Variety.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Music News: Executive named senior VP, A&R of label -- Jeff Aldrich, who managed the A&R of film soundtracks among other duties during his eight years at Warner Bros., has been named senior VP, A&R, RCA Music Group.
G E A R - M O N S T E R S (Free subscription) | 12/26/2008
TheGearPage.net forums have a nice collection of photographs of the gear that the guitarists on the Experience Hendrix tour were using. For example, there are photos of Eric Johnson’s rig, Brad Whitford’s rig, Mato Nanji’s rig, Bernard Allison’s rig, Eric Gales’s rig, Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s rig, Jonny Lang’s rig, Buddy Guy’s rig, and there are [...]
Bluesdiary (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Everything Is Broken Super-Song-Premiere
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
PORTLAND, Ore. AP- Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61. 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.
DailyStab (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Above photo: From left, Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell arrive at Heathrow airport in London in 1967. The legendary drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group’s last surviving member, Mitch Mitchell, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61. Mitchell was a powerful force on the [...]
Radar (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Mitch Mitchell, legendary rock drummer for Jimi Hendrix, was found dead in his hotel room on Wednesday morning. The British-born "natural" had finished the last West Coast date for the current Experience Hendrix Tour on Friday in Portland. "He was a
Daily Lobo (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
PORTLAND, Ore. - Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61. 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.
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.
The Concert Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
I just got this from the Hendrix publicist (Bob Merlis) and I’m passing along: MITCH MITCHELL 1946 – 2008 Mitch Mitchell, the innovative drummer who anchored the Jimi Hendrix Experience, has died at the age of 62. Mitchell passed away on November 12 in Portland, Oregon of natural causes. The London native had completed an 18 city American [...]
The Weight (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
His last days were spent celebrating the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix with old and new friends on the 2008 Experience Hendrix tour. For nearly 4 weeks, the tour traveled coast-to-coast bringing the music of Jimi Hendrix to nearly 50,000 fans across the country. In addition to Mitchell, the tour featured Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Cesar Rojas and David Hidalgo (Los...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Music review: In celebration of rock's most influential guitarist, instruments were caressed, coaxed and cajoled to maximum effect at the Experience Hendrix concert Thursday at the Paramount Theatre.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Concert review by Patrick MacDonald: The Experience Hendrix Tribute Tour featured nearly two dozen musicians playing the music of Jimi Hendrix — from Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Mike McCready to Hendrix bandmates Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox — at a concert at the Paramount on Nov. 6.
Used, but not abused (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
1. “I Got A Mind To Give Up Living” Paul Butterfield Blues Band East-West 2. “That’s All Right Mama” Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup 3. “Every Day I Have The Blues” B.B. King 4. “Piney Brown Blues” Big Joe Turner 5. “Baby, Please Don’t Go” Big Joe Williams 6. Blues In The Night Bobby “Blue” Bland Ask Me ‘Bout Nothing (But The [...]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Experience Hendrix, a Jimi Hendrix tribute tour starring Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox of the Band of Gypsys, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Robby Kreiger of the Doors and members of Queensryche, comes to Seattle's Paramount Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008.
