Hendrix drummer dies on tribute tour

The afro, flamboyant clothes and flower power were gone, as were the two other men that made up the original Jimi Hendrix Experience, but just days ago Mitch Mitchell was behind a drum kit as a tribute tour to the enduring guitar hero ended on America's west coast.On Wednesday however, the drummer behind Hendrix was found dead in a hotel room in Portland, Oregon, apparently from natural causes. He was 61.Hendrix's stepsister Janie, who now manages the guitarist's legacy, said of Mitchell: "He wa...

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