of Wednesday. A medical examiner told Associated Press news agency the death appeared to be natural causes but that there would be an autopsy. Jimi Hendrix died in 1970 and the band's bassist Noel Redding in 2003. Mitchell had been touring with the Experience Hendrix Tour. ...
Mitch Mitchell
Mudville Gazette —
...drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, dead at 62:
Four dead rock stars in one:
RIP Mitch Mitchell
COUNTERCOLUMN: All Your Bias Are Belong to Us —
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 rawking classic. On the nearly unknown Hendrix track "Waterfall," he became a waterfall. He ...
RIP: Mitch Mitchell
Shakesville —
I apologize for being a few days late with this, but I couldn't let this event pass without mention. Every musician has influences, those that came before them who exhibited a certain mastery of their instrument. While there are a few different drummers whose styles I've drawn from, there were always two at the top of the heap: Keith Moon and Mitch Mitchell. Both of them were generally in the same sphere for me. They both took drumming into a more improvised lead role, as opposed to just being the basic back beat of the rhythm to support the lead instrument(s). While Keith's style was ...
