Worst version of Hey Joe I've ever heard...

[Davey]

And ironically it was the first ever recorded version!

Just a brief history of what went on here. Originally when Hendrix was trying to gain fame he wrote the song Hey Joe and hawked it around, but when he was eventually given an opportunity with it, he was told that he himself didn't suit the song and that someone else should record it. It was then given to Los Angeles garage band, 'The Leaves'.

This is their version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uheattb5Kms

Just to re-iterate, this version was a hit BEFORE Jimi's version, so in essence Jimi's version is actually a cover even though he himself wrote the song.

Isn't it amazing what you find?

[Spudman]

I think this at least equals it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClNaljSwB30

[Distantshore]

The age of the internet....there is no limit to the information you can find out.

Good stuff.

[Batchimp RG]

That's interesting, I always thought it was a cover....excellent news!

[nota]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe

[plugger]

Originally Posted by Ibanez249

Just a brief history of what went on here. Originally when Hendrix was trying to gain fame he wrote the song Hey Joe and hawked it around, but when he was eventually given an opportunity with it, he was told that he himself didn't suit the song and that someone else should record it. It was then given to Los Angeles garage band, 'The Leaves'.

No. No. No. No!

Whatever uncertainty surrounds the origin and authorship of "Hey Joe", the one thing that is for certain is that Hendrix did not write it!

This misinformation needs nipping in the bud before it has a chance to become "Internet true".

Originally Posted by Ibanez249

Isn't it amazing what you find?

It is amazing, and not all of it good, unfortunately.

[Batchimp RG]

Originally Posted by nota

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe

Cheers for that!

[Davey]

What the... I actually got my info from Wikipedia! Now that's just messed up. I'm actually really confused?

[Davey]

Somebody must've slipped some crack in my cornflakes or something.

Still! That is one sh*tty version, crack session or not!

[Rotti]

I've always liked the way Buckwheat Zydeco plays it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceWWb...eature=related

[kotornut]

Originally Posted by Ibanez249

What the... I actually got my info from Wikipedia! Now that's just messed up. I'm actually really confused?

First things my professors always told me was that using wikipedia as a source was unacceptable. Not because it was all wrong but because it it is wrong your not garanteed that someone who actually knows checked it out.

Yeah it's just band stuff but look at the conflicting information just about one song.

[funkdubious]

Well I like it! Much prefer it to the versions we get from ' guitar virtuosos' at G3 etc