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Mitchell auditioned for the Jimi Hendrix Experience on 6 October 1966 [13] and was chosen over Aynsley Dunbar in a coin toss. Mitchell's fast, driving, jazz -influenced playing meshed well with Hendrix's open-ended, revolutionary approach to the electric guitar.
Jun 2, 2021 · Full concert video featuring The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live in Sweden, 1969. Mitch Mitchell on Drums, Noel Redding on Bass, Jimi Hendrix on Guitar.
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May 25, 2024 · Mitch Mitchell, the drummer who, alongside Noel Redding, formed The Jimi Hendrix Experience's rhythm section, remembered his first sessions with the guitarist.
- The Winterland Ballroom – October 11, 1968. Burning guitars and rockets red-glaring aside, this show, the second in a run of three dates in San Francisco, was the absolute peak of Jimi Hendrix’s live performance career.
- The Monterey Pop Festival – June 18, 1967. When Jimi Hendrix left New York City for the UK in 1966, hardly anyone in his home country even noticed. When he came back on June 18, 1967, for the Monterey Pop Festival in northern California, they could hardly tear their eyes away.
- The Royal Albert Hall – February 24, 1969. It was one of Hendrix manager Michael Jeffrey’s more canny moves that this gig was even booked in the first place.
- Woodstock – August 18, 1969. You probably assumed that this show would top this list or maybe place second, but one transcendent moment does not a complete concert make.
Sep 18, 2021 · Mitchell joined the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966, but he wasn’t asked to join based solely on his talent. He was competing with Aynsley Dunbar, and Mitchell won his spot in the band...
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Mitch is the most underrated drummer of all time because he played with Hendrix, one of the greatest guitarists of all time. That shadow looms large.
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Nov 23, 2022 · Seated on the Louis XIV–style couch in front of me are Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox, the trailblazing rhythm section that laid the foundation beneath legendary rock guitar genius Jimi Hendrix during the last 16 months of his incendiary career.
