RIP Buddy Miles

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Reuters: Former Hendrix drummer Buddy Miles dies in Texas

"It's all right. You know what I mean. All right, what I say. All right..."

Former Hendrix drummer Buddy Miles dies in Texas

Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:00pm EST

By Dean Goodman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Drummer Buddy Miles, who played with Jimi Hendrix in his short-lived group, Band of Gypsys, died at his home in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, his publicist said.

Miles, who was 60, suffered from congestive heart failure, Duane Lee said on Wednesday. He did not know the official cause of death.

With his bombastic style, the former teen prodigy helped develop such musical forms as funk metal and acid jazz thanks to his work with such guitarists as John McLaughlin, Mike Bloomfield and Carlos Santana.

In 1967, he and Bloomfield co-founded Electric Flag, whose rock-brass sound influenced Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears.

But Miles is probably best known for his stint with Band of Gypsys, an all-black group put together by Hendrix in 1969 after the dissolution of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

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At the Fillmore East:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMOFPV4hQ_U"]YouTube - Band of Gypsys - Them Changes[/ame]

 

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rip buddy

one of the best singers ever

that band of gypsys album was in my cd player for somewhere near 10 years straight.

if you have never heard buddy sing 'who knows' on the band of gypsys you will be blown away. the sight of buddy drumming the shit out these songs while he sings like that, and oh yeah, theres hendrix over there with him is mind blowing.

best live concert ever