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Jimi Hendrix's drummer, Mitch Mitchell, found dead at Portland hotel
Source: The Oregonian

Jimi Hendrix's drummer, Mitch Mitchell, found dead at Portland hotel
by Stuart Tomlinson,The Oregonian
Wednesday November 12, 2008, 11:19 AM

Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and longtime fixture in the music business, was found dead this morning in his Portland hotel room.

Mitchell, 61, apparently died of natural causes, the Multnomah County Medical Examiner said. Mitchell was found dead at appoximately 3 a.m. in his room at the Benson Hotel in downtown Portland.

Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/jimi_h...
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   Listen closely and you will hear some epic jams coming from  lazyriver   Nov-12-08 03:16 PM   #1 
   Sad. Those three could really rock the house. RIP Mitch. nt  T Wolf   Nov-12-08 03:16 PM   #2 
   Oh crap, that's the worst news I've read all day  slackmaster   Nov-12-08 03:17 PM   #3 
   RIP Mitch.  ET Awful   Nov-12-08 03:19 PM   #4 
   Mitchell was an excellent drummer....understood Jimi's...  Tikki   Nov-12-08 03:20 PM   #5 
   Damn, another dead one  Ishoutandscream2   Nov-12-08 03:22 PM   #6 
   Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus, "The Dirty Mac"...  Amerigo Vespucci   Nov-12-08 03:37 PM   #10 
      Yep, couldn't remember the name of their "band"  Ishoutandscream2   Nov-12-08 03:43 PM   #13 
   RIP Mitch. This is for you!  ingin   Nov-12-08 03:24 PM   #7 
   That is one strange video.  TomInTib   Nov-12-08 03:49 PM   #18 
   Now all three of the Experience are dead  Taverner   Nov-12-08 03:28 PM   #8 
   I saw Jimi & his band at the Washington Hilton in 1968  marylanddem   Nov-12-08 03:34 PM   #9 
   I saw Jimi at the Electric Factory in Philly...spring of '68  Desertrose   Nov-12-08 03:53 PM   #21 
   I was at that show too!!!  DFW   Nov-12-08 04:50 PM   #27 
   All the original Experience is gone...Jimi who that first night at the club, Bag O' Nails in London  GreenTea   Nov-12-08 03:38 PM   #11 
   Color me stupid. but I didn't know Redding had passed  Ishoutandscream2   Nov-12-08 03:44 PM   #15 
      David "Noel" Redding (25 December, 1945 – 11 May, 2003)  GreenTea   Nov-12-08 03:45 PM   #17 
   Very talented drummer.  Jim4Wes   Nov-12-08 03:40 PM   #12 
   FUCK!!!!  8 track mind   Nov-12-08 03:43 PM   #14 
   Yep! I always thought Mitch was  ben_thayer   Nov-12-08 04:31 PM   #24 
   Damn  GTRMAN   Nov-12-08 03:45 PM   #16 
   Mitch  JimboBillyBubbaBob   Nov-12-08 03:50 PM   #19 
   Damn. He was in town here just a couple of weeks ago and ....  Bonhomme Richard   Nov-12-08 03:52 PM   #20 
   That is about 3blocks from here  Parche   Nov-12-08 04:02 PM   #22 
   He certainly influenced me, and many others-I'm glad I saw Jimi Hendrix and The Experience live. n/t  bobthedrummer   Nov-12-08 04:18 PM   #23 
   ROCK!!!!!  JVS   Nov-12-08 04:33 PM   #25 
   RIP, Mr. Mitchell  brentspeak   Nov-12-08 04:41 PM   #26 
   He was a fantastic drummer.  ryanmuegge   Nov-12-08 05:00 PM   #28 
   He played in a Hendrix tribute here in Seattle a last week (?)  VPStoltz   Nov-12-08 05:02 PM   #29 
   I just saw him about 3 weeks ago here in Detroit.  maddogesq   Nov-12-08 08:47 PM   #32 
   Bob Dylan's grandmother?  Algorem   Nov-12-08 07:02 PM   #30 
   No, she played bass. n/t  Chemical Bill   Nov-12-08 08:47 PM   #34 
   Damn.  progressoid   Nov-12-08 08:42 PM   #31 
   ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ##  DU GrovelBot   Nov-12-08 08:47 PM   #33 
   wow and I just got two JHE albums on vinyl two weeks ago  Neo   Nov-12-08 10:17 PM   #35 
   one of the greatest drummers of all time n/t  pepperbear   Nov-12-08 10:30 PM   #36 
   That sux  michreject   Nov-12-08 10:34 PM   #37 
   Rest In Peace, Mitch.  Amonester   Nov-12-08 11:36 PM   #38 
 
lazyriver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:16 PM
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1. Listen closely and you will hear some epic jams coming from
the afterlife tonight. RIP Mitch, fire one up with Jimi for me when you see him.
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T Wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-12-08 03:16 PM
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2. Sad. Those three could really rock the house. RIP Mitch. nt
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:17 PM
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3. Oh crap, that's the worst news I've read all day
RIP Mitch.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-12-08 03:19 PM
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4. RIP Mitch.
Damn. :(
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:20 PM
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5. Mitchell was an excellent drummer....understood Jimi's...
concept perfectly.

Tikki
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:22 PM
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6. Damn, another dead one
Didn't he play drums in the super band on the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus? You know, the one with Lennon, Clapton, and Richards?

The 1960's, all of a sudden, are getting farther and farther away from us...
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:37 PM
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10. Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus, "The Dirty Mac"...
Edited on Wed Nov-12-08 03:37 PM by Amerigo Vespucci
Lennon, Clapton, Richards & Mitchell. Their songs were "Yer Blues" & "Whole Lotta Yoko."

R.I.P. Mitch.

:toast:
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:43 PM
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13. Yep, couldn't remember the name of their "band"
Reading Bill Wyman's memoirs - he was so pissed that Keith got to play bass.
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:24 PM
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7. RIP Mitch. This is for you!
Edited on Wed Nov-12-08 03:24 PM by ingin
Angel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCNQdEtV2_8
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:49 PM
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18. That is one strange video.
Where was the vocalist and keyboard player? They were sure as hell on the track.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:28 PM
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8. Now all three of the Experience are dead
RIP Jimi, Mitch and Noel
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marylanddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:34 PM
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9. I saw Jimi & his band at the Washington Hilton in 1968

Also saw the Doors there around the same time. May all of our lost rock and roll stars rest in peace.
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Desertrose Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:53 PM
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21. I saw Jimi at the Electric Factory in Philly...spring of '68
Will never forget him playing that damn guitar with his teeth....


....and Janis & Big Brother.....


OMG...this really dates me...but I don't care. They were some times to be young in.....
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27. I was at that show too!!!
The Soft Machine opened for the Experience, right?
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:38 PM
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11. All the original Experience is gone...Jimi who that first night at the club, Bag O' Nails in London
Edited on Wed Nov-12-08 04:02 PM by GreenTea
where everyone had heard the rumors about the American born Hendrix (but no one had heard him play)....Jimi just made every guitar player in England want to cry, all were in attendance at the club that night in London 1967, Clapton, Beck, Townsend, all the Beatles & the Stones and every other top British musician were all there, all were absolutely & completely blown-away by Hendrix - and all knew, they weren't even close, to being in his league, nothing like him before or since. Listen to any musician who was there that night, they have all said the same thing.

Egos were shattered that night and as Keith Moon half-jokingly put it to a fellow musician entering the club...."It's all wet up in front by the stage, from all the guitarist' tears", (crying).

And homeboy's British musicians, Mitch Mitchell & Noel Redding (the Experience) were a part of making it happen that night (and afterward).
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:44 PM
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15. Color me stupid. but I didn't know Redding had passed
Damn!
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:45 PM
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17. David "Noel" Redding (25 December, 1945 – 11 May, 2003)
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:40 PM
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12. Very talented drummer.
RIP Mitch.
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8 track mind Donating Member (827 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:43 PM
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14. FUCK!!!!
Man all of the good musicians are checking out. This sucks. Truly bad news indeed.

Mitch Mitchel was one of my all time favorites to listen to. He was one of the few rock drummers that could be in the same club as the jazz drummer Buddy Rich.
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ben_thayer (289 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 04:31 PM
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24. Yep! I always thought Mitch was
WAAAY ahead of his time, and did as much for Rock drumming as Hendrix did for the guitar.

Damn shame. RIP...

:-(
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:45 PM
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16. Damn
RIP Mitch :(
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JimboBillyBubbaBob (224 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:50 PM
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19. Mitch
Peace Mitch......................... :loveya:
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Bonhomme Richard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 03:52 PM
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20. Damn. He was in town here just a couple of weeks ago and ....
came out to see a friend of mine play (blues guitarist) at a local club where our band plays. Signed my friends guitar and all.
Too bad. Another one bites the dust.
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Parche (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 04:02 PM
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22. That is about 3blocks from here
:hi:
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 04:18 PM
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23. He certainly influenced me, and many others-I'm glad I saw Jimi Hendrix and The Experience live. n/t
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25. ROCK!!!!!
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26. RIP, Mr. Mitchell
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28. He was a fantastic drummer.
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VPStoltz (886 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-12-08 05:02 PM
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29. He played in a Hendrix tribute here in Seattle a last week (?)
I did hear the concert but the review said he looked "frail" and his playing wasn't but a flicker of its former self.
I am still amazed at what he played on those early Hendrix "albums." His playing was so much more advanced and intricate compared with any of the drummers at the time - including Keith Moon who by comparison was basically a basher.
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32. I just saw him about 3 weeks ago here in Detroit.
Dammnit. As a drummer, he stands as one of my main influences.
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30. Bob Dylan's grandmother?
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34. No, she played bass. n/t
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31. Damn.
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35. wow and I just got two JHE albums on vinyl two weeks ago
he was a perfect match to Hendrix with his lightning fast triplet fills and complex jazz rhythms. So sad all of the Jimi Hendrix Experience is gone now.
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36. one of the greatest drummers of all time n/t
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37. That sux
RIP.
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38. Rest In Peace, Mitch.
There you were a(r)t work in Monterey in 1968. Great memories! Thanks!
:yourock:
:hippie: :smoke: :hi:
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