Mitch Mitchell dies at 62

It is a sad day in the world of Music today as Mitch Mitchell, the Drummer from the Jimmy Hendrix Experience has died at the age of 62. He died Wednesday in a hotel in Portland, Oregon.

The cause was unknown, said Bob Merlis, publicist for the tour.

Mitchell was one of two Englishmen in the Experience, the group that catapulted Hendrix to fame in the late 1960s.

When Mitchell was first hired, he was barely out of his teens but already an established session player with the Pretty Things and Georgie Fame.

Mitchell did not expect much is anything from the job.

"I'll give it a crack," he later remembered telling Chandler, who became one of Hendrix's managers. "I'll have a go for two weeks."

But led by Hendrix's explosive and rhapsodic style, the group revolutionized rock music and became an archetypal power trio.


The Jimi Hendrix Experience released three albums: "Are You Experienced" (1967), "Axis: Bold as Love" (1967) and "Electric Ladyland" (1968). Mitchell continued to play with Hendrix until his death in 1970.

After Hendrix died, Mitchell worked with the producer Eddie Kramer in completing the albums "The Cry of Love" and "Rainbow Bridge," and he long worked with Experience Hendrix, the company founded by Hendrix's father.