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Hey Joe is the self-titled debut album by the Los Angeles-based band The Leaves, recorded and released in 1966. It is best known for the title track, which the group initially recorded and released as a single (Mira 207) in late 1965. Not satisfied with the sound, the group recorded a second version in early 1966.
In late 1965, Los Angeles-based garage band called The Leaves recorded the earliest known commercial version of "Hey Joe", which was released as a single and titled "Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go". They re-recorded the song and released it in 1966 as a single, which became a hit in the US, reaching #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [ 4 ]
This version of the song became a hit and debuted on both Billboard and Cash Box on May 21, 1966. It peaked at No. 31 on Billboard and No. 29 on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts, [4] while showing a humbler peak position of No. 43 on Cash Box. The song ran nine weeks on both national charts. Their debut album Hey Joe followed. [1]
It was released as a box set of five-CDs on November 22, 2019 and an eight-LP set on December 13. [ 7 ] With over five hours of recorded music, the box set contains 43 songs, which Experience Hendrix (the current managers of Hendrix's recording legacy) note "assembles all four concerts from New Year’s Eve 1969 and New Year’s Day 1970". [ 8 ]
Hey Joe / Radio Ethiopia (1977) Set Free (1978) Professional ratings; Review scores; Source ... Tom Verlaine – guitar on "Hey Joe" Dave Palmer – engineering;
Guitarist has focused primarily on blues, folk and classic rock and metal when it comes to interviews and features. While that remains its core, in recent years, the title has broadened its scope to include artists from a wide array of guitar-focused genres, including alternative rock, modern metal, progressive rock, jazz, country, shred guitar and many others.
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He learned to play the 12-string guitar and blues harmonica, on which he claimed to have been tutored by Sonny Terry. In the early 1960s he went to New York's Greenwich Village where he busked on the street and played in coffeehouses. It was there that he composed the song "Hey, Joe," which he copyrighted in 1962.