Apparently the occupational hazards of drumming finally caught up to Mitch Mitchell and Frank Zappa’s drummer, Jimmy Carl Black…
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Drummer for Jimi Hendrix found dead
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Mitch Mitchell apparently died of natural causes at 61 in a hotel room
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group’s last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61.
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Mitchell was a powerful force on the Hendrix band’s 1967 debut album “Are You Experienced?” as well as the trio’s albums “Electric Ladyland” and “Axis: Bold As Love.” He had an explosive drumming style that can be heard in hard-charging songs such as “Fire” and “Manic Depression.”
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Mothers of Invention drummer dies at 70
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Jimmy Carl Black was self-anointed ‘Indian of the group’
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LONDON – Jimmy Carl Black, who went from drummer in Frank Zappa’s avant-garde Mothers of Invention to doughnut shop worker and house painter, has died at age 70.
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Black died Saturday of cancer in Siegsdorf, Germany, said Roddie Gilliard, a British musician who performed with him.
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Black had Cheyenne ancestry; his greatest fame came from a line ad-libbed on the Mothers of Invention’s third album, “We’re Only In It for the Money,” which made fun of hippies.
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