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Topic: RIP Mitch Mitchell... :-( |
Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 12:51 pm |
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This is a sad sad day......
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 1:19 pm
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| Yes, it is... |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 1:28 pm
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| oh man.... |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 1:43 pm This sucks!
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Leaving only Billy Cox from the glory day's of Jimi.
At least he was on tour, doing what he loved. |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 2:44 pm
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| Saw them in Rochester, 1968. Slowly, but surely, the past disappears. |
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.
From:
Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 2:58 pm
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Sad day indeed. The Experience will live on forever.
Arch.
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 3:04 pm
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Oh my, oh my...
Mitch Mitchell was my favorite rock drummer, by far. Jimi's Elvin, indeed!
Was it Tom Waits who said "Everyone I like is either dead or not feeling too well"?
How many musicians' departures from this world have I mourned this year? I've lost track.  |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 7:55 pm
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When I was a kid I could not figure out how he came up with all those great grooves like on "Up From the Sky". Then I learned later that he was influenced by great jazz drummers and had a wonderful musical vocabulary. He was the perfect match for Hendrix. He was as integral part of the Hendrix sound.
This is really too sad, but it all comes to an end.....
At least he lived long enough to know how appreciated his musical contributions were. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 8:59 pm
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| Yes, a very sad day indeed. Too many of these guys are going far too young. Also my favorite rock drummer, period. Mitch was a huge part of Jimi's sound. |
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Kyle Everson
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 9:18 pm
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| Bummer. When I was first starting out on drums, Mitch Mitchell was one of my biggest influences. I saw a special on tv a couple years ago that he was on, and he still sounded great. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 1:27 am
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another great one leaves us to join the great jam in heaven
Jimi was blessed to have Mitch who contributed so much to the Experience
He was a real nice fellow too
RIP Mitch |
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robert kramer
From:
Nashville TN
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 10:44 am
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Another legend gone... DANG!
Fine player, big sound and things changed after his arrival.
RIP Mitch
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Bob Ritter
From:
pacfic, wa
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 11:46 am
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loved that man.
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 12:22 pm
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the hesitating tom tom hits morphing into the flanged paradiddles leading into the outro of Bold as Love...
nothin' cooler |
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.
From:
Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 2:47 pm
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Yep. One of the best outros in rock music. I admired Mitch for his ability to stay `on track` when Jimi wandered.
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 5:43 pm
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| Huge loss. Great player - perfect complement to Jimi's far-out style. |
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Kevin Greenberg
From:
Lakewood, CA
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 9:49 pm R.I.P. Mitch Mitchell
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| One of my drum heroes is gone. There will never be another player like him. |
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