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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 ]
The band reunited in 1970 before Pons became a member of Zappa's band. The reunited lineup included Jim Pons on rhythm guitar, John Beck on lead guitar, Buddy Sklar, lead singer from The Hook and The Spencer Davis Group, Al Nichols on bass from the Turtles, and Bob "Bullet" Bailey on drums.
The opening guitar riff of "Johnny B. Goode" borrows from the opening single-note solo on Louis Jordan's "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" (1946), played by guitarist Carl Hogan. [10] One notable feature of Berry's recording is the contrast between the swing of the drums and piano backing, and the "straight" (non-swinging) rhythm and lead guitar. [11]
Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin playing double-necked guitar onstage in 1973. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, The Firm) Clive Painter (Broken Dog, The 99 Call, Tram, The Real Tuesday Weld) Brad Paisley; Orianthi Panagaris; Joe Pass; Les Paul; Michal Pavlíček; Axel Rudi Pell; Tony Peluso (The Carpenters) Carl Perkins; Luther Perkins ...
Immediately, fans began speculating that “Hey Joe” was about Alwyn, 32. (Alwyn is the most recent ex-boyfriend of Taylor Swift, who frequently collaborates with Antonoff on her albums.)
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.
The lead singer, Colin Hay, uses his voice in different ways throughout the song to imitate Johnny, Johnny's mother and father, and his teacher. The song also features spoken dialogue by keyboardist Greg Ham as he tries to figure out what Johnny is like. The title of the song is a reference to the Chuck Berry song "Johnny B. Goode".