1974-xx-xx

3 Days at Mitch Mitchell´s 1974

Mitch Mitchell - drums
Andy Fraser - bass
Joe Jammer - guitar
Frankie Miller - vocals

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01. Almost Blues
02. Got To Make It (To My Baby)
03. Noise Boys
04. Meander Inn
05. Double Hearted
06. Blues Baby
07. Nail It
08. To My Baby (Made It)

Let´s get one thing straight: the music in this upload will not blow you off your socks. It´s mostly jamming, checking out licks and some embryonic songs recorded at Mitch Mitchell´s house in the UK sometime in 1974. What is remarkable though is the „band“: Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience , Andy Fraser from FREE, Frankie Miller on occasional vocals and Joe Jammer on guitar. Apparently they were checking out possibilities for a new project during these 3 days, which sadly never went any further. The material was recorded with just a mic in the room, no intention other than to be able to get an idea of the band sound.
Around the same time, Joe Jammer, ex-roadie (among others) for Led Zeppelin, recorded the album „Headway“ which also featured Mitch Mitchell on drums, which was released finally in 2014. I strongly suggest you to buy that album as it is among the best stuff Mitchell did after his years with Hendrix.

Recalls Joe Jammer:
„My first album was released on EMI in 1973, it was called “Bad News,” and “Headway” was my second production as a solo artist, Joe Jammer, in 1974 or something like that… So the album was due to be released in 1974, and I had Mitch Mitchell on drums, Jimi Hendrix’s drummer; I was living with Mitchell, in his house, for three or four years, and he gave me all of Hendrix’s guitars and his amp which he had there.“

In 2015, I got in touch with Joe Jammer to get my copy of Headway directly from him. As we got into talking about his days with Mitch, he mentioned these sessions as well. Would he send me a disc? Sure enough, „no problem bro!“. Wow, what a nice guy! Would I be able to share it with other fans? „Sure mate, go ahead!“.

It doesn´t get much better. Thank you Joe.

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