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  • Drummer Buddy Miles dies at 60

    02/27/2008 2:09:43 PM PST · by lunarbicep · 19 replies · 224+ views
    variety.com ^ | Wed., Feb. 27, 2008 | PHIL GALLO
    Buddy Miles, the rock and R&B drummer who worked with Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana and was best known for the song "Them Changes," died Tuesday at his home in Austin, Texas, according to a report on Miles' website. He was 60. Among the first artists to fuse psychedelic rock with soul, blues and jazz, Miles got his start performing with his father George's jazz band the BeBops at the age of 12 in and around their hometown of Omaha, Neb. He played with a number of performers and toured with Ruby & the Romantics, the Ink Spots and Wilson Pickett....