Hendrix's drummer Mitchell dies

[BeatleBoot]

Source: BBC

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.

The 61-year-old was discovered in the Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon, in the early hours of Wednesday.

A medical examiner told the Associated Press news agency that his death appeared to be from natural causes, but said there would be an autopsy.

Hendrix died in 1970 and the band's bassist Noel Redding died in 2003.


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[hlthe2b]

1. Yet another classic reunion for the hereafter...

May well be some amazing music in that dimension...

[Lint Head]

2. I was in a band with Billy Cox for a while called Nitro Funktion.

It was right after Hendrix died. The early seventies. I worked for Capitol Records song publishing and was signed as a writer to Central Songs. I played guitar and wrote some of the songs. It didn't last because Billy was traumatized by Jimi's death and his heart wasn't into playing for a while. Plus I couldn't hold a candle to Jimi. Nobody could at that time. I don't have a website or myspace page. He would speak highly of Mitch Mitchel even back then. I think Billy Cox was part of the touring Hendrix tribute show Mitchel had just completed before he died.
:dem:

[0rganism]

3. Here's the local paper's take on it

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/jimi_hendrixs_drummer_mitch_mi.html

Sad, indeed. Rick Wright's passing was hard enough to take, now this?

[Swagman]

4. someone is making a movie about Kit Lambert who discovered Hendrix

& The Who..sounds fascinating. Wonder who could play Jimi Hendrix ?

[codjh9]

5. Another one who died too soon. RIP, Mitch.