American collector Daniel Boucher shelled out $493,708 or £280,000, at the Fame Bureau's "It's More Than Rock And Roll" auction in London yesterday, for the 1965 Fender Stratocaster Jimi Hendrix set a flame at his '67 Astoria Finsbury Park concert. Hendrix suffered minor burns from the onstage antic. Hendrix's then press officer, Tony Garland, had stashed the guitar in his parent's garage. His..
Mitch Mitchell , the last surviving member if the original Jim Hendrix Experience ,was found dead yesterday:Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group's last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61. Mitchell was a powerful force on "Are You Experienced?" the 1967 debut album of the Hendrix band. He had an ex...