Author Topic: Rest In Peace Mitch Mitchell (Read 1177 times)

tmn8r1 · « **on:** November 12, 2008, 05:25:30 pm »

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/jimi_hendrixs_drummer_mitch_mi.html

Jimi Hendrix\'s drummer, Mitch Mitchell, found dead at Portland hotel
by Joseph Rose and Stuart Tomlinson,The Oregonian
Wednesday November 12, 2008, 12:50 PM

Mitch Mitchell, the hall-of-fame drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, widely considered the legendary Seattle guitarist\'s most important musical collaborator, was found dead this morning in his Portland hotel room.

Mitchell, 61, who played with Hendrix at the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival and helped shape such songs as "Voodoo Child" and "Purple Haze," apparently died of natural causes, the Multnomah County Medical Examiner said. Mitchell was found dead at appoximately 3 a.m. in his room at the Benson Hotel in downtown Portland.

thatguy · « **Reply #1 on:** November 12, 2008, 05:30:54 pm »

oh **** that sucks..

Spacey · « **Reply #2 on:** November 12, 2008, 05:42:24 pm »

Sad news.

Happens to the best of us.

freddiewaht · « **Reply #3 on:** November 12, 2008, 05:51:36 pm »

wait.
didnt he die in the 60s with the big bopper and the cat who was in la bamba?

galenas · « **Reply #4 on:** November 12, 2008, 06:23:13 pm »

Quote from: thatguy;210797

oh **** that sucks..

that was my thought exactly.

bellbottomtear · « **Reply #5 on:** November 12, 2008, 06:29:32 pm »

Sad news