HEY JOE (The Stillroven)
Their second single by the Stillroven, and the first that was widely available was of the 1960’s chestnut “Hey Joe”; and the flip side of their first single was a punky cover of the Monkees’ tuffest single, “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone”.
(September 2010)
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Now, on their website, Sundazed Records insists of the Stillroven that “their pedal-to-the-metal, frenetic version of ‘Hey Joe’ [is] still THE definitive version as far as we’re concerned”. That’s a pretty strong statement considering that “Hey Joe” was one of the most recorded songs of the 1960’s. Better-known covers include those by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Deep Purple (on their debut album, Shades of Deep Purple, they even claimed to be the songwriter!), Johnny Rivers, the Byrds, the Music Machine, and the Leaves.
So, if you want to test that claim, here is the Stillroven on YouTube (audio only) performing “Hey Joe”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-0zMnkCYOE .
(September 2012)
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(September 2013)
