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To: Michael.SF.
"Hey Joe" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
201 posted on 05/25/2017 6:50:57 PM PDT by Clearly Right (#NeverWrong...except occasionally on days named for pagan deities...)
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To: Clearly Right
I always love great cover versions. Hendrix's version is great. For comparison, here is the original:

Hey Joe - Billy Roberts

Roberts wrote the song, it was stolen. The leaves then made it a modest hit and Hendrix knocked it out of the park. Roberts did file a law suit and was compensated.

223 posted on 05/25/2017 7:04:04 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Women who are 25 pounds overweight tend to live longer than the men who mention it.)
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