Mitch Mitchell, Hendrix Drummer, Found Dead
From the AP:
"PORTLAND — Authorities say Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s, has been found dead in his Portland hotel room.
"Erin Patrick, a deputy medical examiner in Multnomah County, says Mitchell was found dead a little after 3 a.m. today in his room at the Benson Hotel in downtown Portland.
"She says Mitchell apparently died of natural causes at 62. An autopsy is planned."
"He was in Oregon to play with the Experience Hendrix Tour. Now all the members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, certainly one of the great bands in rock history, are dead. Hendrix died in 1970. Bassist Noel Redding died in 2003.
Sad.
Posted by Philip Dawdy at November 12, 2008 04:51 PM
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Mitch, Thanx for monster sounds you laid on us. The Experience would never have been the same without you... I always thought Mitch would've been the best guy to fill in for Kieth Moon... Maybe Moony has been jammin with Jimi somewhere out there. Move over Moon.
