Buddy Miles Brings the Beat Back

From: Thomas Fawcett
Length: 05:30

Buddy Miles is a steam train of a musician. The sheer volume of his funky fat-back drums is the stuff of legend. In 1969, when Jimi Hendrix dumped The Experience to form the Band of Gypsys, it was in large part because Hendrix simply wanted to jam with the power drummer - Buddy Miles. The legendary drummer and voice behind the California Raisins played a 2007 comeback show in Austin before his death. Read the full description.

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Playing: Buddy Miles Brings the Beat Back
From: Thomas Fawcett

Buddy-miles-singing_small Buddy Miles is a steam train of a musician. The sheer volume of his funky fat-back drums is the stuff of legend. In 1969, when Jimi Hendrix dumped The Experience to form the Band of Gypsys, it was in large part because Hendrix simply wanted to jam with the power drummer - Buddy Miles. The legendary drummer and voice behind the California Raisins played a 2007 comeback show in Austin before his death.

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Buddy Miles is a steam train of a musician. The sheer volume of his funky fat-back drums is the stuff of legend. In 1969, when Jimi Hendrix dumped The Experience to form the Band of Gypsys, it was in large part because Hendrix simply wanted to jam with the power drummer - Buddy Miles. The legendary drummer and voice behind the California Raisins played a 2007 comeback show in Austin before his death.