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Mitch Mitchell 9 July 1947 – 12 November 2008

Jimi Hendrix Experience: Fire and Sunshine Of Your Love
From: Live at Winterland

Rest in peace to one of my favourite drummers. I don’t know much about the art of the sticks but even I could always recognise the greatness of this man’s talent. As part of the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience he more than held his own against the great man’s guitar playing managing to throw in jaw dropping moments of drumming while never being thrown by the experimental roads the music took. In my mind at least his work with and post Hendrix helped lay the foundation for many generations of drummers to come and should never be underestimated.

I just chose two random tracks of this fantastic live recording though pretty much any of them would have done to showcase Mitchell at the height of his powers. RIP.