Mitch was the Jimi Hendrix of drummers😅👍As wild, crazy, imaginative as Jimi....It's the destiny which made those 2 guys meet....They were perfect together....With Billy Cox, it was one of the best band ever, with Led Zep, and Pink Floyd.....
Sorry...but, in 1990, Mitch was getting friendly with Janie Hendrix, who was ab out to sponsor him as being a part of a caravan of musicians, paying tribute to Jimi. He needed the work..so, he definitely was being coy, and not telling the full story about Jimi's drug use and sex life...Since 1990, many books, some very good, have provided more info on Jimi, and even on Mitch. Mitchell, by the way, was a heroin addict for much of the later 70s and into the 80s. Mitch was always a bit of a prig, when it came answering questions.
Mitch Mitchell is the most underrated drummer in rock. An amazing player, great musicality and jazz influenced rock drumming. And a perfect musical compliment to Jim’is guitar style. A total original.
@@onazram1 He's one of the best, but most unrecognized classic drummers. For example most young drummers have heard of John Bonham, but few of those would have heard of Mitch Mitchell. I sat next to him in a pub once, a lovely chap.
Mitch definitely my number one drummer of all times. So tasty in his playing. Him and Jimi and Noel were perfect together and is proven in what they produced.
The Experience was just that an experience of a genius who played the guitar who's music is still "up to date". I wish he was still here can you imagine the music he would have made. A three piece power group that will never be surpassed in my opinion.
A One very good reason for a 'lackluster' performance at Isle of Wight was, as the host remembered, "it was cold", add dampness on top of that and it makes for a difficult playing experience on a stringed instrument, I've played outdoors, in summer, and my left hand would stick to the back of the neck, luckily it was a private party and I asked for some cornstarch to apply to my hand periodically during the gig.
Wrong wrong Jimi played beautifully so did the band,put your ears on ,Machine Gun, Red House,In from the storm,great night out for those that stayed to watch Jimi a d the band.
I have seen 99% of those photos...I wonder if David Sygall threatened to sue Mitch over showing those photos of Jimi with the little blond in the hotel room...He has threatened others!
I think Mitch was voted the Number 1 Jazz Drummer in England right before he joined Jimi. I saw the Experience at the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis about 1968 or 69. I sure learned a lot about drumming from Mitch. Regards, The '62 Mathew St. 1-Man Band (Total Retro Rock)
We love you Mitch! Happy that you won the 'coin toss'! Little story. After Woodstock, my buddy worked at the next 'festival' type of event, in Byron, GA. My friend happened to be awake when, at 4 am, Hendrix got up on the little stage my buddy had helped build, and played an unamplified guitar to a very small smattering of people who were awake. He said that it was a magical hour or more. Thank you Jimi, Noel Redding and Mitch for being true to their talent and leaving us with the joy of their creativity..
What a DELIGHTFUL thing to find and listen to on YT... and it's Sept 18th in 5min. Sometimes the damn algorithms do something right! ✌🏼 R.I.P. Jimi, and R.I.P. Mitch - true, real GREATS. 🙏🏼
It’s surprising that after he formed Ramatan post Experience he literally gave up performing and making music. It would be so interesting to know about that period of his life .
After playing BEHIND with Jimi Hendrix sure was difficult to play...with anyone else... and music in the 80" was for time-keeper drummers, Mitch had a completly different style.... ( but this is only my little idea...)
This was a nice find. Mitch sounded very good. In good spirits, energized and ready to speak. I'm constantly looking for any new Hendrix stuff that I haven't seen or heard. I'm surprised it took 8 months for Ytube to suggest this to me. Lots of cool pics too.
Mitch and Jimi were professional friends...but Hendrix himself was frequently remote, and Mitch was a little stand-offish as an individual..They were not very close, but clearly respected each other's talents. Mitch's book turned out to be full of generalizations, and bogus dates of gigs, etc. The photos were the best thing about his book.
Jimi was once quoted as saying" No one can really touch me, if I do not want them to!" He was enigmatic, some say shy off stage...Noel Redding felt that Hendrix simply became "big-headed" about his success.
@@morriypoulsen1238 Exactly, they were the 2 sides of the same coin! And, you needed a bassist to keep that on earth😅Jimi, Mitch, and Billy, that was the best band for Jimi, the last year....They were monstruous together!
A little rushed, to say the least - but let's not forget that Jimi's profile (and those of Mitch and Noel) were far lower at the time, than today. Yes, they've all gone up to the great gig in the sky but I'd suggest that the average level of knowledge of the average listener to the records, is far higher nowadays. People have more facts to hand. I'd like to think that Mitch and Noel got an inkling of that happening but if they didn't - a pity. It certainly would've led to a more 'let's ask the only person who might actually know' - type questions.
Chas Chandler, however, in a radio interview that’s also available on RUclips, says that too much LSD and alcohol were having a detrimental effect on Hendrix. And if I heard Mitch Mitchell correctly he said that the original recording of “Hey Joe” included some female background vocals. I didn’t know that.
Mitch's book was not so full of story, best hendrix book around is "Electric Gypsy" by Caesar Glebbek...he( caesar) devoted his life into Jimi's history.
Here is a dose of reality about Mitch...in the late 1990s, Mitch showed up as a paid guest drummer for a bunch of prospective, very good student musicians...the event was held in Port Townsend, Washington State. One of my sons's friends was a talented sax player, who actually jammed with Mitch onstage at this gathering!..Typically for a young punk, the kid eventually told me that he had "jammed with some old, frizzy-haired dude, who had been paid to be a special guest...but he did not sound very special on drums...oh, guess what? The guy was named Mitch Mitchell...I know you are a very big Hendrix fan...but almost none of my fellow young musicians thought this guy was much good on drums!" I guess around this time, Mitch must have been just going wherever the money was offered?!
Jimi needed a player like mitch because rock drumming is just to basic and really couldn't fill the massive sound that Jimi created. Mitch was sophisticated enough to make the drums more vocal than the basic back beat. I believe he was responsible for rock fusion music. Mitch branched out and had expanded it because of his freedom he had. He was overall better than John Bottom IMO. so underated. RIP Mitch.
The photos of Jimi gigging at the Piper Club, in Italy 1968, were pretty rare!..I have only seen a couple of those, but someone clearly took a whole bunch at that gig!...After that gig, someone stole Jimi's Purple silk shirt he was wearing, when he was changing back stage!
I love jimi....but I love the experience more...jimi...mitch n noel....the band of gypsy's was OK.. but the experience early stuff is where my fav stuff is ..mitch was the perfect guy for jimi
Mitch is great but last gig was at the Isle of Fehrman. bad scene. Billy Cox spiked and off the road after that. Roadie shot taking down equipment. I taped off of the bootleg where Jimi goes, "Boo boo boo. I don't give a f*^k if you boo as long as you boo in key. boo boo boo."
If you Like 9 to the Universe...fine. I hated it. Slop jazz jams. It was an album that, at the time lowered Jimi's popularity. In the mid 80's was a great compilation Kiss the Sky which was the beginning of another wave of popularity and sales.
I hate that these guys got ripped off by the record companies - apparently, Noel did not make much at all despite playing on those great first few albums.
Mitch Mitchell was perfect for Jimi Hendrix Experience and as essential member also.
As Stewart Copeland so aptly said: "Jimi Hendrix was Mitch Mitchell's guitarist!
Mitch was the Jimi Hendrix of drummers😅👍As wild, crazy, imaginative as Jimi....It's the destiny which made those 2 guys meet....They were perfect together....With Billy Cox, it was one of the best band ever, with Led Zep, and Pink Floyd.....
so nice to hear Mitch sticking up for his friend after all these years
Sorry...but, in 1990, Mitch was getting friendly with Janie Hendrix, who was ab out to sponsor him as being a part of a caravan of musicians, paying tribute to Jimi. He needed the work..so, he definitely was being coy, and not telling the full story about Jimi's drug use and sex life...Since 1990, many books, some very good, have provided more info on Jimi, and even on Mitch. Mitchell, by the way, was a heroin addict for much of the later 70s and into the 80s. Mitch was always a bit of a prig, when it came answering questions.
Interesting, what books do you recommend?
@@bartpitt2991 Caesar Glebbek Book , Electric Gypsy
@@marcosoverini6171 thank you!
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Mitch Mitchell is the most underrated drummer in rock. An amazing player, great musicality and jazz influenced rock drumming. And a perfect musical compliment to Jim’is guitar style. A total original.
Underrated? Where have you been for the past 57 years!?
He's one of the best rock drummer's , and that's well know...
@@onazram1 He's one of the best, but most unrecognized classic drummers. For example most young drummers have heard of John Bonham, but few of those would have heard of Mitch Mitchell. I sat next to him in a pub once, a lovely chap.
@@basilrug He is not unrecognized,
just because you may have just discovered him doesn't mean he's underrated or whatever.
He’s one of the most famous and respected rock and roll drummers of all-time. He’s net underrated.
'Underrated'....yawn.
Mitch definitely my number one drummer of all times. So tasty in his playing. Him and Jimi and Noel were perfect together and is proven in what they produced.
This interview is a real gem.
The Experience was just that an experience of a genius who played the guitar who's music is still "up to date". I wish he was still here can you imagine the music he would have made. A three piece power group that will never be surpassed in my opinion.
A One very good reason for a 'lackluster' performance at Isle of Wight was, as the host remembered, "it was cold", add dampness on top of that and it makes for a difficult playing experience on a stringed instrument, I've played outdoors, in summer, and my left hand would stick to the back of the neck, luckily it was a private party and I asked for some cornstarch to apply to my hand periodically during the gig.
Wrong wrong Jimi played beautifully so did the band,put your ears on ,Machine Gun, Red House,In from the storm,great night out for those that stayed to watch Jimi a d the band.
Love Mitch. He seems down to earth kinda guy. Also love the pics. Many I’ve never seen
I have seen 99% of those photos...I wonder if David Sygall threatened to sue Mitch over showing those photos of Jimi with the little blond in the hotel room...He has threatened others!
I think Mitch was voted the Number 1 Jazz Drummer in England right before he joined Jimi. I saw the Experience at the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis about 1968 or 69. I sure learned a lot about drumming from Mitch. Regards, The '62 Mathew St. 1-Man Band (Total Retro Rock)
Such a gem 💎 of an interview ❤
We love you Mitch! Happy that you won the 'coin toss'! Little story. After Woodstock, my buddy worked at the next 'festival' type of event, in Byron, GA. My friend happened to be awake when, at 4 am, Hendrix got up on the little stage my buddy had helped build, and played an unamplified guitar to a very small smattering of people who were awake. He said that it was a magical hour or more. Thank you Jimi, Noel Redding and Mitch for being true to their talent and leaving us with the joy of their creativity..
wow absolutely great story...what we have been missed!!!! ...those were the times and ..that man!
Rock in Peace
great interview..
What a DELIGHTFUL thing to find and listen to on YT... and it's Sept 18th in 5min.
Sometimes the damn algorithms do something right!
✌🏼
R.I.P. Jimi, and R.I.P. Mitch - true, real GREATS.
🙏🏼
It’s surprising that after he formed Ramatan post Experience he literally gave up performing and making music. It would be so interesting to know about that period of his life .
After playing BEHIND with Jimi Hendrix sure was difficult to play...with anyone else... and music in the 80" was for time-keeper drummers, Mitch had a completly different style.... ( but this is only my little idea...)
This was a nice find. Mitch sounded very good. In good spirits, energized and ready to speak. I'm constantly looking for any new Hendrix stuff that I haven't seen or heard. I'm surprised it took 8 months for Ytube to suggest this to me. Lots of cool pics too.
Finally, a guy who met Jimi, who's talking about him....and one of the 5 best drummer ever! Not losers who talk about him, but who never met him😂👍
Mitch and Jimi were professional friends...but Hendrix himself was frequently remote, and Mitch was a little stand-offish as an individual..They were not very close, but clearly respected each other's talents. Mitch's book turned out to be full of generalizations, and bogus dates of gigs, etc. The photos were the best thing about his book.
Jimi was once quoted as saying" No one can really touch me, if I do not want them to!" He was enigmatic, some say shy off stage...Noel Redding felt that Hendrix simply became "big-headed" about his success.
The best drummer ever for Jimi.
@@morriypoulsen1238 Exactly, they were the 2 sides of the same coin! And, you needed a bassist to keep that on earth😅Jimi, Mitch, and Billy, that was the best band for Jimi, the last year....They were monstruous together!
Good interview
Mitch super cool thx yt
A little rushed, to say the least - but let's not forget that Jimi's profile (and those of Mitch and Noel) were far lower at the time, than today.
Yes, they've all gone up to the great gig in the sky but I'd suggest that the average level of knowledge of the average listener to the records, is far higher nowadays. People have more facts to hand.
I'd like to think that Mitch and Noel got an inkling of that happening but if they didn't - a pity. It certainly would've led to a more 'let's ask the only person who might actually know' - type questions.
Chas Chandler, however, in a radio interview that’s also available on RUclips, says that too much LSD and alcohol were having a detrimental effect on Hendrix.
And if I heard Mitch Mitchell correctly he said that the original recording of “Hey Joe” included some female background vocals.
I didn’t know that.
The record version has female backgrounds all the way through. Must listen to it!!!
The last gig jimi played in Germany which Mitch refers to was full of bikers fighting each other. It was anyway other than peace and love
Mitch said the last one was in Copenhagen, not Germany
Wonderful interview. I read Noel’s book, excellent. Now I’ll look for Mitch’s!
Mitch's book was not so full of story, best hendrix book around is "Electric Gypsy" by Caesar Glebbek...he( caesar) devoted his life into Jimi's history.
Great one! Wonderful collection of photographs throughout. I really enjoyed.
Wow! Mitch is one of my favorites and I've never heard this. Thanks!
Here is a dose of reality about Mitch...in the late 1990s, Mitch showed up as a paid guest drummer for a bunch of prospective, very good student musicians...the event was held in Port Townsend, Washington State. One of my sons's friends was a talented sax player, who actually jammed with Mitch onstage at this gathering!..Typically for a young punk, the kid eventually told me that he had "jammed with some old, frizzy-haired dude, who had been paid to be a special guest...but he did not sound very special on drums...oh, guess what? The guy was named Mitch Mitchell...I know you are a very big Hendrix fan...but almost none of my fellow young musicians thought this guy was much good on drums!" I guess around this time, Mitch must have been just going wherever the money was offered?!
Great interview !
The early, 73? Chris Welch book and "Setting the Record Straight" are the 2 most honest books from those who were around and or there. By far.
Jimi needed a player like mitch because rock drumming is just to basic and really couldn't fill the massive sound that Jimi created. Mitch was sophisticated enough to make the drums more vocal than the basic back beat. I believe he was responsible for rock fusion music. Mitch branched out and had expanded it because of his freedom he had. He was overall better than John Bottom IMO. so underated. RIP Mitch.
Casually ignoring she is interviewing one of the best drummers in rock music of all time
The photos of Jimi gigging at the Piper Club, in Italy 1968, were pretty rare!..I have only seen a couple of those, but someone clearly took a whole bunch at that gig!...After that gig, someone stole Jimi's Purple silk shirt he was wearing, when he was changing back stage!
yes.....agree 100%...Jimi was bit upset after that! :-)
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I love jimi....but I love the experience more...jimi...mitch n noel....the band of gypsy's was OK.. but the experience early stuff is where my fav stuff is ..mitch was the perfect guy for jimi
i wish it wasn't out of print. Only the few there really knew how it was. Only Billy Cox is alive now.
well all of them are together now jimi noel and mitch all died date now 2023
Jimi Hendrix 🎸 Robin Trower 🎸 Eric Clapton . 🎸✨✨✨✨🎼🎼🎼🎼
Bold As Love was the best album
Mitch is great but last gig was at the Isle of Fehrman. bad scene. Billy Cox spiked and off the road after that. Roadie shot taking down equipment. I taped off of the bootleg where Jimi goes, "Boo boo boo. I don't give a f*^k if you boo as long as you boo in key. boo boo boo."
If you Like 9 to the Universe...fine. I hated it. Slop jazz jams. It was an album that, at the time lowered Jimi's popularity. In the mid 80's was a great compilation Kiss the Sky which was the beginning of another wave of popularity and sales.
"Jimi Hendrix didnt have a white rhythm section!"
"O shit, the whole dam band was white!" Still one of the best lines in white men can't jump.
Funny...in another interview, Mitchell said that his relationship with Jimi was "pretty distant."
I hate that these guys got ripped off by the record companies - apparently, Noel did not make much at all despite playing on those great first few albums.
They signed a contract and got paid according,end of story.
Now we know he didn’t choke on his own vomit… He took too many/strong sleeping pills and didn’t wake up
@ncs217, no. The facts, as reported umpteen times are that the overdose of sleeping pills produced a vomiting reaction, which Jimi then choked on.
How is annoying is this interviewer. She's too busy talking over Mitch so she can listen to her own silly voice. She's not even listening to him.
Yes it's aall abit rushed. Plus she should really talk about MITCH and his drumming.