“Hey Joe” is not actually a Jimi Hendrix original. Rather, “Hey Joe” is considered a rock standard that originated in the early 1960s. It has been performed, rearranged, and recorded by a ...

While the fast “Hey Joe” was dominating the Sunset Strip, in New York Tim Rose was playing a slower, bluesier version, which sounded more like the spooky old folk song Rose claimed it was.