Bill Roberts - Hey Joe (original recording) Vancouver B.C. March 1965

In 1964 The Driftwood Singers, Bill Roberts, Lynn Shepard & Steve Lalor came from Seattle and played the Bunkhouse Coffee House and The Ark Coffee House in Vancouver B.C. In 1965 Bill Roberts played a solo gig at The Ark and Doug Gyseman recorded 13 songs by Bill including, Hey Joe. This recording has been digitized from a 1st generation cassette tape copy taken from the original 1/4 inch reel to reel master.

[@sailordude2094]

Thanks, great music! I grew up with Hendrix and love that one too.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

How can this be, As a very young boy I swear that I dreamed up this song in sleep and the next morning I was singing it all over my village and very shortly after I heard Jimi Hendrix Experience playing on my parents radio

[@kingandersonartvideos84]

think Jimi Hendrix and Bill Roberts were playing music at the same time in Seattle Washington and Jimi learned the song from Bill ...

[@MichaelDrabyk]

That sounds very plausible!

[@peterblecha906]

@@kingandersonartvideos84 Jimi Hendrix split Seattle in May 1961. Well prior to Billy Roberts arriving.

[@peterblecha906]

It can't be. Unless you wrote the song and gave it to Roberts. The mind can play amazing tricks on the willing.

[@MichaelDrabyk]

@@peterblecha906 didn't know that

[@ARIZJOE]

Very interesting. Seminal. But it makes you think about how songs evolve through artists and genres. There are a ton of good songs out there. But people have not figured out how to do them.

[@peterblecha906]

Which songs have people not figured out how to do? [Some of the comments here are counterfactual and frustrating!]

[@ARIZJOE]

@@peterblecha906 For instance, most of the country songs by the Rolling Stones, as hypothetically done by country artists. Something penned by Ron Wood, e.g., "We all Get Old." The British rocker Graham Parker has many songs which could be re-done. This song right here was a mellow, folkie tune, which was done with an acid rock cast by Jimi Hendrix. Surprisingly, not all that many artists cross genres. I guess that takes a real artist. FYI: artistry as defined by Immanuel Kant has nothing to do with facts.

[@Joeage]

The Leaves had a great version of "Hey Joe". It has a very different texture and flavor than this recording.

[@rocktober1327]

Roberts plagiarized this tune from his girl friend at that time.

[@ElomoChelo]

Was not a plagiarism, he took the idea and developped into another way. Though stealing the idea is not the best

[@HeinSchouten]

Hendrix is honderd times better!!!!!!!