The final living member of the famed Jimi Hendrix Experience has died. Mitch Mitchell, who played drums with Hendrix from 1966 to 1969 was found dead of apparent natural causes in his hotel in Portland, Oregon early Wednesday. Mitchell had been spending a brief vacation in Portland following his gig Friday with the Experience Hendrix Tour.
"It was a devastating surprise," tour publicist Bob Merlis told the AP. "Nobody drummed like he did."
Click more to read the rest of the AP story and the last published interview with Mitchell.
Mitchell played for numerous other bands but was best known for his work in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, which was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in 1992. According to the Hall of Fame, he was born July 9, 1947, in Ealing, England. Hendrix, Redding and Mitchell held their first rehearsal in October 1996, according to the Hall of Fame's Web site.
In an interview last month with the Boston Herald, Mitchell said he met Hendrix "in this sleazy little club. We did some Chuck Berry and took it from there," Mitchell told the newspaper. "I suppose it worked."
Here's the complete Mitch Mitchell interview, from the October 13 edition of the Boston Herald.
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