Jimi Hendrix Experience... all gone :(

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Jimi Hendrix drummer found dead in Portland hotel

November 12, 2008

By DAVID KROUGH

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s drummer Mitch Mitchell was found dead in a downtown Portland hotel Wednesday.

The Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s office said 61-year-old Mitch Mitchell likely died of natural causes. His body was found just after 3 a.m. at the Benson Hotel.

read more: http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_111208_news_mitchell_drummer_hendrix_dies.1a6f9664d.html


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[stevedeshazer]

1. Natural causes at 61?

Whoa.

[RichardRay]

13. 61 chronologically

but I'd bet a lot older than that physiologically.

Many of us from that time didn't expect to make it to 40 and getting to 60 is a real shocker.

[Trajan]

2. Awww shoot ....

Jimi, Noel and now Mitch ....

This is truly the end of an era ...

I live in Portland, and I have yet to hear of it .... I didnt watch local news tonight ...

My sincerest condolences to his family, and a sad recognition of this momentous event ...

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3. Hey, Joe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cuU7925GYI

[givemebackmycountry]

4. Goddamn....if there is a heaven....

They have ONE hell of a band up there.
I can see Jimi and Duane Allman tearing it up with Mitch and Buddy Miles doing that dual drumming thing.

All my hero's are gone.

Shit, I'm getting old.

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5. kick

:kick:

[Philosoraptor]

6. I don't care what people say, rock and roll is here to stay

[fla nocount]

7. Three guys, three songs...

Good quality, close-up solo's by all. 10 min.s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLx0sJymw-Q

[kwassa]

8. Mitch Mitchell was really a jazz drummer in a great rock band

He really was a great musician, and essential to the band's sound.

It is also odd that there is a whole generation of rockers who die in their fifties and sixties. They must have put in too much milage in their early years to live to a ripe old age.

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9. Jazz Drummer

Wasn't Cream (Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton) also a jazz/rock band?

[Radical Activist]

10. I don't know.

With too many Cream songs I feel like I'm listening to the drummer in a marching band. He was good but very English.

[Johonny]

11. yes

[FatDave]

16. All the best drummers are jazz drummers.

Mitch Mitchell, Carl Palmer, Ginger Baker, Billy Cobham, Bill Bruford, Buddy Rich... I guess the exceptions are Keith Moon and John Bonham.

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21. Charlie Watts?

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

23. Charlie came out of a jazz background as well

and has recorded some big band albums.

[femrap]

12. I'll never forget the exact moment

when I heard the song 'Purple Haze.' I realized something very important was happening.

[H2O Man]

14. A great group.

Mitch Mitchell also played at the Rock 'n Roll Circus, with John Lennon, Eric Clapton, and Keith Richards.

[FatDave]

17. The Dirty Mac

Best one-off ever.

(But you left out Yoko :P)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAjdRHzH4M8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5vlquFTnM

[H2O Man]

18. Right.

Thanks. And I agree!

I just re-looked at one of my favorite photos, and indeed, there is Yoko. How could I forget her? (I have some rare recordings of her and David Peel that he gave me years ago. They made some strange music!)

[FatDave]

19. Well, now that I look back at it too...

It looks more like she wasn't an official part of the band, though it was obviously all very amorphous that night.

Rock and Roll Circus is also notable for an awesome performance of A Quick One by The Who: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOG12sE-krw

[H2O Man]

20. Those were the days.

I also liked Hendrix with the Band of Gypsies. My kids think that my taste in music is caught in a time warp, but I really don't think anything since compares with that era. I thought the Plastic Ono Band was outstanding, though I'd have liked it better if Mitch Mitchell had been in it.

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22. It's the 40th anniversary of Rock N Roll Circus, 1968

[FatDave]

15. There goes my favorite drummer.

And one of my greatest musical influences.

So long Mitch. Thanks for all the music.

On edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiMu_ZSbKn4