Mitch Mitchell dead

[James Deuce]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4760061a1860.html

The weather might be nice, but it really isn't a great week.

[Gubb]

At least "The Experience" is all back together now.

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Great name too.

[riffer]

An truly inspiring musician.

The world is weakened by his passing. :bye:

[Mikkel]

An truly inspiring musician.

The world is weakened by his passing. :bye:

But luckily strengthened by his being...

I am afraid that being a rock idol during the 70s wouldn't do much good for your longevity.

[pzkpfw]

Who?


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[James Deuce]

But luckily strengthened by his being...

I am afraid that being a rock idol during the 70s wouldn't do much good for your longevity.


'60s But that's OK, you were in the +/- 10 year range.

[James Deuce]

Who?


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If you don't know it doesn't matter. Probably only a REALLY big deal for me out of anyone on KB.

[Usarka]

Who?


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RTFL (read the link)

I'm disappointed he didn't drown in his own vomit though.......

[ceebie13]

If you don't know it doesn't matter. Probably only a REALLY big deal for me out of anyone on KB.

Nah...your'e not alone, Jim. 'Tis indeed a sad day.

[eelracing]

Drifting

on a sea of forgotten teardrops

on a lifeboat

sailing for your love

sailing home.

RIP Mitch,but damn heaven now has a hell of a house band.

[nudemetalz]

He'll be in heaven drumming away, stone-free and chasing foxy ladies !!

Rock on, Dude !!
(From another drumming enthusiast)

[alanzs]

S'cuse me while I kiss the sky... :weep:

[Conquiztador]

In 67 when JH Experience came to Finland they played in the brand new Finlandia theatre that was made for classical music. Much money had been invested in that place. It had some serious stuff fitted for acoustics. And the stage was made in a special soft wood not to create a "bounce" for the sound.

First thing Mitch does when he comes out and has the drums set up is to nail his drums to the floor... probably why they never played in Finland again...

41 years ago. How time flies!!


"Mitch Mitchell, the jazzy and versatile British drummer in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, died Wednesday in a hotel in Portland, Oregon. He was 62 and had recently finished a national tribute tour, Experience Hendrix.

The cause was unknown, said Bob Merlis, a publicist for the tour.

Mitchell was one of two Englishmen in the Experience, the group that catapulted Hendrix to fame in the late 1960s.

Along with the bassist Noel Redding, who died in 2003, Mitchell was recruited in a rush in the fall of 1966, after the journeyman Hendrix had been discovered in a New York club and whisked to London by Chas Chandler of the Animals.

Hendrix's guitar pyrotechnics caused an immediate sensation among the British rock elite and a backup band was needed for a last-minute French tour.

Redding was hired first, followed a few days later by Mitchell, who was barely out of his teens but already an established session player with the Pretty Things and Georgie Fame.

Led by Hendrix's explosive and rhapsodic style, the group revolutionized rock music and became an archetypal power trio. Its style was built around Hendrix's improvisations, with Redding's steady bass lines acting as an anchor and Mitchell - who was influenced by jazz players like Elvin Jones - playing a lighter, looser counterpoint to the guitar.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released three albums: "Are You Experienced" (1967), "Axis: Bold as Love" (1967) and "Electric Ladyland" (1968). Mitchell continued to play with Hendrix until his death in 1970, and later played in the band Ramatam.

After Hendrix died, Mitchell worked with the producer Eddie Kramer in completing the albums "The Cry of Love" and "Rainbow Bridge," and he long worked with Experience Hendrix, the company founded by Hendrix's father, in promulgating the Hendrix legend>"

[alanzs]

After Hendrix died, Mitchell worked with the producer Eddie Kramer in completing the albums "The Cry of Love" and "Rainbow Bridge," and he long worked with Experience Hendrix, the company founded by Hendrix's father, in promulgating the Hendrix legend>"

Rainbow Bridge is probably one of Jimi's finest works. The song "Pali Gap" is one of the finest instrumentals in rock history, IMHO. :shit: