As a drummer of 40 years, my thought is that playing a rythm without a cymbal is so foreign to most drummers, that many never developed the skill of playing a ryhtm between only snare and bass drum, such as the Purple Haze verse. Mitchell was a great drummer, one of my earliest influences.
Mitch Mitchell Drumming
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As a drummer of 40 years, my thought is that playing a rythm without a cymbal is so foreign to most drummers, that many never developed the skill of playing a ryhtm between only snare and bass drum, such as the Purple Haze verse. Mitchell was a great drummer, one of my earliest influences.