Mitch Mitchell drumming style | Jimi Hendrix Experience

[@cobb_thedrummer]

Favorite Jimi Hendrix song or Mitch Mitchell drum beat?

[@sahbiah]

my fav Mitch Mitchell beat is Little Miss Lover

[@ajbest1373]

Favorite Mitch Mitchell drum beat for me is Hey Joe

[@oksanayoung3442]

Manic Depression

[@deuteronimus750]

Up from the skies.

[@land0__]

Long hot summer night is a banger

[@tristonmcnair3981]

Honestly Mitch was just as wild and unique as Hendrix. Their styles complimented each other’s so well

[@InteleVision-Vic]

That's right. Carving new ground together. Cosmic Pioneering stuff. Unbelievable!

[@Tyrannosaurine]

This is so true.

[@beatenbeats]

So true, it took me a long time to realize that, as a guitarist I was always focusing on Jimi

[@SacredDrums777]

So true. Exactly my words:))

[@seldomseensavage3459]

AMEN!!!

[@Philsfan1980]

Bonham, Peart, Mitch Mitchell are my three favorites. Mitch is by far the most underrated drummer of all time. So happy you made this video

[@DiscountDeity]

Most underrated drummer = John “Drumbo” French

[@bonzo319]

I think bill ward is the most underrated

[@countycricklewood]

Ian Paice one of the best left handed swing drummers around

[@mladenpalenkas7750]

@@countycricklewood Damn right 👍

[@tamomarfernandez7548]

Ian paice, Carl palmer...

[@robertbrindamour8309]

I am very impressed to see a guy as young as you are knowing Experience's music.

[@12Jakeyboy]

Mitch was just as wild and crazy on his drums as Jimi was on the guitar, he was perfect for the Experience.

[@andrewpappas9311]

Mitch was such a great drummer, he was a killer musician and complimented Jimi’s playing perfectly

[@jamescarter4175]

Mitch Mitchell is one of my favorite drummers. Thanks!

[@ronymunoz2966]

Love Mitch & Noel too!! But thank God & the universe Mitch won that coin toss. Jimi enabled Mitch as much as he did Jimi & we are blessed to see that level of musical craftsmanship, songwriting, expression was allowed to take place. You really can't appreciate one without the other ☯️ & that 3 piece powerhouse will never be repeated sown into the pages & stratospheres of history. Always gives me hope seeing endless newer generations still turning on to the greats & appreciating the finer nuances & lineage. Great drumming too & glad the algorithm brought me here 👊🏾 fellow musician & new subscriber

[@erielakemusic]

Mitch was the perfect compliment to Jimi's style and compositions and was my favorite drummer from that era......enjoyed your video

[@DaLawn]

Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Miles and Bill Ward were dropping BRUTAL Hip Hop beats.

[@skateforzero357]

Mitch is and will always been in my top 5 drummers list. The dude is a beast and changed the way I viewed the drums

[@perfectlycorrupt420]

Mitch Mitchell was always my favorite drummer growing up. He was absolutely amazing.

[@stickyfin5338]

he’s such an underrated drummer

[@johntoomey357]

Totally Agree

[@billothertone]

@@johntoomey357 the best of rock'n'roll

[@tonetone7572]

i grew up in the 60's and there were great drummers from that era but he was the best out of all of them.

[@3riverspiper1792]

What a Wonderful Tribute to Mitch Mitchell, he was the engine room to those classics. Well done, and so inspiring to witness someone of your generation keeping the Legend 'alive'. Thank You, 🥁🥁🤘🙏

[@waldemarkalnicki2761]

Hello. Mitch, Jimi, Noel,- trio knew their musical skills very well, each of them was a perfectionist. I've been a fan of this group for over 50 years, I like listening to them, watching their concerts and solo performances. Mitch is an extraordinary drummer and has a musical imagination that can be heard in his performance along with the other guitarist, Jimi on strat and Noel bass. Thank you for this short and interesting story. Rock'n'roll. See you.

[@deafpick9707]

Thanks so much for this video, Mitch deserves even more... Very cool Voodoo Child (Slight Return)... Mitch was very lucky to play with Jimi BUT Jimi was lucky to play with him.

[@thedude4795]

youre very knowledgeable on him. do go on all day about mitchell! or atleast make another video on him!

[@Gminor7]

Outstanding video! I was 11 years old, 1968, when I bought my first 2 records (vinyl, of course) - The Best of Cream & Jimi Hendrix Smash Hits. Been air drumming “Fire” since then.

[@DocBolus]

Mitch Mitchell without doubt my favourite drummer. Never thought of him as 'musical' before but it makes perfect sense when you show it.

[@marianaharrison6307]

Yes, She's So Fine!!! I love that drum intro SO MUCH

[@canyoudigit6321]

Three masters of their respective instruments competing with each other, sublime then and now.

[@thomasbell7033]

Mitch was one of the first true innovators in rock drumming. One of my favorite examples of his musical drumming is on "May This Be Love," which I'm glad you mentioned. I believe he played it with mallets.

[@CAL7A]

Mitch was a drumming titan! My personal favorite drummer.

[@mrq6270]

Excellent breakdown and analysis of a great drummer. So glad to see Mitch receiving some real appreciation!

[@riffcrescendo1740]

Great stuff: I think Mitch was the greatest drummer of his generation - and essential to the Hendrix Experience.

[@nedanders8514]

Mitch could totally embellish a song perfectly, it’s awesome you can drum like him . If you ever need a canvas I’m down.

[@anthonyp-gx3mk]

Great video, you explained his style well, and the drum kit sounds great, it had that 60’s sound through the recording.

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

my older brother and i marveled over mitch mitchell drumming back then. we were just teenagers but we understood his greatness. like the song FIRE. AMAZING

[@benitoguerrero3574]

Good insight into Mitch’s personal drumming qualities, thank you Cobb🙌

[@marntralkeys13denoon9]

I for one love this channel!!!!! Lets get him 1 MILLION ❤❤❤

[@robertdawson8522]

His drumming on "Fire" is well...Fire!!

[@garyastrein5192]

Love all of your drumming breakdowns, continue with another Mitch Mitchell segment, there is so much more to cover, keep up the great videos

[@nickrice7535]

Mitch was Fabulous.

[@standbytogo123]

'Love or Confusion', great intro from Mitch and drumming throughout. Hard to pick a favourite as I just like all of his drumming. I have all of Hendrix albums including the live ones but still think the one I bought in May 1967 is the best, 'Are you experienced'.

[@kerwinbelt4600]

Hey Cool! I never realized it, but you're so right on playing along the melodies with the guitar. I'm a 66yo keyboard dude, I've been around, but I learned something from a young guy, you.That's cool. Don't ever quit, keep going. Do what you love. Thanks!

[@chrisambrose8838]

I loved Mitch’s drumming style and you play it very well! Thanks for the lesson! 👍🙋‍♂️🖖🏻

[@sunalp2]

I’ve always sighted Mitch as an influence, but I never realised how much I approach my drumming the same way that he did.

[@jordanschlansky9329]

Now this is what i like to see

[@fraliu]

There is a difference between hitting the drums and playing them. Mitch Mitchell was one of the many great drummers that new the difference ✌️😎

[@johnl1685]

Fabulous!! . You are gifted player with a great ear. Mitch Mitchell might be one of the most "Overlooked" drummers of his time. It's just a GREAT thing that you,, ( at your young age,) would even take the time to break down his stuff. Your analysis on Mitchell is dead on correct. Hendrix chose him above all others as his regular drummer for good reason.

[@Eli1993.]

Another great great episode!, love the whole series. they are a lot of fun and I learned a lot thanks for doing this peace ✌️

[@stevedriscoll2539]

I remember, Cobb, when you did that video on all the different time signatures...amazing. This vid was a lot of fun. I remember just being amazed at the drumming of Mitch Mitchell back in the 1980's when I first started hearing The Jimi Hendrix experience on the LA radio stations.

[@MattyFez]

Mitchell was an absolutely huge drummer. Unfortunately he was placed next to the greatest guitarist of all time

[@estexperience29]

"unfortunately" is not the word 😜

[@themagicminstrels476]

we are lucky he was, he contributed to the greatest music of all time and made it even better than it would've been with a different drummer.

[@thomas6558]

He also had to hold up a lot of melodic elements simply due to the fact the JHE was a trio. Mitch and Ginger were both phenomenal drummers in their respective power trios

[@johnnygold753]

Exactly 💯

[@trashedbodomguy]

He didn’t play for EVH..

[@swanee22]

Nice job. He was one of my all time favorite drummers. I saw him in 1968 and they played almost everything off of the Experienced album. He knew how to hold his sticks...as do you -Buddy Rich would be proud.

[@rickysubie]

I'm a guitar player and I'd like to quote Mr. Copeland. "Jimi hendrix was Mitch Mitchell's guitar player."

[@easterworshipper5579]

it should noted that one of mitchells greatest strengths was his ability to instantaneously react to jimis improv style of live performances. jimi never seemed to play a song the same way twice, and he didnt always go into a chorus, verse, or solo when you would expect him to. quite often he might extend one or another by a single bar. or maybe three tonight! or maybe come back into the verse a bar early. one could never know what to expect. it would take a pretty good drummer to be able to manage that.

[@roccidisopa661]

Mitchell came out of Georgie Fame’s Jazz/R&B band. I loved his playing in The Experience. A friend of mine did a tour of Europe with him in The Eighties. He said he was a real gentleman, very respectful.

[@dannymayo3236]

Dont think ive ever heard anyone who could play Mitch Mitchell as well as you, aside from Mitch himself.

[@carlaoits]

Yassss I was waiting for a video about Mitch

[@WhaleBlueEye]

Very cool. The melodic side of Mitch is an aspect of his playing I’d not considered. Great point. Fun to play with a drummer who can play Mitch style. Lots of dynamics. No flat footed bashing! ✌️🎸✌️

[@cvwassociates6857]

Oh man I can’t wait to watch your other videos.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

Dude, you laid it all down so nicely. ✨🔥🥁

[@iamnoone9041]

First I want to say that I love the hat and jacket. I dont know why, but it always makes me think of Tom Bombadil. Second, I love your vids, you are extremely knowledgeable and I learn something new every time I watch, also you are quite the skilled drummer. Keep up the awesome work!

[@scottsmartass298]

Mitch was a tank on drums. Jimi and him went so good together. Love youe examples. Great vid. 👍

[@andrewksadventures]

Great video, man. Well done, really enjoyed this and Mitch is my favourite drummer of all time due to his musical Jazz-like style. Also love Bonham and Baker!

[@robertosilveira2384]

Incredible video! thanks for this man!!

[@bernieconatser1028]

Love your videos. Really opens my eyes to things that I was unaware of.

[@samoiyabum5604]

Easily one of my favorite drummers of all time. Thank you for the informative video about Mitch!!! I Also love your outro, Truman Show XD

[@geordiedog1749]

Love MM drumming at thee start of ‘Gloria’. Simple but it rocks!

[@patrickbuckley344]

I enjoyed your breakdown of Mitch Mitchell very much! He is my favorite! You were right on the money!

[@NM-bp6dy]

I love Mitch's drumming. My fave Mitchell melodic drumming is on the track 'Third Stone From The Sun'.

[@tonywords6713]

Awesome!! Love Mitch Mitchell.. Hendrix and him were so synergistic and perfect for one another, they were so fortunate to have found each other

[@atheistasylum]

Love Or Confusion and I Don't Live Today or two of my favorites Mitch Mitchell did.

[@youngdeathwagon6089]

Sick. I'm definitely gonna try some of this next time I'm behind a kit!

[@stephenmartin6733]

Very insightful on Mitchel's style.

[@TurtleBlues]

I really like Wait Until Tomorrow but he also sounds good with Dirty Mac. Overall a super groovy/stylistic drummer.

[@johnmikk1495]

Finally a video talking exclusively about our little BIG genius that is Mitch Mitchell, cheers! 🇧🇷🇧🇷❤️❤️

[@jarrahdrum]

well explained, nice presentation style

[@thebomontellano4996]

Amazing! In Third Stone From The Sun, now that groove was totally in. Fusion Jazz.

[@mec5791]

Brilliant video. I love this series. It would be great if you examined the playing styles of Elvin Jones and Tony Allen

[@thebroockteam]

Dear friend, I do not speak English, I am using the translator, but I like it and I am surprised that they are giving their place to Mitch Mitchell He was a great drummer in his own style and as a guitarist who admires Hendrix's work, they were the perfect complement to the '60s. Greetings from Mexico

[@silkyrobinson5079]

Yes that's exactly it.. many people try to play these songs but the drums don't match and sometimes the drum beat or the way that the drums are played are just as important part of what makes the song the song and it's not the same without it...The Right Feel 💜

[@lifeoutsidefilms]

The algorithm is dishing me up a load of great Mitch Mitchell videos lately, and that's awesome, because I love Mitch Mitchell and I think Manic Depression is one of the great achievements in rock drumming, but nobody is talking about the influence of Keith Moon and his melodic, lead drumming style.

[@WarrenPeace007]

Really enjoy your videos. Thanks a lot

[@voronOsphere]

Excellent analysis! Thanks!

[@coolestreviews5315]

Dude, you're an awesome drummer! keep up the good work.

[@Gamesforus1]

One of my favorite drum parts in a hendrix song, is the the one in Up From the Skies. It's real nice

[@markazinker3212]

Very enjoyable and informative videos , love them!

[@LAMBDRIX]

My guy I've been looking for a drummer of your talent and skill for so long. Hendrix is one of my biggest inspirations along the likes of Rory Gallagher also. I'm an original song writer guitarist and singer but I also love covering Hendrix and Gallagher. I would love to work with a drummer such as yourself I truly would.

[@InteleVision-Vic]

It was frantic acid inspired jazz playing...and Hendrix also. It's tense and intense music with boundless energy. Whew! You knew you heard something when you were done with that 1st album. And then to top it with the 2nd?...then 3rd? Incredible!

[@TaxPayingContributor]

Inspired learning taught to inspire. More please.

[@salthedrummer1]

Great Job my friend !

[@salviadivinorum1762]

Great vid.! I was looking for 'little wing' too, with that 6 stroke roll. RLLRRL now I use it a lot!

[@eddierivera1860]

Great drummer somewhat underrated!

[@SacredDrums777]

I love your drum videos man! John Densmore, Mitch Mitchell,... We all want to play like Elvin Jones:)) At least I want, haha ❤

[@owenmcgee8496]

I enjoyed that. I remember I was about 16-17, got a copy of Axis on LP, copied it onto a cassette to listen on my Walkman, & I felt gobsmacked, like I was hearing & maybe understanding drums for the 1st time. The thing that "got me" first was how with Hendrix-like songs, guitarist singers would do some spontaneous lick like a comment on, or addition to, a lyric, but I was hearing Mitch do that: the tom fills on the playout of "Wait under Tomorrow" & nearly all of the song "Ain't No Telling". I kind of expected to hear things like that from drummers thereafter. Which may explain why I sort of preferred Mitch & other drummers of that era to what came after. A "fusion" record that echoed that "drums do the talking" thing was Romantic Warrior, by Return to Forever, featuring Lenny White. That was from 1976 & you don't hear much of that at a later date, by White or others. Really, with Mitch, it's the "three piece" thing, isn't it? If there's just guitar & bass the drummer has to be a musical contributor too, not just playing the 2 & 4 like a machine, or else the music will be as flat as can be. I mean: I'm pretty sure Band of Gypsies would've worked better as a trio with Mitch rather than Miles but it couldn't happen because Mitch wasn't "a brother" (ahem). Other examples with regards to that "rock trio" from 1967-76, where the drummer had to be not only busy but also musical, may be Rush & Rory Gallagher. When the latter got a conventional "just play the 2 & 4 driving rock drummer" in 1978 his trio bands lost a lot of their magic in the same way as Jimi Hendrix Experience vs. Band of Gypsies. Some drummers can cut it as drummer in a trio and those that do tend to be in the Mitch Mitchell vein, and so he influenced my ears a lot, in terms of what I can expect to hear from a drummer ever since that day that I was listening to a copy of Axis on a Walkman cassette (& later came to enjoy jazz drummers). The End.

[@Jath2112]

I really appreciate your videos man. Excellent topics, excellently covered. Keep it up!

[@espenbgh2540]

Many of these unique drumbeats make me think of the intro to - 50 ways to leave your lover. Instantly you hear it, you know where it belongs

[@theobscurust]

Mitch is one of the reasons I got really into technique. His parts really were like lead parts. I still think the drum solo he does on Catfish Blues on the BBC Sessions is one of my favorite of his solos.

[@PierrePage-wj2ii]

Excellent analysis, and you are quite a good drummer yourself. In Peace and Friendship, Pierre Pagé

[@Thomasgene]

Wow I've tried to play some of these, and actually done it, but I was doing it by Rote memory. Not really knowing what the hell I was playing! Thank you! My favorite song right now is Earl Kings "Come On" I love how Jimi does it!

[@Crudechunk]

Wow I just discovered your channel and it's amazing.

[@cbasbwoyETP]

Nice insights! Appreciated this

[@cristianguzman2330]

nice video man, also nice corner!

[@patienceyanderling126]

Thank you man …for the breakdown..!

[@juliusschwencke142]

..great fun. Well done.

[@remiprevost818]

So cooooooooooooooooooooool ! i love Mitch Mitchell style and drum groove ! thx a lot for the demonstration of his technic :)

[@bobharley2814]

Great video, thank you.

[@HMJohnsonGuitar]

Great job, I enjoyed this video very much. I've always thought Mitch Mitchell was outstanding. Another drummer with a very similar style was Jon Hiseman.

[@davebowden4010]

Epic!!