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“He would do a fill where you’d think, 'Oh no, there's no way he's going to land on 1' – Jimi would just laugh because they were so silly”: The magic of Mitch Mitchell, the drummer who landed a spot in Hendrix’s band on a coin toss

Wednesday July 9, 2025. 11:41 AM , from Keyboard Magazine

On what would've been his 79th birthday, we explore the legacy of one of history's most underrated drummers

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