Mitch plays with Aftershox when heÆs not doing things like finishing as semi-finalist in a national, L.A.-based Jimi Hendrix guitar competition (1999) or furnishing sound equipment to show-biz types in Hollywood. After seeing his first concert û Santana, at age 11 û he spent the next 30 years or so practicing and playing, touring and recording, and if he can find somewhere to keep his pet birds, heÆs ready to go again.