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11-12-2008, 02:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: S.E. Connecticut, USA | | | Mitch Mitchell dies
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Mitch Mitchell, drummer and last surviving member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead in a Portland, Ore., hotel Nov. 12.
Mitchell was touring with the "Experience Hendrix Tour," which wrapped its West Coast leg Nov. 7.
Sgt. Brian Schmautz, a Portland police spokesman, told the Oregonian that an employee at the upscale Benson Hotel called police after discovering Mitchell's body. "It was natural causes," Schmautz said, "so we weren't involved beyond that."
Mitchell pioneered a drumming style that would later be known as fusion. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as part of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=11816 |
11-12-2008, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Lesfunk  Mitch Mitchell, drummer and last surviving member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead in a Portland, Ore., hotel Nov. 12.
Mitchell was touring with the "Experience Hendrix Tour," which wrapped its West Coast leg Nov. 7.
Sgt. Brian Schmautz, a Portland police spokesman, told the Oregonian that an employee at the upscale Benson Hotel called police after discovering Mitchell's body. "It was natural causes," Schmautz said, "so we weren't involved beyond that."
Mitchell pioneered a drumming style that would later be known as fusion. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as part of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=11816 | Thanks Mitch, peace be with you. |
11-12-2008, 03:28 PM
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RIP 
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11-12-2008, 03:31 PM
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that dude's drumming kicked A$$!
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11-12-2008, 03:46 PM
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11-12-2008, 03:47 PM
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11-12-2008, 03:48 PM
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11-12-2008, 04:12 PM
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RIP |
11-12-2008, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by KPJ Damn...
RIP | +1
that hurt ... |
11-12-2008, 04:19 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | This hasn't been a good month for drummers...
RIP |
11-12-2008, 04:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UP | | | The Experience is together again today. RIP. |
11-12-2008, 04:56 PM
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11-12-2008, 05:09 PM
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...a dynamo. Not your standard backbeat Rock drummer by any means.
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11-12-2008, 05:11 PM
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11-12-2008, 05:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah | | | I've been "rediscovering" Hendrix recently, listening to the original recordings along with the newer releases like South Saturn Delta and First Rays... I also bought the DVD release of Experience Hendrix and man-o-man, what a rhythm section Mitch and Billy Cox were.
Mitch looked healthy enough in the DVD from last year and I'm saddened by his passing.
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11-12-2008, 07:01 PM
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Heaven's gotta be one hell of a gig.
To quote the late TBer, Adrian Garcia, "I gotta get tickets to that gig!!"
R.I.P. Mitch!! Hope you're rocking up there. |
11-12-2008, 10:56 PM
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11-12-2008, 10:59 PM
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11-13-2008, 10:28 AM
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11-13-2008, 12:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | | Hendrix is the reason I became a musician so Mitch has always been one of my favorite drummers. He was like the Elvin Jones of rock. I'm going to miss him.
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