{"id":1792,"date":"2008-11-12T21:41:02","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T02:41:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-05-28T13:39:28","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T13:39:28","slug":"mitch-mitchell-last-surviving-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/mitch-mitchell-last-surviving-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch Mitchell, Last Surviving Experience Member, Found Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/Earth250x250.swf\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/Earth250x250.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He was&#8230;a <em>great<\/em> man.<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nLx0sJymw-Q?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>Seriously, Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer <strong>Mitch Mitchell<\/strong> was one of rock&#8217;s coolest drummers. He was found dead in a Portland, OR hotel after wrapping up an all-star Jimi Hendrix Experience-themed supergroup tour. Like <strong>Keith Moon<\/strong>, he played in a free and nimble style that most drummers shouldn&#8217;t attempt to duplicate. Don&#8217;t try this at home, kids.<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jiMu_ZSbKn4?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>How he wasn&#8217;t snatched up and used to maximum effect by other musicians after Hendrix dumped him is beyond me. At least you can&#8217;t say the Experience left anything on the table.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Thanks to Townsman Telewacker for directing us to this story.)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was&#8230;a great man. Seriously, Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell was one of rock&#8217;s coolest drummers. He was found dead in a Portland, OR hotel after wrapping up an all-star Jimi Hendrix Experience-themed supergroup tour. Like Keith Moon, he played in a free and nimble style that most drummers shouldn&#8217;t attempt to duplicate. Don&#8217;t <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/mitch-mitchell-last-surviving-experience\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[170],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}