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So Long, Friend - Saying Goodbye to Smitty. So long, 'mad wizard'. Raiders' drummer Michael 'Smitty' Smith dies in Hawaii. BY PAUL DUCHENE The Tribune. You'd probably have had a hard time catching up with former Paul Revere and the Raiders' drummer Michael "Smitty" Smith the past five years, even though he was semiretired.
6 de mar. de 2001 · Musician. Drummer and original band member of Paul Revere and The Raiders. He left the band in 1957 to form Brotherhood with two other former Raiders members. He rejoined Paul Revere for a year in 1971, and sporadically after that. He died of natural causes at his home in Hawaii.
After ending his second stint with the Raiders in 1972, drummer Mike "Smitty" Smith moved to Kona, Hawaii and continued performing for several groups in that region. He died of natural causes on March 6, 2001, at age 58.
So Long, Friend - Saying Goodbye to Smitty. MICHAEL "SMITTY" SMITH 1941 - 2001. by Neal Skok Washington. Mike "Smitty" Smith, drummer for Paul Revere and the Raiders from 1962 - 1967 and 1971 - 1972, died March 6 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Smitty was an integral part of the Raiders' massive mid-sixties successes, and he had his own fan base which ...
7 de mar. de 2024 · Always remembering Mike ”Smitty” Smith. The backbeat and zaniness of Paul Revere & The Raiders. We lost Smitty March 6, 2001 at his home in Kona, HI. . . . #60s #60smusic #70s #drummer #drums...
13 de mar. de 2001 · OBITUARIES. Michael Leroy "Smitty" Smith, 58, of Kona, a former drummer with the rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders, died last Tuesday in Kona. Born in Portland, Ore., Smith joined the band known for its colonial-era costumes in October 1962, according to the band's official Web site.
Michael George Smith (23 April 1955 – 1 August 2014), also known by the on-air nickname of Smitty, was an English television and radio presenter, racing driver, pilot and businessman. During the 1980s, he was known for his appearances on BBC One as a co-host of Breakfast Time and the music show Top of the Pops .
