The last surviving member of the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience, drummer Mitch Mitchell, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61 years old.
Noel Redding – Jimi Hendrix – Mitch Mitchell
Englishman, Mitchell was a powerful force on the Hendrix band’s 1967 debut album “Are You Experienced?” as well as the trio’s albums “Electric Ladyland” and “Axis: Bold As Love.” He had an explosive drumming style that can be heard in hard-charging songs such as “Fire” and “Manic Depression.”
Hendrix died in 1970. Bass player Noel Redding died in 2003.
Mitchell had been drumming for the Experience Hendrix Tour, which performed Friday in Portland. It was the last stop on the West Coast part of the tour.
“He was a wonderful man, a brilliant musician and a true friend. His role in shaping the sound of the Jimi Hendrix Experience cannot be underestimated.” – Janie Hendrix, chief executive of the Experience Hendrix Tour and Jimi Hendrix’ stepsister.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 1992. According to the Hall of Fame, Mitchell was born July 9, 1947, in Ealing, England.
Terry Stewart, chief executive of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, said Mitchell transformed his instrument from a “strictly percussive element to a lead instrument.”
“His interplay with Jimi Hendrix’s guitar on songs like ‘Fire’ is truly amazing,” Stewart said Wednesday. “Mitch Mitchell had a massive influence on rock ‘n’ roll drumming and took it to new heights.”
Rock On Mitch, we hope you, Noel and Jimi are Jammin again!
There’s a new Guitar Hero in town. The 35 year old Super ModelHeidi Klum provides the Tits-n-Ass for a new Guitar Hero Promotion. In the Tom Cruise “Risky Business” tradition this video Rocks!
U2 Lead Singer 48 year old Bono (Sir Paul Hewson) was seen at the beach in St Tropez a couple of 19 year old groupies, American fashion student Andrea Feick and her British friend Hannah Emerson.
Bono Has A 3-Some
Shocking Sex Scandal, hardly, just one of the perks of being a rich and famous Rock and Roll Star, you get all the Pretty Girls! So what does his wife (of 15 years) Ali think about all this. Oh well, it’s just another day, she knows her man will be coming home!
October 20th – one of the greatest Rock and Roll bands of all time – AC/DC’s will release widely-anticipated Black Ice, the band’s first studio album in eight years. Black Ice features 15 new tracks from brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd. The album was produced by Brendan O’Brien and mixed by Mike Fraser at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC.
Rock ‘N’ Roll Train – AC/DC
“Rock ‘N’ Roll Train,” the album’s first single was a released on August 28th. The band is set to kick off its first world tour since 2001 in late October.
Snitch Bitch or Hero? Poparazza Jill Ishkanian, who operates Sunset Photo & News ratted out Actress Heather Locklear in a 911 call, when she observed the 47 year old star driving erratically.
Heather Locklear Mug Shot
Then when the cops showed up Ishkanian snapped shots of the arrest and sold them to TMZ formore than $27,000. Not a bad days work.
The California Highway Patrol said the actress showed “obvious impairment,” but alcohol has been ruled out. So what does that mean? Drugs of course!
Has the six time-Golden Globe-nominated Actress gone off the deep-end due to depression and medication she started taking after that Bitch Denise Richards stole her husband, Bon JoviGuitarist, Richie Sambora?
Locklear’s representive said: “Heather has been dealing with anxiety and depression. She requested an in-depth evaluation of her medication and entered into a medical facility for proper diagnosis and treatment. This is a confidential medical matter and no further statement will be released.“
We think shes just fine, so what’s a little Booze and Drugs anyway, who cares… we’d rather see Heather Locklear Naked!
English Supermodel / Cover Girl 35 year old Kate Moss was seen coming out of The Ivy Club, an upscale private club in Central London with a seriously inflamed nostril. Looks like she has been on a major Cocaine Binge.
A Bummed Out Kate Moss With Her Coke Nose!
The “Menbers Only” club advertises “The Club at The Ivy combines impeccable service, elegant surroundings and absolute discretion”. Now we know what goes on at this club!
There was no sign of boyfriend, The Kills guitarist, 39 year-old Jamie Hince. The couple had a very public falling out at Punk nightclub in London’s Soho last week.
Country Star Singer, Actor, Guitarist Jerry Reed, the famous Good Ol’ Boy from car chase movies like “Smokey and the Bandit,” has died of complications from emphysema at 71.
Reed had a string of hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, that included “Amos Moses,” “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot,” “East Bound and Down,” “She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)” and “The Bird.”
Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed
In the mid-1970s, he starred in movies such as “Smokey and the Bandit” with Burt Reynolds, usually as a good ol’ boy. But he was an ornery heavy in “Gator,” directed by Reynolds, and a hateful coach in 1998’s “The Waterboy,” starring Adam Sandler.
Reed and Kris Kristofferson paved the way for Nashville music personalities to make inroads into films. Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers (TV movies) followed their lead.
Most people don’t know that Jerry was actually a Smokin HotGuitarist, (he preferred Gibson Les Paul’s) with a distinctive style and influenced a lot of country and rock and roll players.
24 year old singer Amy Winehouse had to cancel her appearance at the Rock En Seine festival in Paris. Her spokespeople said: “She was taken ill at her house and wasn’t able to travel to France for the concert.” (Right!)
Amy Winehouse On Drugs!
Rumor has it Windhouse has been on a serious Crack Cocaine bender andOD’d again. During the last three months Winehouse has twice been rushed to hospital, for a drug overdose.
“Amy Winehouse was regrettably unable to perform at the Rock En Seine show in Paris due to illness,” her spokesman said in a statement late on Friday.
Winehouse is due to appear at the Bestival festival on the Isle of Wight next weekend. Lets see if they can get her sobered up by then…
