Mitch Mitchell 1947 - 2008

The passing of the last surviving member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience hasn’t received a great deal of media attention to date and that’s sad. Mitch was very much a pioneer of rock drumming – one of the first to move away from simple beat keeping to an improvisational style that established the drums an instrument in their own right. I’ll always think of him in black & white, head down, deep in concentration and no doubt wondering where the hell Hendrix will take this song next.! Sleep well.