Buddy Miles, Mike Smith

Two very different artists, too young.

Buddy Miles, 60.

Mr. Miles played with a brisk, assertive, deeply funky attack that made him an apt partner for Hendrix. With his luxuriant Afro and his American-flag shirts, he was a prime mover in the psychedelic blues-rock of the late 1960s, not only with Hendrix but also as a founder, drummer and occasional lead singer for the Electric Flag. During the 1980s, he was widely heard as the lead voice of the California Raisins in television commercials.

Mike Smith, 64.

Before his death, preparations were under way to transport Mr. Smith to New York so that he could attend the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on March 10, Ms. Lewis said. Besides Mr. Smith and Mr. Clark, the band included Lenny Davidson on lead guitar, Rick Huxley on bass guitar and Denny Payton on saxophone, harmonica and guitar.