whatever happened to Mitch Mitchell??
dromedary
amazing.....what the hell happened to him after JH died? he obviously had
enough talent to keep playing if he wanted to, but I've never heard/seen
ANYTHING from him in 30 years.....
anyone??
riddim
mentioned 2 projects he's on.
This week -maybe LA NAMM.
R
E Leesa E
Don't really know what he's been up to. Anybody have any ideas?
Leesa.
Proud endorser of Pro*Mark sticks and Kansas City Drumworks.
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Pat McDonald
dromedary wrote:
He's living here in Nashville although I don't hear much of him playing
out. I heard that he was working at a pawn shop owned by one of JH's
former bassists. Don't know who. I met him one night while on break
during a lame country gig and briefly chatted with him. Really nice guy.
Very cordial. I felt a little like I was meeting Ringo or someone! When
I went back in the club and told everyone who I just met, they all looked at
me like "Who?". Some guys just don't get it.....
Pat
Drumbo
>
> hey, all, I'm not a drummer but I always thought this guy was pretty
> amazing.....what the hell happened to him after JH died? he obviously had
> enough talent to keep playing if he wanted to, but I've never heard/seen
> ANYTHING from him in 30 years.....
>
> anyone??
You aren't looking or listening very hard! :-) Here's a
(partial) list of stuff I dug up:
Mitch did session work prior to more than 25 "legit" Hendrix
albums, which included: "Pete Nelson and the Travelers", "Les
Reed Orchestra" (appeared on 'Ready Steady Go!' British TV show),
Petula Clark, Joe Meek, Brenda Lee, Ray Davies (of the Kinks),
"The Tornados" (featured Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie
Blackmore), "The Coronets" (Chris Stanford's backing band -
singles: "Not too Little, Not too Much" & "Get Away"), "The Riot
Squad" (circa 1965) and "Georgie Fame's Blue Flames" (single -
"Yeh Yeh").
In 1968 Mitch played with "The Dirty Mac", a supergroup
consisting of himself, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, and Keith
Richards. Released as _The Rolling Stones Rock n' Roll Circus_ in
1996 it also features The Who, Jethro Tull and Taj Mahal.
In 1969 he played on Noel Redding's _Fat Mattress_, with 'Eire
Apparent' (again with Noel, produced by Hendrix)on _Sunrise_ and
on _Friends and Angels_ by Martha Velez.
In 1971 he was on Jack Bruce's (formerly Cream) _Harmony Row_ and
_London Muddy Waters Sessions_ was released. He also subbed for a
brief period with the Jeff Beck Group in July 1971 when Cozy
Powell was ill.
In 1972 he played with Mike Pinera (Iron Butterfly?) on self
titled album _Ramatam_ and with Randy California (Spirit) on
_Kapt. Kopter & The (Fabulous) Twirl_.
In 1973 he played on Mike Vernon's _Moments of Madness_.
In 1974 he was on Muddy Water's _London Revisited_.
In 1976 he was on an "All Star" album called _Summit Meeting_ by
"Free Creek", Conducted by Earle Doud and featuring: Linda
Ronstadt, Valerie Simpson & Maretha Stewart - Vocals; Dr. John on
Piano; Todd Rundgren, Delaney Bramlett, Doug Rodriguez, Harvey
Mandel, Eric Clapton, Howard Buzzy Feiten, Bernie Leadon &
Elliott Randall on guitars; Keith Emerson, Mark "Moogy" Klingman
& Bob Smith - Organ; Chris Darrow & Larry Packer - Violin; Red
Rhodes - Steel Guitar; Lew Soloff, Bill Chase, Alan Rubin & Harry
Hall - Trumpets; Tom "Bones" Malone, Bob Keller, Meco Monardo &
Louis Del Gatto - Trombones; Joe Farrell & Chris Wood - Flute;
Chuck Rainey, Richard Davis, John London, Stu Woods & Larry
Taylor - Bass; Didymus - Percussion; John Ware & Adolfo "Fito" de
la Parra on drums (as well as Mitch) among other musicians too
numerous to keep listing - Geeze I want this record!
1980 he played with Roger Chapman on _Mail Order Magic_
There is a reference to him at the Sky Saxon (The Seeds) site
http://www.jetlink.net/~jim/seeds/skyint3.htm that says Mitch
Mitchell worked with a band called 555 Dragonslayer in the late
80's.
In 1990 Muddy Waters _The Chess Box_ was released featuring Mitch
(another "All-Star" LP this times blues legends) including: Mike
Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, James Cotton, Willie Dixon, Buddy
Guy, Earl Hooker, Big Walter Horton, Little Walter, Junior Wells,
Rory Gallagher, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Sunnyland Slim & Casey Jones
among many, many others. (I want this Boxed 3 Record Set TOO!)
In 1993 he drummed on Robert Wyatt's _Mid-Eighties_ and he helped
engineer Onyx's debut Rap/Hip Hop album _Bacdafucup_ (UGH!)
In 1994 he joined Michael Bloomfield and did samples for another
Dance mix called _If 60's Were 90's_ by "Beautiful People"
In 1996 he was on a tribute album to Carl Perkins featuring
various artists called _Go Cat Go_.
In 1998 Country guitarist Junior Brown's album _Long Walk Back
From San Antone_, featured Mitch on two cuts: 'Keepin' Up With
You' and 'Stupid Blues'.
In July '99 Mitch and former Hendrix bassist Billy Cox performed
as the "Gypsy Suns Experience" at the Exit/In club in Nashville.
Billy mentioned an upcoming CD which could be "It's Your Life" by
_Tendure's Dream_ (see below). "Gypsy Suns Experience" also
played at the main stage of Itchycoo Park in Tennessee in August.
They played with a guitarist called 'Tendor', a 2nd guitarist,
and 3 girl singers.
In August '99 Mitch played drums on four tracks of guitarist
Scott Holt's second album 'Dark of the Night'. He plays on
'Breakin' Up Somebody's Home', 'Five Women', 'You Gotta Serve
Somebody', and 'Voodoo Chile' along with Billy Cox. He also plays
on several other cuts including "Crosstown Traffic," "Breakin' Up
Somebody's Home," "Five Women." and "You Gotta Serve Somebody."
Go to the Scott Holt website to hear some samples.
http://www.scottholt.com/htm/new_music.htm (Hendrix Fans Listen
Up - These tracks SMOKE!!!!)
In late October '99 _Tendure's Dream_ released "It's Your Life",
featuring Mitch. It's available for $12.99 at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000031VST/102-2109579-5216024
No information on the other players, but Cox is probably
involved. 'Tendure' sounds a lot like 'Tendor', the lead
guitarist for "Gypsy Suns Experience" shows in Tennessee.
In November '99 rumor in alt.music.jimi.hendrix said, "Mitch is
now in San Diego working as a marketing representative for a
prominent web company that provides online services." According
to that source, "Mitch wants to put his music life behind him and
concentrate on his new career. This is strange, since he was so
busy earlier in the year.
There's a Mitch Mitchell message board at:
http://www.gamers.com/messages/overview.asp?board_id=20547
This is a "Fan" board, but these folks may be able to give you
some info.
Now aren't ya glad you asked RMMP? :-)
Jimmy
"Of course I have an attitude, I spent my life beating things for
a living."
- Drumbo
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Brian K. Trepanier
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"Boring excitement into your skull"
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drumguru
Mitch's main pad and family are down in Georgia but he has an apartment
here.
Pat McDonald wrote:
>
> dromedary wrote:
>
> > hey, all, I'm not a drummer but I always thought this guy was pretty
> > amazing.....what the hell happened to him after JH died? he obviously had
> > enough talent to keep playing if he wanted to, but I've never heard/seen
> > ANYTHING from him in 30 years.....
> >
> > anyone??
>
> He's living here in Nashville although I don't hear much of him playing
> out. I heard that he was working at a pawn shop owned by one of JH's
> former bassists. Don't know who. I met him one night while on break
> during a lame country gig and briefly chatted with him. Really nice guy.
> Very cordial. I felt a little like I was meeting Ringo or someone! When
> I went back in the club and told everyone who I just met, they all looked at
> me like "Who?". Some guys just don't get it.....
>
> Pat
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Nashville TN
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Trucci
>Don't really know what he's been up to. Anybody have any ideas?
>Leesa.
>Proud endorser of Pro*Mark sticks and Kansas City Drumworks.
>http://sites.netscape.net/leesasquyres/homepage (still new-
>clips, more pics coming soon)
I saw him at Summer NAMM. At the time he was playing in a band with Bill Cox,
some buy named Ten-dor, and some other guy that kinda looked like Santana. . .
Sorry, that's all I know.
Kyle
Drumbo
>
> Yeah, but what's he doing right now, this very second? :)
Breathing?
> Seriously, that's very impressive research. Thank you.
No prob. I enjoyed the hell out of it and I discovered Scott Holt
- massive sound, watch for this guy! :-) Also check out
http://listen.to/mitchell
> Mitch was a big influence for me.
Me too (a little AOL lingo there). He says his biggest influences
were Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones! He was one of the few 60's
rockers that knew how to swing ("Manic Depression", "Third Stone
From The Sun", brush work on "Up From The Skies" et.al.). He was
overshadowed by Jimi's mammoth talent and Ginger Baker's PR
machine IMHO.
Jimmy
"Never forget what you need to remember." - Garrett Bartley
Dan Radin
ah...the correct spelling is "Me To" -TM AOL.
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On Sat, 05 Feb 2000 00:01:51 GMT, dca...@iname.com (Brain Trepanning)
wrote:
Lee
-----
"Don't try to outweird me, three-eyes. I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal."
-Zaphod Beeblebrox
DLE
> He was
> overshadowed by Jimi's mammoth talent and Ginger Baker's PR
> machine IMHO.
Really? I know a lot of drummers who would certainly list Mitch as one of their
greatest influences. In that respect, I cannot ever see the word "overshadowed"
truly applying in this case. Maybe for a guitarist, but certainly not for
drummers like us.
--
Dan Edelen
e d e l e n (at) a c c e s s c o m (dot) c o m
Drumbo
Please don't misunderstand Dan. I'm one of those drummers greatly
influenced by Mitch. I've played with several Hendrix Tribute
bands over the years and I spent 40 mins last night digging up
his résumé for this thread (and I enjoyed it a lot)! What I
meant was that I've learned more from listening to albums and
watching videos than I did seeing The Experience live. By
"overshadowed", I meant that on the two occasions that I saw them
perform, Jimi's presence was so riveting and commanding that in
some ways, I barely noticed Mitch, and I do regret it in
retrospect. The details that I remember from those shows are
almost exclusively of Jimi, his tortured upside-down strat, his
antics (he smashed a watermelon - too small a venue for guitar
bashing), etc. It was more than 30 years ago, and sound systems
weren't what they are today . . . the drums, while present, were
somewhere beneath the wall of sound that Jimi conjured and the
spotlight hardly found the drums at all.
As for the Ginger Baker statement, in my youth he was considered
a "Superstar" due to 20 minute solo's on Cream Lp's that shipped
Gold (quite a big deal in those days), and Blind Faith was a
cover story in LIFE Magazine. It just seems to me that Mitch the
consumate sideman, seldom got the credit or the spotlight he
deserved, while Baker was over rated imho. I meant no offense
towards Mitch, he's one of rock's greatest!
Jimmy
"Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past?
And with its crutch, its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last,"
And the wind cries, "Mary"
- Jimi Hendrix
drumguru
bit to the store at which I teach; Fork's Drum Closet. My 17 year old
son was spending his birthday money at the store one day last year and
had picked out a flat ride that he thought was pretty cool. Mitch walked
in with a bag of cymbals over his shoulder. I introduced them and they
proceded to start comparing cymbals like a couple of kids trading
baseball cards for the next thirty minutes right there in the middle of
the store. Cymbals were all over the place and Mitch was just as
interested in Paul's opinion of his cymbals as Paul was interested in
Mitch's opinion about his new flat ride. I and other local drummers and
staff were spellbound as watched this conversation transpire. That was a
sweet moment and I wish I had had a camera.
GL
dromedary wrote:
>
> hey, all, I'm not a drummer but I always thought this guy was pretty
> amazing.....what the hell happened to him after JH died? he obviously had
> enough talent to keep playing if he wanted to, but I've never heard/seen
> ANYTHING from him in 30 years.....
>
> anyone??
--
Ed Pierce
That's very, very cool! If I had gotten to "hang" with Mitch Mitchell in a
drum shop when I was 17 (or heck, now when I'm 26), I would have been floating
on cloud nine for a week!
While this discussion of "Jimmy Chamberlain: Jazz Drummer or Not?" rages
unabated, perhaps we should pause to give credit to someone who (in my opinion)
was one of the best at melding jazz with rock--the great Mitch Mitchell. Does
this mean Mitch is a "jazz drummer"? Uh... I don't think I'm gonna go there!
Ed Pierce
E Leesa E
<dru...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>keith runfola wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, but what's he doing right now, this very second? :)
>
>Breathing?
>
>> Seriously, that's very impressive research. Thank you.
>
>No prob. I enjoyed the hell out of it and I discovered Scott
Holt
>- massive sound, watch for this guy! :-)
bunch of years? Great player. Btw, Buddys' regular drummer is a
guy called Ray "Killer" Allison...he was Muddy Waters' last
drummer. Plays on lots of Alligator Records releases (you know
the blues label out of Chicago).
Anyhow, is there a web site for Scott Holt?
Once did a seven day/seven cities tour with Buddy. Seemed like
nice guy, but his manager(an English guy right out of "Spinal
Tap") insisted on isolating Buddy from everybody else. (No
offense to any English folks reading this...America has plenty of
a--holes of our own) :-)
0
drumguru
can't trace his drumming lineage because of the cyclical nature of his
classification.
--
Brain Trepanning
Drumbo
> >keith runfola wrote:
<snip>
> >> Seriously, that's very impressive research. Thank you.
> >
> >No prob. I enjoyed the hell out of it and I discovered Scott
> Holt
> >- massive sound, watch for this guy! :-)
E Leesa E wrote:
>
> Is that Scott Holt who's been playing with Buddy Guy the last
> bunch of years? Great player.
<snip>
> Anyhow, is there a web site for Scott Holt?
> 0
>
Yep, he's Buddy Guy's protégé.
Here's the URL: http://www.scottholt.com/htm/index.htm
Quoting the site: "Scott Holt is [Buddy] Guy's secret weapon . .
." Weapon is right, this boy is dangerous!
Blues lovers, SRV and Hendrix aficionados listen up! There are
some complete and partial tracks for RealPlayer there that simply
smoke - I love his treatment of "Crosstown Traffic" and "Voodoo
Chile" with Mitch and Billy as The Experience and there's several
tracks with Double Trouble and at least one with Buddy Guy . . .
That's at: http://www.scottholt.com/htm/new_music.htm . . .
But you MUST listen to, "He Stopped Loving Her Today", on the
main index page - it's the old George Jones classic and it starts
out all country mellow and sticky sweet like the tear jerker it's
supposed to be . . . but after three verses, when they hit that
chorus, watch out, Have Mercy! Those boys go off like an atom
bomb and Jimi Hendrix must be looking down and grinning
ear-to-ear! There's also a cover of Jimi's, "Who Knows" that has
a rightous fat groove. "Messin' With The Kid", with Double
Trouble is another burner - heck, they all are: Dylan's "Serve
Somebody", Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away", Stevie's "Train In
Vain" and "Dimples" to name a few.
The site also says: "EMC is honored to present the one true
contender for Stevie Ray Vaughan's blues throne: SCOTT HOLT."
I'll say - Whew! The George Jones thang will crack you up, I
promise.
Jimmy
"Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of
scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic
jams." - Mary Ellen Kelly
steve gardner
Blues Festival on the same bill as Buddy. I was playing with a 14 yr old
protege thats hot stuff out here in Phoenix right now. I don't know how old
Scott is, but I got the impression he was in his twenties. FYI, Buddy was
out and about. An earlier message indicated that he may have been "under
wraps" do to a certain manager. I saw no indications of that at this gig.
Drumbo wrote in message <389F95DD...@bigfoot.com>...
Ed Pierce
>Mitch is was and was is a Rockjazz-Jazzrock-Goes to Eleven drummer. I
>can't trace his drumming lineage because of the cyclical nature of his
>classification.
Agreed!
Ed
BearKat
Focusing on his short stint in the "Band of Gypsys", of course.
While he is definately NOT the technicial Mitch is, I always like his
powerful "gut-bucket" style.
Kinda reminds me of...Jimmy Chamberlain...DOH!!!!!!
Cheers,
Ken
www.labarre.net
Glaire Anderson
bird while he does it. I saw Buddy's band in Charlottesville VA a couple of
years ago, and it was the funkiest show I had ever seen.
BTW, JC isn't fit to eat the corn outta Buddy Miles' terds! . . . ;-)
Clay
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In article <%3Xn4.17536$2C1.3...@news1.rdc1.il.home.com>, "BearKat"
Gene Miller
Texas is certainly classic blues! He's an R&B drummer and it isn't bad, just
not flashy or technical.
Gene Miller
http://www.rogersdrums.com
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Woz
<glair...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>I love Buddy's playing, it grooves so hard! And he can sing like a freakin'
>bird while he does it. I saw Buddy's band in Charlottesville VA a couple of
>years ago, and it was the funkiest show I had ever seen.
>
>BTW, JC isn't fit to eat the corn outta Buddy Miles' terds! . . . ;-)
>
Buddy Miles did the California Raisins commercials and made $$$$$$, he
did all the singing.
Drumbo
>
> So how do all you Mitchell fans, and others, rate Buddy Miles?
> Focusing on his short stint in the "Band of Gypsys", of course.
> While he is definately NOT the technicial Mitch is, I always like his
> powerful "gut-bucket" style.
> Kinda reminds me of...Jimmy Chamberlain...DOH!!!!!!
> Cheers,
> Ken
> www.labarre.net
Thanks for asking - Certainly with your degree in history you
know all this already :-) 'scuse me while I turn my <rave mode
on> . . .
Buddy Miles is the hardest hitting, fatbackenist in the pocket,
"gotta shake something", funkified soulful R&B singin', Omaha,
Nebraska; bandleadingest MFer of them all! He is the beauteous
Buddha, the Lord of filthy Funk. He is as solid as the pyramids
and you can't knock him off the beat with a bazooka! I've seen
his shows many times since '69 and the audience stays on their
feet, clappin' til hands hurt and always begging for more.
He was never a technical drum wizard but he lays down a solid,
heavy groove, has speed when it's called for (single strokes on
"Runaway Child") and he can swing like a pendulum ("EASY GREASY"
from 1970's, _We've Got to Live Together_ album). IMHO, the 'Band
of Gypsy's' was not his finest hour as a player (though he helped
Hendrix find soul and his vocals changed Jimi's whole direction),
rather his heyday was the Mercury years (early 70's) when he
staged his tight/well rehearsed horn bands with cats like Hank
Redd, Stemsy Hunter, Bill McPherson, Tom Hall and keyboardist
Andre Lewis who has numerous credits with Zappa. IMHO, his all
time best effort was _Buddy Miles Live_ (Mercury/1971) where he
covers many of his coolest compositions ("Them Changes", "Place
Over There" and "Message To The People") as well as some fine
covers ("Joe Tex" and "Wrap It Up") and he does the single most
soulful version of "Down By The River," that was ever laid on
wax, bar none (my opinion).
His singing is just amazing - he's got a huge range (easily four
octaves +) & his falsetto is unbelievably strong. He had almost
Sinatra-like phrasing and soul to spare, (the male Aretha, IMHO).
His solid drumming is secondary to that fine voice! I think his
1970's version of "Wrap It Up" really puts the Fabulous
Thunderbirds "hit" version to shame and the laid back
cha-cha/mambo-like tom work on, "Walking Down the Highway" is
something that still rings in my head thirty years later (Boom,
ka-chak ta-chaka_Boom ka chak ta-chaka_Boom . . .).
Buddy Miles (who as a teenager played for "wicked" Wilson Pickett
and Otis Redding where he met Jimi) has more soul and feeling in
his little finger than Chamberlain will ever muster on his best
day, (short of a soul transplant for Jimmy). That's cold hard
FACT, not opinion. Buddy is a soul singer/composer with beautiful
melodies in his head (The Segment), who happens to play drums and
he is real good at it. (I alway's adored that custom set of
Rogers drums in the American flag motif, they were the coolist
(see the cover of "Them Changes"), and his gold tooth with the
embedded star was the definition of "hip" way back when I was a
lad, before piercing became chic!
While the Hendrix gig was a milestone in his career, it hardly
sticks out on his prolific resume. He played in his father's
band, "The Bebops" at age twelve and worked with Ruby & the
Romantics, the Ink Spots, Stevie Wonder, and David Bowie! In 1964
he was with Mike Bloomfield and the Electric Flag for many years.
In 1968 he was doing studio drums on Monkees albums, and with
Muddy Waters in '69. In '70 he played with Mahavishnu John
McLaughlin and in '71-'72 his first stint with Santana. In '76 he
sang with Nils Lofgren, and '79 to '83 Buddy was lead singer for
Santana. In 1986, he recorded "I Heard It Through The Grapevine",
for a California Raisins commercial which became one of the most
successful commercials in television history (and led to three
spin-off Raisins albums). In '91 he was doing the Monkees reunion
album. In '94 he played with "Bootsy" Collins, in '97 with Gregg
Allman, and in '98 with Jeff Berlin, and he was a special guest
with Phish at Madison Square Garden, bringing 18,000 people to
their feet with, "All Along The Watchtower," ... and all the
while he had his own bands and dozens of solo albums as well.
Bottom line: He's influenced more singers than drummers but don't
sell him short on chops - he just appreciates melody and harmony
and doesn't overplay his tubs.
Buddy's official site is at:
http://www.tigerink.com/buddy/index.html
Buddy's message board:
http://webtunes.com/artist/index.cfm?B=Buddy%20Miles
<rave mode off>
Jimmy
"Twenty years ago, before Living Colour and the Black Rock
Coalition, there was Buddy Miles and his visceral Hard Soul ...
behind the beat fatback funk and hard R&B jamming." -- MODERN
DRUMMER (1994)
BearKat
Testify, brother
That has got to be the most amazing summation I have read of ANYONE's
career!
Man, if your not a writer you should be...
So I guess I'll hotfoot it down to the store and pick up some Buddy while
I'm there.
We really got to stop mocking the Chamberlain thread though....
Drumbo <dru...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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Drumbo
>
> Testify, brother
> That has got to be the most amazing summation I have read of ANYONE's
> career!
> Man, if your not a writer you should be...
> So I guess I'll hotfoot it down to the store and pick up some Buddy while
> I'm there.
> We really got to stop mocking the Chamberlain thread though....
Snicker ... You won't regret the purchase. I can't find "Live",
but "The Best Of Buddy Miles", seems to be available at most
sites for about $14.00 (a buck per song) and it has the pic from
"Them Changes" with those Star Spangled drums on the cover! In
addition to some of the tunes I mentioned, it has three good
Allman tunes ("Dreams", "Midnight Rider" and "Don't Keep Me
Wonderin'") a rompin' version of Ottis Redding's "Wholesale
love", and what has got to be the live 13+ minute version of
"Down By The River", so hey, I'll see ya at the store! LOL
I kind'a got carried away for sure, but Ken asked for opinions
and I'm not shy. :-) The funkalicious Mr. Miles just rattles my
good foot and makes me wanna swing, sway, shake it and shout! God
love him, he's a black "Jabba the Hut" with a wide grin, a funky
beat and a voice that sore's where angels fear to fly! Not a
"great" drummer imho, but a major "feel-good groove-miester
extrodinare", a GREAT entertainer, and that puts him in Drumbo's
Hall of Fame. I've nursed more than one aspiring singer on the
mother's milk of The Freedom Express. I leave his shows
exhausted, hoarse and feelin' Sassy! Play on brother, play on ...
(BTW, I listened to that Chamberlain MP3 and unless he was doing
that modest 'lil "fill" with one hand, I just don't understand
what all the shouting is about. I reckon that any competent third
year drum student could rip that lick under pressure, and if
someone's been toiling at the drums for six long years and thinks
that's something special, they better look into another line of
work, imho. I blame 'ol BoneMaster for picking a bow wow "solo".
There's gotta be something better in that kid's repertoire to
throw at the RMMP wolf pack).
Jimmy
"It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for
writing, but I couldn't give up because by that time I was too
famous." - Peter Benchley
rbxb
But you forgot to mention the tune"paul B Allen Omaha Nebraska"
from "Them Changes"
The Rogers kit was great! the sound was hip & buddy certainly
influenced me.
Robert Schuh
Shut your fucking pie hole bitch! I can't wait to meet your shit talking ass in
person!!
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Drumbo
>
> YES Everything you you said!
> But you forgot to mention the tune"paul B Allen Omaha Nebraska"
> from "Them Changes"
>
> The Rogers kit was great! the sound was hip & buddy certainly
> influenced me.
>
Yeah man, that tune swings! A little trio instrumental thing
iirc. Totally out of character, but I remember it was cool. Andre
Lewis on Hammond B-3, doin' a Jimmy Smith type groove right? Who
was the third player? I think Andre copped the bass lines, so
wasn't it Charlie Karp or Marlo Henderson on guitar? ... I've got
the Lp in storage, gotta dig it out now and plop it on the
turntable! I hope it's not one the cat tap-danced on. :-)
I went to College in Crete, Nebraska (about 90 miles south of
Omaha, 20 from Lincoln) in 1973 and that's Buddy's turf. Those
white folk there love Buddy Miles! There were stories about that
tune too, but I can't remember much, wasn't Paul a friend that
died or something? The song was pretty upbeat in tempo though,
but for the life of me I can't hear the melody in my head but I
know the drum part! That was the "Them Changes," disc wasn't
it? (No I'm not going to go out to the storage space a 1:30 AM -
It's about 3 degrees and snowing - I'm not, really ... maybe
tomorrow). LOL
Jimmy
"No statue has ever been put up to a critic." - Jean Sibelius
E Leesa E
hassles a few years back. Anyone have any ideas? Leesa.
Drumbo
>
> I seem to remember Buddy Miles getting into some kind of legal
> hassles a few years back. Anyone have any ideas? Leesa.
>
I did a massive WebFerret boolean expression & keyword search of
the web (there are hundred's of Hendrix sites that mention him,
and many more besides). Garbage in Garbage out. A few sites
mentioned his "trouble", "arrest" and "incarceration". An MD
review calls, "Hell & Back" his comeback and alludes to his
"being away" . . . but there are no details of the crime or the
consequences that I can find. I learned way too much though - His
real name (George), his birthday (Sept 5, shared with Dweezil
Zappa and Freddy Mercury), he's 53, he used to live in
California, probably lives in Chicago now, he toured Italy last
summer, he's left handed and plays guitar (an upside down strat
strung backwards ala Jimi), he once bought a set of Zickos Drums
... but I can't find what law he broke, when he got arrested or
what his sentence was. Anyone got access to a Nexus search?
Jimmy
"I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove anything" -
Bart Simpson
Drumbo
>
> I seem to remember Buddy Miles getting into some kind of legal
> hassles a few years back. Anyone have any ideas? Leesa.
I went to http://www.webhelp.com. They are supposed to be able to
answer any question, sorta' like AskJeeves except they have live
real time "Web Wizards". I figured they use Nexus so I gave it a
shot and the result is funny - Bear in mind, my name is Jimmy!
Question:
On what date and for what offense was drummer Buddy Miles
arrested and how long was he incarcerated? - Jimmy
Please wait: A Web Wizard will be with you in about a minute.
Ray: Welcome,Jimmy and thank you for using WebHelp.com.This is
web wizard
Ray searching for your request.
Ray: Please wait a moment, your search is in progress.
Ray: I'm sorry ,Johnny,no relevant matches could be found to
your search at
this moment.Please feel free to log in again for further queries.
Ray: Thank you for using WebHelp.com,John. Our engagement will
now be
closed.
Ray: Have a nice day.
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Web wizard Ray couldn't even keep my name straight for two
minutes (try saying web wizard Ray 3 times fast, I sound like
Barney Frank!) - It looks to me as if Buddy Miles arrest record
has been "expunged". ;)
Jimmy
"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its
pupils."
- Hector Berlioz
Cary Nasatir
can play and was a fav of mine back a million years or so, but is an
obvious loser.
Cary
Drumbo
>
> I thought Buddy Miles was arrested for robbing a gas station. The guy
> can play and was a fav of mine back a million years or so, but is an
> obvious loser.
> Cary
>
Wow, that's really strange, huh? If anyone knows the scoop speak
up. Was this the Bootsy Collins influence/period? I kept thinking
IRS, because of Willie, Jerry Lee, Little Richard, Buddy Rich and
all the rest of us who have been raped by the taxman (me
included) - but robbery is just unexplainable. It's not like
Buddy needs money, the "Raison" royalties alone should be enough
to keep him in the high-life.
Jimmy
no sig on this one, just something to make you say, "hmmmmm?"
E Leesa E
C'ya around, E Leesa E.
Proud endorser of Pro*Mark sticks and Kansas City Drumworks.
rbxb
thing. The kinda stuff I cut my drumming teeth on!
If ya like that one. Have you ever heard Boz Skags tune -"Runnin
Blues"?
It is one of the all time great 70's horn shuffles
It is on his latest CD ...a collection cd or something. I recall
hearing it 'round '72 I got that album along with the Buddy Miles
Them Changes album in storage too!
In article <38A10945...@bigfoot.com>, Drumbo
<dru...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>rbxb wrote:
>>
>> But you forgot to mention the tune"paul B Allen Omaha
Nebraska"
>> from "Them Changes"
>>
>>>
>Yeah man, that tune swings! A little trio instrumental thing
>iirc. Totally out of character, but I remember it was cool.
Andre
>Lewis on Hammond B-3, doin' a Jimmy Smith type groove right? Who
>was the third player? I think Andre copped the bass lines, so
>wasn't it Charlie Karp or Marlo Henderson on guitar? ... I've
got
>the Lp in storage, gotta dig it out now and plop it on the
>turntable! I hope it's not one the cat tap-danced on. :-)
>
>I went to College in Crete, Nebraska (about 90 miles south of
>Omaha, 20 from Lincoln) in 1973 and that's Buddy's turf. Those
>white folk there love Buddy Miles! There were stories about that
>tune too, but I can't remember much, wasn't Paul a friend that
>died or something? The song was pretty upbeat in tempo though,
>but for the life of me I can't hear the melody in my head but I
>know the drum part! That was the "Them Changes," disc wasn't
>it? (No I'm not going to go out to the storage space a 1:30 AM
-
>It's about 3 degrees and snowing - I'm not, really ... maybe
>tomorrow). LOL
>
>Jimmy
>
>"No statue has ever been put up to a critic." - Jean Sibelius
>
>
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Drumbo
>
<snip>
> If ya like that one. Have you ever heard Boz Skags tune -"Runnin
> Blues"?
> It is one of the all time great 70's horn shuffles
> It is on his latest CD ...a collection cd or something. I recall
> hearing it 'round '72 I got that album along with the Buddy Miles
> Them Changes album in storage too!
I got turned on to Boz Scaggs in a very round about way. As a
Steve Gadd 'fan' (there's that word again), I had all the Bob
James '70's stuff - and on one of those albums (Heads[?]) they
covered a Scagg's tune (We're all alone) ... It was a great
melody (still a favorite of mine) so I checked out Boz (his real
name was Bill). It used to be an intro to the old Tom Snyder
"Tomorrow" show (where I first saw Bermuda Schwartz play an
accordion case! LOL).
Did you know Jeff Porcaro played drums on 'Lido Shuffle' and
David Hungate did the bass? That 'Silk Degrees' Lp was a winner!
Jimmy
"A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't." -
unknown
rbxb
Blues
I remember the Tommorow show but why did Bermuda play a chord "E"
in case of what?
Bob james was happenin'
> had all the Bob
>James '70's stuff - and on one of those albums (Heads[?]) they
>covered a Scagg's tune (We're all alone) ... It was a great
>melody (still a favorite of mine) so I checked out Boz (his real
>name was Bill). It used to be an intro to the old Tom Snyder
>"Tomorrow" show (where I first saw Bermuda Schwartz play an
>accordion case! LOL).
>
>Did you know Jeff Porcaro played drums on 'Lido Shuffle' and
>David Hungate did the bass? That 'Silk Degrees' Lp was a winner!
>
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drumguru
now?" documentary type thing that had a segment about Buddy Miles . I
believe his run in with the law was pre- "Raisins" and that sordid part
of his life is way behind him now. Seems it was drug related (drugs will
rob your soul and make you slap your mama - bad stuff). I do some
national jingle work and hear these advertising types talk about how he
and Phoebe Snow are the highest paid jingle singers in the country.
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