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lewisn27
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Re: R.I.P.: Mitch Mitchell
I have a tear, =,(
R.I.P Mitch Mitchell.
I have a tear, =,(
R.I.P Mitch Mitchell.
RIP. He was one of my early influences...time to get my Hendrix CDS out.
Fire,Hey Joe,Crosstown Traffic are obvious choices but also Little miss lover,6 was 9,third stone from the sun,castles made of sand,freedom, and of course Voodoo Chile. He never did a bad song really I liked them all.I was truly sad to hear the news today of the passing of Mitch Mitchell. I think I was in Junior high school when I really started listening to Hendrix. The drums caught my attention right away, I used to spend hours trying to imitate those incredible fills he had. I loved how he brought jazz drumming into rock, his style was the perfect compliment to Jimmy's playing. He will never be forgotten, he will and has influenced a whole other generation of drummers. He was definately one of my early influences. Today I jammed to Spanish Castle Magic, Fire and Crosstown Traffic in honor of Mitch. A big loss to the drumming community. What are your favorite Mitch Mitchell tunes to play along with?
I've been sick for the past couple of days and I completely missed the news of his passing, so it's a new shock for me. :-(
Whenever I'm messing around with brushes I'll put on "Up From the Skies" and try to play along with it. It's still my favorite brush song of all time.
I never read any explanation of why Mitch "gave up" drumming for so long. Does anybody have any information about that? Seems criminal that such a good drummer spent so much time out of the spotlight.