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sir pball

(5,352 posts) Thu Jul 17, 2025, 12:19 AM Jul 2025

Mitch Mitchell may have been the best drummer of the '60s.

But unlike Moon or Bonham, he was...not a well-known musician in his band.

He was drumming for a guy named Jimi Hendrix, it's no wonder his immense talent went basically unnoticed.

But he was…really good. Like this good:

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Mitch Mitchell may have been the best drummer of the '60s. (Original Post) sir pball Jul 2025 OP

Mitch Mitchell was great! ... But I think Buddy Miles did it even better JoseBalow Jul 2025 #1

Holy NBachers Jul 2025 #2

Agreed... OmegaX Jul 2025 #3

to me Skittles Jul 2025 #4

How do you judge drummers? (n.t.) Oeditpus Rex Jul 2025 #5

JoseBalow

(9,742 posts)

1. Mitch Mitchell was great! ... But I think Buddy Miles did it even better

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 02:15 AM

Jul 2025

Band of Gypsies FTW!

(4:36)

NBachers

(19,572 posts)

2. Holy

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 03:07 AM

Jul 2025

Shit

OmegaX

(51 posts)

3. Agreed...

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 04:35 AM

Jul 2025

Band of Gypsys > Jimi Hendrix Experience, all day, every day.

The moment Hendrix's guitar comes screaming in at :19 over Buddy Miles' drum groove and Bllly Cox's funky bass line is one of the most perfectly sublime, orgasmic moments in rock music, bar none:

Skittles

(172,881 posts)

4. to me

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 05:55 AM

Jul 2025

Jimi will always be the coolest guy who ever lived on this planet

Oeditpus Rex

(43,094 posts)

5. How do you judge drummers? (n.t.)

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 06:55 AM

Jul 2025

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