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The last living member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience was found dead in his hotel room in Portland, OR earlier today. Mitch Mitchell, along with bassist Noel Redding, played with Hendrix on albums such as "Axis: Bold As Love" and their debut, "Are You Experienced?". He beat the skins relentlessly behind Jimi and Noel as they stormed on to the American music scene at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 after gaining fame in England.
Mitchell had been reliving the past while drumming for the Experience Hendrix Tour. Jimi Hendrix, probably the most influential rock guitarist of all time, died tragically in 1970 at the age of 27 of asphyxiation. Noel Redding passed away in 2003 at 57 due to liver failure. It appears Mitchell died of natural causes, although an autopsy will take place. He was 61.
Photo courtesy of www.jimihendrix.com.
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RIP, you will be missed!
that's a fuckin' shame
oh shit... My first favorite drummer. RIP Mitch.
I feel your pain, Manny. When I was learning bass, I must have played along with Mitch on Red House a thousand times. He will be missed.
Gone, but not forgotten.