ON THIS DATE IN 1966 JIMI HENDRIX RELEASES HIS FIRST SINGLE ‘HEY JOE’.
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 AND IT BECAME THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE VERSION.
HERE’S HENDRIX WITH HIS VERSION OF ‘HEY JOE’
