Mitch Mitchell | |
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 Mitchell in 1967 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Graham Mitchell |
| Born | 9 July 1946 Ealing, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 12 November 2008 (aged 62) Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Years active | 1960–2008 |
| Formerly of | |
John Graham "Mitch" Mitchell (9 July 1946 – 12 November 2008)[1][2] was an English drummer and child actor, best known for his work in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.[3] He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2009.[4] In 2016, Mitchell was ranked number 8 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time".[5]
- ^ In his book about the Experience, Mitchell states he celebrated his 21st birthday while on tour on 9 July 1967, which makes his birth year 1946.Mitchell, Mitch; Platt, John (1990). Jimi Hendrix: Inside the Experience. New York City: St. Martin's Press. pp. 68, 173. ISBN 978-0-312-10098-8.
- ^ Mitchell's obituaries in Billboard [1], The New York Times [2] and Rolling Stone [3] indicate that he was 62 years old at the time of his death (making his birth year 1946). Other obituaries and writers have indicated he was 61 or was born on 9 July 1947: BBC [4], Drummerworld [5], Encyclopædia Britannica [6], The Guardian [7], Los Angeles Times [8], NME [9], NPR [10], The Oregonian [11], The Telegraph [12], Variety [13], Colin Larkin in The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise 4th Edition) [14] and Harry Shapiro in Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy [15]
- ^ "Jimi Hendrix Experience | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame".
- ^ "Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 1979–2014". Modern Drummer. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ Greene, Christopher R.; Weingarten, Jon; Dolan; Diehl, Matt; Micallef, Ken; Ma, David; Smith, Gareth Dylan; Wang, Oliver; Heller, Jason; Runtagh, Jordan; Shteamer, Hank; Smith, Steve; Spanos, Brittany; Grow, Kory; Kemp, Rob; Harris, Keith; Gehr, Richard; Wiederhorn, Jon; Johnston, Maura; Greene, Andy (31 March 2016). "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 April 2024.