Gone through the last of Them Changes.
Buddy Miles, drummer for Jimi Hendrix, dead at 60
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Buddy Miles, a drummer who played with Jimi
Hendrix and sang in the claymation commercials featuring the California
Raisins in the 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 60.
Miles, who had been suffering from congestive heart failure, died in
Austin, publicist Duane Lee said.
Miles, who was born in Omaha, Nebraska, was performing with his father's
jazz-influenced combo by the age 11. He then went on to play for The
Delfonics, The Ink Spots and Wilson Pickett, according to his Web site.
He co-founded the band Electric Flag in 1967. He also co-founded the
Band of Gypsys with Hendrix and Billy Cox, the Web site said.
Miles was drummer on Hendrix's landmark "Electric Ladyland"[?] album
before officially joining Band of Gypsys a few months later. Miles is
best known for "Them Changes," a song he wrote and performed.
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