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    Posted: February 27 2008 at 17:00
For some this will be a big loss.  Buddy Miles played with many of the legends of rock and was successful on his own.  Obviously his high point was as a member of the Band of Gypsys with Jimi Hendrix recording one of the best live albums of all time.  He had been in declining health for many years. 
 
 
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Points: 3449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 27 2008 at 20:25
Buddy worked with a who's who of late-Sixties/early-70's guitarists:
 
Jimi Hendrix, as mentioned
Mike Bloomfield, in Electric Flag
John McLaughlin, on Devotion
Jim McCarty, in Buddy Miles Express
Carlos Santana (forget the album title)
 
Pretty good credential if you ask me.
 
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 27 2008 at 20:34
That is indeed a big loss to the music world.  Yet another link to Hendrix gone.

He also had a good singing voice too, as well as his drumming skills, of course.

Despite the fact that Band of Gypsys was supposed to be a contractual album and Hendrix supposedly didn't like it, it's actually one of his best contributions musically.  Machine Gun is a classic.

In pace, requiescat, Buddy Miles.


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Points: 65259 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 27 2008 at 20:42
BoG is one of the great rock albums..  in fact everything from that tour is great even though by '70 Hendrix had changed the Gypsys line up
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Points: 159 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 28 2008 at 00:19
I like the Buddy Miles Express lpsSmile.  Sad to hear. RIP
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Points: 12813 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 28 2008 at 12:55
Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Buddy worked with a who's who of late-Sixties/early-70's guitarists:
 
Jimi Hendrix, as mentioned
Mike Bloomfield, in Electric Flag
John McLaughlin, on Devotion
Jim McCarty, in Buddy Miles Express
Carlos Santana (forget the album title)
 
Pretty good credential if you ask me.
 
 
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I think the Carlos Santana collaboration found them with equal billing and was called simply Live - recorded live in an extinct volcano in Hawaii and included a John McLaughlin cover???
 
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Points: 3659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 28 2008 at 16:10
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Points: 17627 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2008 at 14:39
A great loss - I like 'Band of Gypsys' live at Fillmore East with Buddy Miles on drums and vocals

And Buddy will remain at least as a part of the Progarchives discography
Carlos Santana And Buddy Miles - Live!

R.I.P.


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Points: 6419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2008 at 16:29
It's sad to hear. I like his work with Hendrix. I haven't heard anything else, unfortunately. 
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Points: 8138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 12 2008 at 16:39
I love his playing on Electric Flag's "a long time comin".
A sad news.
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oh, my mind's been going through them changes (since you went away!). you were one of the great ones! farewell, buddy!

jimi is gone, so is noel redding. john peel, who featured the "experience" on his "radio one" show passed away a couple of years ago.
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