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Topic: RIP Buddy Miles (Feb. 26) Return to archive
27th February 2008 06:27 PM
M.O.W.A.T. Drummer with Hendrix's Band of Gypsies. For those born after Hendrix, he was the lead vocalist of the California Raisins.
[Edited by M.O.W.A.T.]
27th February 2008 07:21 PM
Bitch oh my mind is goin' thru them changes

When did Buddy Miles die?
27th February 2008 08:35 PM
TampabayStone
quote:
Bitch wrote:
oh my mind is goin' thru them changes

When did Buddy Miles die?



Feb 26
27th February 2008 08:44 PM
mojoman
quote:
Bitch wrote:
oh my mind is goin' thru them changes

When did Buddy Miles die?



wow. that song was played at the winwood clapton show last night. didnt know he had passed. RIP Mr Miles.
27th February 2008 10:13 PM
Sioux You're kidding me. I was just listening to Alice Cooper's radio show...his "Cooper's Covers" song was Buddy doing Neil Young's "Down By The River". Alice {Vince} didn't say a thing about Buddy's passing.....
27th February 2008 10:27 PM
GotToRollMe Ah shit. RIP Buddy.
27th February 2008 10:29 PM
Mr.D

Thats a real shame, real real shame, i read the thread title on the front page and thought, buddy Miles is that a jazz drummer? musta been thinkin of buddy rich, i cant believe it, great drummer, looked like a great guy too, from interviews and stuff i mean, thats a pity, does anyone know how old he was?
27th February 2008 10:39 PM
Joey
quote:
Bitch wrote:
oh my mind is goin' thru them changes

When did Buddy Miles die?




02/26/08 ............... BITCH !
27th February 2008 10:48 PM
Brainbell Jangler And let's not forget the great Electric Flag. Give our best to Jimi, Buddy!
27th February 2008 11:41 PM
Kilroy A got a couple of his albums One stands out, the one with Carlos Santana and him.
One of the great drummers.
28th February 2008 12:19 AM
Sioux
quote:
Mr.D wrote:


Thats a real shame, real real shame, i read the thread title on the front page and thought, buddy Miles is that a jazz drummer? musta been thinkin of buddy rich, i cant believe it, great drummer, looked like a great guy too, from interviews and stuff i mean, thats a pity, does anyone know how old he was?




He was only 60. No reason for his death given yet.
28th February 2008 02:00 AM
thejuf memento mori

28th February 2008 05:18 PM
fireontheplatter i enjoyed his drumming

rip
28th February 2008 09:33 PM
gimmekeef
quote:
mojoman wrote:


wow. that song was played at the winwood clapton show last night. didnt know he had passed. RIP Mr Miles.



Yes RIP Buddy!..and I have a great boot of that 2/26/08 show from DIME already..When I heard about Buddy I thought maybe it was a quick tribute but nothing was said..maybe coincidence?
28th February 2008 09:39 PM
VoodooChileInWOnderl Sad news! A great drummer in all senses of the word

BTW, He was also stolen by Experience Hendrix, LLC
29th February 2008 12:10 AM
Sioux Congestive heart failure. That's what felled him.
29th February 2008 10:28 PM
VoodooChileInWOnderl
29th February 2008 11:31 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
29th February 2008 11:42 PM
Ten Thousand Motels "The greatest 'live' album' ever made????

1st March 2008 11:51 AM
icydanger RIP Buddy,

I am so sad his gypsy soul left, never met.

His powerful Changes drumming and singing are never to grow old,
his energy marked us. Voices together, Jimi & Buddy rock instruments in Heaven as at Fillmore East.
1st March 2008 10:11 PM
MrPleasant R. I. P.
3rd March 2008 08:46 AM
Barney Fife Buddy was from my home state of Nebraska.

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Biography by Steve Huey
Best known as the drummer in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, Buddy Miles also had a lengthy solo career that drew from rock, blues, soul, and funk in varying combinations. Born George Miles in Omaha, NE, on September 5, 1947, he started playing the drums at age nine, and joined his father's jazz band the Bebops as a mere 12 year old. As a teenager, he went on to play with several jazz and R&B outfits, most prominently backing vocal groups like Ruby & the Romantics, the Ink Spots, and the Delfonics. In 1966, he joined Wilson Pickett's touring revue, where he was spotted by blues-rock guitarist Mike Bloomfield. Bloomfield had left the Paul Butterfield Blues Band earlier in 1967 and was putting together a new group, the Electric Flag, which was slated to be an ambitious fusion of rock, soul, blues, psychedelia, and jazz. Bloomfield invited Miles to join up, and the band made its debut at the Monterey Pop Festival; unfortunately, the original lineup splintered in 1968. With founder Bloomfield gone, Miles briefly took over leadership of the band on its second studio album, which failed to reignite the public's interest.

With the Electric Flag's horn section in tow, Miles split to form his own group, the similarly eclectic Buddy Miles Express. Signed to Mercury, the group issued its debut album, Expressway to Your Skull, in 1968, with Miles' fellow Monterey Pop alum Jimi Hendrix in the producer's chair. In turn, Miles played on Hendrix's Electric Ladyland album, and later took part in an all-star jam session that resulted in Muddy Waters' Fathers and Sons album. Hendrix also produced the Miles Express' follow-up, 1969's Electric Church, and disbanded his backing band the Experience later that year; shortly afterward, Hendrix, Miles, and bassist Billy Cox formed Band of Gypsys, one of the first all-black rock bands. Bluesier and funkier than Hendrix's previous work, Band of Gypsys didn't last long in its original incarnation; Miles departed in 1970, replaced by Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell, but not before his powerhouse work was showcased on the group's lone album, the live Band of Gypsys.

After backing John McLaughlin on 1970's Devotion, Miles returned to the role of bandleader and recorded his most popular album, Them Changes, in 1971; it stayed on the charts for more than a year, and the title cut became Miles' signature song. From December 1971 to April 1972, Miles toured with Carlos Santana, which produced the CBS-released concert document Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!; recorded inside an inactive volcano in Hawaii, the album sold very well, climbing into the Top Ten. Miles cut a few more albums for CBS, participated in a short-lived Electric Flag reunion in 1974, then moved to Casablanca in 1975 for a pair of LPs. Aside from a one-off album for Atlantic in 1981 (Sneak Attack), Miles kept a low profile over the next decade, partly to battle personal problems.

Miles returned in 1986 as the lead voice in a TV ad campaign that featured clay-animated raisins singing "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; the ads proved so popular that a kid-friendly musical franchise was spun off, and thus Miles became the lead singer of the California Raisins, performing on two albums (mostly R&B covers) and a Christmas special. Additionally, Miles rejoined his old friend Carlos Santana as the official lead vocalist of Santana during part of the late '80s, making his studio debut on 1987's Freedom. In the early '90s, Miles played with Bootsy Collins (both solo and as members of Hardware), and in 1994 he formed a new version of the Express and recorded Hell and Back for Rykodisc. Miles Away From Home followed in 1997 on Hip-O. Miles toured steadily through the '90s, and subsequently formed a more straightforward blues band called the Blues Berries with guitarist Rocky Athas; their first album, Blues Berries, appeared on Ruf in 2002.


3rd March 2008 08:49 AM
VoodooChileInWOnderl
quote:
VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
Sad news! A great drummer in all senses of the word

BTW, He was also stolen by Experience Hendrix, LLC



LOL long time ago we talked about Buddy and someone referred him as a drummer and I corrected it saying that it was a musician, composer, singer, producer and drummer

I'm listening him live with Carlos Santana now

3rd March 2008 02:50 PM
axl79 R.I.P Gypsy brother and thanks for all great music !
3rd March 2008 03:09 PM
gustavobala OMG, shit,

the great fellas don´t deserve the death!

RIP great buddy miles!
3rd March 2008 08:05 PM
Bitch
quote:
mojoman wrote:


wow. that song was played at the winwood clapton show last night. didnt know he had passed. RIP Mr Miles.



yeah they played it at the 28th gig too ~ and Clapton announced the song as a tribute to the late Buddy Miles.

They did a great job with the song too.
3rd March 2008 08:20 PM
robpop Come on another chance for the dead pool. Or are you fags still picking on some chick?

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