It seems like everyone and his grandmother recorded “Hey Joe.” I don’t know who wrote it or who did it first, but the single we had lying around the Renfield household was by the Leaves. That’s the template for the garage-rock take on the song. The Standells are also in that vein. The Byrds cleaned it up a little. Love recorded a more garagey and psychotic take on the Byrds’ version ( I’m assuming Love’s came afterwards). Everyone knows Hendrix’s cover, which stands in its own category. As does the Mothers’, which came at the height of Zappa’s hippie-skewering phase. After all these years I still find this hilarious, especially the dueling monologues, one in each channel, during the closing mayhem.
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The Hendrix style is soooo much fun to play on a strat.
Hey Joe lends itself easily to genres running the gamut from jazz to punk.
I’m partial to the Charlotte Gainsbourg and Patti Smith covers.
You accidentally linked the Offspring version under Charlotte Gainsbourg. No problem, I looked it up becauseI I’d never heard it. Very nice version, a clear descendant of Hendrix’s take but with an ethereal vibe.
Thanks. I tried to fix the link.
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