Mitch Mitchell

Biography

Because the drummer within the Jimi Hendrix Knowledge, Mitch Mitchell was one of the biggest rock drummers from the 1960s. Mitchell’s design was a mixture of the depart of somebody like Keith Moon using the jazz intricacy of the sticksman like Elvin Jones. While no-one, including Mitchell, could match Moon for sheer rock and roll power, it is also accurate that Mitchell got the strategy to deal with some rhythms and patterns which were beyond Moon’s skills. Mitchell was drummer on every one of the Hendrix Experience’s recordings plus some of his post-Experience single outings, and was still in his touring music group when Hendrix passed away in Sept 1970. Mitchell was a previous child professional who got starred within the BBC children’s tv series Jennings before he was also in his teenagers. By the first ’60s he was focusing on his drumming, and obtained experience in rings such asPeter Nelson & the Holidaymakers as well as the Coronets. He also began doing some program function, and was an associate from the Riot Squad, who experienced about half twelve soul-rock singles within the middle-’60s without obtaining a strike. He performed on a number of the Very Points’ second recording, Obtain the Picture? He was regarded as for the long term drum seat within the music group when Viv Prince remaining, but was exceeded over and only Miss Alan, whom the Pretties experienced experienced a more appropriate personality. Mitchell performed in Georgie Popularity & the Blue Flames during 1965 and 1966, but was terminated in Oct 1966 once the lineup disbanded. Your day following the firing, Chas Chandler asked him to audition for the group getting shaped around Jimi Hendrix. Mitchell defeat out a whole lot of best young skill in London, like the various other finalist, Aynsley Dunbar. Chandler afterwards said that, struggling to constitute their thoughts, he and Hendrix tossed a gold coin, the flip developing, fortunately for everybody worried (except Dunbar), in Mitchell’s favour. Mitchell had not been only sideman to Hendrix, but a significant collaborator. Often changing rhythms, under no circumstances predictable, he was also versatile enough to jump off and react to Hendrix’s very own original single lines. This is evident on the 1st singles as well as the trio’s initial album, HAVE YOU BEEN Experienced?, as could be heard in the thrilling drum parts in paths like “Fireplace,” “Third Rock from sunlight,” and “Manic Despair.” The Jimi Hendrix Knowledge as originally shaped — Hendrix, Mitchell, and bassist Noel Redding — performed their last present in middle-1969. There adopted a complicated period where Hendrix was certainly unsure of where you can consider his music and who to create along for the trip, or perhaps actually whether he desired a permanent music group lineup of any type. Mitchell performed behind Hendrix at his popular Woodstock performance, but Hendrix began playing and documenting using the Music group of Gypsys, with Billy Cox on bass and Friend Kilometers on drums. The Music group of Gypsys didn’t proceed smoothly, and the initial Encounter was re-formed in early 1970, but dropped apart almost instantly. By the springtime of 1970, Hendrix was using Cox on bass and Mitchell on drums. Mitchell offers created that Hendrix, after completing a intense tour in Sept 1970, wished to keep dealing with Mitchell, another bass participant than Cox (probably Jack port Casady or Jack port Bruce), along with other music artists, possibly like the Brecker Brothers and Motown players. Hendrix passed away before any programs were produced. Mitchell, unfortunately, provides rarely documented since, a pity as he certainly acquired the talent to utilize top-flight rock as well as perhaps jazz and experimental music artists. Some revisionist historians possess contended that Mitchell and Redding had been white encounters hitched to Hendrix by pop-conscious administration, which Hendrix’s heart lay down with black music artists who were nearer to the guitarist’s blues and spirit heritage. Considering the available proof, however, it appears impossible to summarize that Hendrix was simply enduring Mitchell due to outside stresses that avoided him from collaborating with dark music artists. Eventually, Mitchell was the musician with whom Hendrix acquired the main and sustained innovative relationship from the lots of people he led or backed, both onstage and on record. With John Platt, Mitchell composed a memoir of his Hendrix years, Jimi Hendrix: In the Encounter, recommended because of its first-hand perspective and emphasis upon the musical cornerstone from the Hendrix star.

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1	Was the longest-living member of The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
2	Tried out for The Who in 1964 but didn't get the job.
3	Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Jimi Hendrix Experience) in 1992.



Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock	1999/II	Video	Drums
Taggart	1988	TV Series	Minister
Tapeheads	1988		Swanky Modes Band (as John Mitchell)
The Gospel According to Vic	1986		Gibbons (as John Mitchell)
The Unholy Rollers	1972		Horace McKay (as John Mitchell)
The Groundstar Conspiracy	1972		MP (as John Mitchell)
Redcap	1965	TV Series	Boy Corporal Harper
Emergency-Ward 10	1965	TV Series	The Riot Squad
You and the World	1964	TV Series	Jim
Sing and Swing	1963		Andrews (as John Mitchell)
Looking About	1961	TV Series	Midshipman Bulkley
Dixon of Dock Green	1961	TV Series	Ginger
An Enemy of the People	1961	TV Series	Ejlif Stockmann
Bottoms Up	1960		Wendover (as John Mitchell)
The Secret Garden	1960	TV Series	Basil Crawfurd
Love and Mr Lewisham	1959	TV Series	Master Frobisher
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness	1958		Bit Part (uncredited)
Jennings at School	1958	TV Series	Jennings

Composer

Composer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Hendrix on Hendrix	2013	Documentary
Experience Jimi Hendrix	2001	Video documentary

Music Department

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Rainbow Bridge	1972	Documentary music consultant

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
WCW/NWO SuperBrawl VIII	1998	TV Movie performer: "Voodoo Child Slight Return"

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show	2002	Video documentary consultant: Experience Hendrix

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Last Experience		Documentary pre-production	Himself - Jimi Hendrix Experience (as John Mitchell)
Jimi Hendrix Electric Church	2015	TV Movie documentary	Himself (as John Mitchell)
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show	2002	Video documentary	Himself
Experience Jimi Hendrix	2001	Video documentary	Himself
Hendrix: Band of Gypsys	1999	Video documentary	Himself
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock	1999/I	Video documentary	Himself (Drums)
Classic Albums	1997	TV Series documentary	Himself
Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival	1997	Documentary	Himself (Jimi Hendrix's Drummer)
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus	1996	Documentary	Himself - The Dirty Mac
Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock	1993	Documentary	Himself
Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight	1991	Documentary	Himself (Drums)
The South Bank Show	1989	TV Series documentary	Himself - Interviewee
Jimi Plays Monterey	1986	Documentary	Himself
Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley's Rock 'n' Roll All Star Jam	1985	Video documentary	Himself
Jimi Hendrix	1973	Documentary	Himself - Interviewee
Rainbow Bridge	1972	Documentary	Himself
Jimi Plays Berkeley	1971	Documentary	Himself (Drums, Percussion)
Regisseure von morgen	1970	TV Series documentary	Himself - Musician
Beat-Club	1967-1970	TV Series	Himself - Musician
Experience	1968	Documentary short	Himself
Monterey Pop	1968	Documentary	Performer, with Jimi Hendrix (uncredited)
Hoepla	1967	TV Series documentary	Himself
Dee Time	1967	TV Series	Himself
Beat! Beat! Beat!	1967	TV Series	Himself
In Search of Adventure	1961-1962	TV Series documentary	Himself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
American Masters	2013	TV Series documentary	Himself
Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock	2012	Documentary	Himself
Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child	2010	Documentary
Georgie Fame 60 år	2003	TV Movie

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