Buddy Miles 1947-2008

Legendary Drummer Buddy Miles passed away peacefully at his home in Austin, TX on Tuesday, February 26th. He was 60 years of age. He suffered from congestive heart failure but the official cause of death is not yet known.

Buddy performed with some of the greatest names in music including Stevie Wonder, Muddy Waters, Michael Bloomfield, Wilson Pickett, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, David Crosby, Jack Bruce, Eric Burden, Peter Tork, Billy Gibbons, Prince, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmy Vaughan, Rick James, Kool and the Gang, Jr. Brown, Ike Turner, Pinetop Perkins, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, Johnny Taylor, Barry White, Aretha Franklin, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Carlos Santana, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Billy Cox, and David Bowie among others.

Buddy Miles recorded over 70 albums and performed in numerous world tours, television commercials and videos. He is best known for his work with Jimi Hendrix and bass player Billy Cox as Band of Gypsys.

Band of Gypsys recorded one album aptly titled “Band of Gypsys” in 1970 at Fillmore East in New York. Two of the songs on the album (“We Gotta Live Together” and “Changes”) were written by Miles.

In lieu of flowers; the family has asked for donations to the Jazz Foundation of America in Buddy Miles’ name specifically to assist other musicians with funeral and related expenses:

www.jazzfoundation.org
The Jazz Foundation of America
322 West 48th Street
New York, NY, 10036
Attn.: Amy Cusma