[L-R] Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell
R.I.P. Mitch Mitchell the original drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He apparently died of natural causes in his hotel room at Portland’s Benson Hotel. Yahoo! has the story:
PORTLAND, Ore. – Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group’s last surviving [...]
The New York Times reports that Richard Wright, keyboard player for Pink Floyd, who met Roger Waters and Nick Mason in college and joined their early band, Sigma 6, has died. Along with the late Syd Barrett, the four formed Pink Floyd in 1965. In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright, along with Barrett, [...]
The New York Times reports - LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46. R.I.P.