LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 1, 2020..ON THIS DATE IN 1967 JIMI HENDRIX RELEASED HIS FIRST SINGLE ‘HEY JOE’ IN THE U.S. ( IT WAS RELEASED FOUR MONTHS EARLIER IN THE U.K.). THE SONG IS ABOUT A MAN WHO IS ON THE RUN AND PLANS TO GO TO MEXICO AFTER SHOOTING HIS UNFAITHFUL WIFE. IT WAS RECORDED BY NUMEROUS ARTISTS BEFORE HENDRIX RELEASED THE SONG, BUT HENDRIX’S RENDITION BECAME THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE VERSION. JIMI’S VERSION IS LISTED AS #201 ON “ROLLING STONE” MAGAZINE’S LIST OF “THE 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL-TIME.” A LITTLE TRIVIA, ‘HEY JOE’ WAS THE LAST SONG HENDRIX PERFORMED AT WOODSTOCK IN 1969 AND AS A RESULT WAS THE FINAL SONG PLAYED AT THE FESTIVAL. HERE’S HENDRIX WITH HIS VERSION OF ‘HEY JOE’