Hey Joe - Tim O'Brien

[theJordanabides]

absolutely amazing

[fngrstyl]

awesome!

[Gipple02]

I've sat here contemplating for 3 minutes of what to comment on this video. I have listened to Tim and Jerry my entire life and I decided on this comment:  Holy Shit.

[BigJimAllenTampaBay]

OMG...what a way to start out the morning. 30 minutes ago I discovered Tim O'Brien from Hot Rize, then find this video with Jerry Douglas! Holy crap...more coffee!!

[fable5907]

the best version i've ever heard

[OldCrow03]

@fable5907 definetly a badass cover. prob the best ive heard to. song been around for centuries.

[Fullofpies]

I would kill the for the Dobro wielding powers of Jerry Douglas.

[Lucarius1]

well, TIm sure is a great singer, but somehow on this song I prefer Jerry singing, Jerry has the better voice for that song...

Not that this version isn't good...

[OWthang101]

Hahahahaha gettin er done! This is about as good as it gets y'all! ;-)

[shangrigreige]

fyeah

[MacFeeley]

love the grin when Tim's voice cracks at 1:15. What a voice! What pickin!

[thewall67]

I saw Tim O'Brien at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. Awesome! if you like blue grass versions of rock/ish songs check out Seldom Scene doing the Grateful Dead's Rider.

[jimncheryl]

Un-freakin' believable!!!!!!!! Best ever!!!!!

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[kimbrodeu]

that's such a great version

[MyMoppet52]

Have Mercy! I listen to Tim, Dirk, and Scott on Songs from the Mountains and The Crossing daily, but this is really a change up AND I LOVE IT!!!! What a great version! Thank you for your video! Great performance!

[MrBrandalism]

This is quite possibly one of the most amazing recordings of music in the history of the world.

[niceonemicky]

@MrBrandalism I agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

[Stickcricket101]

Very Interesting Take on the Song, But I like it . Great work

[Stickcricket101]

@Stickcricket101 & a variation on the lyrics aswell

[yaisum]

If I go deaf listening to this too loud, so be it. Can't say that about many tunes, but these guys are absolutely on fire with this.

[Scotty1137]

6 idiots were here!

[jimncheryl]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chooch46]

DAMN!!!!!

[liverqiconstraint]

Wowsers!

[johnnyboync1]

not just yes but HELL YES!

[niceonemicky]

I had saved this to my Favourites, and now in reflection this is the best version I have heard I am 70 years old now but I must declare this as the best it is accurate and to the point his voice is ace.

[batyc1]

i hear you house of the 8 strings i been workin on my mandolin but damn

[batyc1]

definatly an old folk song

[batyc1]

i love old folk songs that are open to interpritation

[muzaklover78]

That dobro playing is freakin amazing!

[smokeyjoe5670]

Genius can never be described, only experienced...

[ryanmalham]

holy crap. that was amazing!

[farinasa]

An uncle introduced me to Jerry Douglas by means of union station. I usually like to listen to blues and classic/blues influenced rock and had no idea how much Jerry has actually been influenced by the same type of music. Now I can't get enough. Such a versatile player.

[larjanus]

I have only recently discovered Tim O'Brien. As a lifelong Hendrix fan this was certainly an eye opener! Just goes to show that there are no preconceptions in music, and everyone can make a tune their own by putting their own personality and soul into the playing. Great stuff here, and I will be checking out more of Mr O'Brien's work. Thank you for posting @tomtscotland !

[babbchuck]

6 Justin Bieber fans stumbled on this video, apparently...

Wow- what a great version. Jerry Douglas is a dobro god.

[GlitNeck]

I love this, God I really love this..Thanks for posting this, To my mates who sent me the link....Thanks Guy's.

[mariano697]

una delle mie preferite, fatta così!

[dont468]

Fantastic!

[spongebobwankpants]

Saw the guy who wrote this supporting Robert Plant about ten years ago. Great live voice.

[mywishLE]

troppo forte! too cool ! great great version!

[fable5907]

Ah!!! This is so amazing!

[PackersAndTheBand]

so cool that he can just laugh through that crack in his voice

[alanjameshale]

Fantastic ...Brill Love it.  Regards Bob Hale

[goffog1]

Unreal!

[etpetp]

makes me want to get gun

[carolmbean]

this is so good i want to jump up and dance - and guess what --i did- Please check out my Tim O'Brien clip of "Working on a Building" - I got it at Wellington folk fest 2008 NZ.

[toastandbutter68]

I WANT TO SCREAM YES! YES YES YES YES YES YEEEEEEEEEEEEES

[rafael55]

heavy music!!!!!! by a master!!!

wow.

[pandafuryface]

great to see he could laugh off the voice crack at 1:13. that would mess with my head for the rest of the tune.... well I better get back to the woodshed.

[buffalobilly]

Tim O'Brien is absolutely brilliant in everything I see him

[CptnKnuckles492]

can you get this song on itunes?

[goffog1]

@CptnKnuckles492 I wish!

[baconrinds]

@CptnKnuckles492 This was on a Jerry Douglas CD released back in the 90's called Slide Rule. There are a bunch of tasty tunes with guest artists doing the vocals.

[archfarchnad]

Have to write something, but can't do it justice. Incredible musicians, incredible voice, hell I even began to respect him for persevering with such a dodgey haircut by the end!!! Brilliant. Inspirational.

[etpetp]

different in a great way

[SteelTown63]

Jimmy!

[rlanantelope]

We need more of this concert.

[gregoryhurd]

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[warprod]

So frikin good!!!

[yaisum]

That is a hell of a voice Tim has on him, also a killer mandolin player.

Then you factor in the force of nature that is Jerry Douglas....

What can you say?

[jeffk1007]

Sweet!!!

[deborahkauffman09]

Bill Monroe invented bluegrass, this song is great,allthoughh it isn't bluegrass. Tim and Jerry are bluegrass players, I could listen to this over and over, the energy is wow...

[AperioOculus]

@4iral The "Blue" in Bluegrass comes from Bill Monroe's "Kentucky Bluegrass Boys"

[jaksspring97]

Jerry i love you. That is what a dobro is supposed to sound like! you rock dude.

[mistermullens]

Absolutely amazing version of this song. I was looking for something different, and these guys knocked it out of the park. Thanks for posting!

[tidalturfdotcom]

Tim O'Brien is SERIOUSLY talented.

[CGiordano464]

does anyone have mandolin tabs for this?

[A1MaxJones]

This pie does not gel. They should stick to sheep on Old McDonald's farm. The cut is like a handout to prove they rock. They're unquestionably good pickers, but rockers? Warm lactation. Stick with Hank Williams and Bill Monroe.

[robnaylor55]

@A1MaxJones Not really sure what you mean by "doesn't gel" or "prove they rock". "Hey Joe" was not originally a rock song. Depending on which origin story you accept, it's either a wholly traditional (folk) song or was written by Billy Roberts (a US folk/ country singer) or as a collaboration between Roberts and Len Partridge (a Scottish folk singer). Either way it's origins are firmly in folk/ country rather than in rock, so a treatment in this style is very appropriate.

[deborahkauffman09]

Jerry and Tim rule in this, love it...

[mountnmonkey]

Awesome stuff!! Tims a long time favorite of mine, and from just up the the road a bit..

[gloushire]

Anybody know where I can get this on an album? Specifically this version. I know Jerry Douglas has it on an album, but this is such a great take. Absolutely amazing.

[destihado1]

Some songs come from the depths of time just to become legends...

[Gillhoolee]

Kick Ass arrangement.!

[MissPickletoes]

Amazing. This is a fresh spin on a tune I have known for years, and I thank Imperial1237 for steering me this way. 10,000 stars and a big thumbs up!

[stewballmax3]

@MissPickletoes

This is one DYNAMIC and enthusiastic showcase!

Pax,

Max

[zimmy81]

first ive heard of him, hes bleedin briliant!

[ChevyToughRebel]

This song is frikin awesome.

[BimboBrennan]

Finger-pickin' good!

[chloe2shoes]

keeps us american.

[liverqiconstraint]

How could someone not like this?

[SpooksHill]

1:13 I've never heard that before

[PCPrabbit]

@SpooksHill it's probably all the ganj finally gettin to him. o'brien burns like a mother.

[EyalHoltzman]

Simply amazing. Breathing such fresh spirit into that old song.

Who gave this a thumb down 5 times, is beyond me.

[andrewmunro44]

fuck thats awsome picking

[TheDancinannie]

some kinda pickin' goin' on here:)

[thl88]

at the same time, you have to note that the walk-up riff belongs to jimi, as well as a little bit of the canoodling in the verse. it's as much an interpretation of an old standard as it is an homage to Hendrix.

[nannerbj]

Cheers Tim for the send - this is right down my street - love it !

[clarktunes]

This is the 2nd video I have watched of Tim live and it seems like he sings a bit ahead of the rhythm. A second example of this is his video of Look Down That Lonesome Rd. w/ Sarah Jarosz, Sam Grisman, Alex Hargreaves, and that 4 finger banjo beast. Any one else noticing this?

[mossie2644]

willy nelson did the same thing

[clarktunes]

1:13

[SlideHound]

@clarktunes Ouch. Good nitpick

[4iral]

Hey Joe started its life as a folk tune. It floated around folk circles, was covered by the Byrds prior to Jimi' cover of the tune. The writing of this tune accredited to Billy Roberts in the early 60s. A bluegrass rendition is not that far out. The name of the game in music is interpretation. Tim O and Jerry Douglas do an awesome interpretation on this video. What makes it is their superb musicianship and energy. Besides the blue in bluegrass comes from the blues.

[magnusmarkling]

@4iral I'm not sure if that last statement was a joke, but the word "bluegrass" actually comes from Bill Monroe's band "The Blue Grass Boys", founded in 1938.

[easternpipistrelle]

@magnusmarkling Here's Bill Monroe's description of bluegrass from wikipedia: "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound. It's plain music that tells a good story. It's played from my heart to your heart, and it will touch you. Bluegrass is music that matters."

[magnusmarkling]

@easternpipistrelle I'm not sure why exactly you're telling me this, even though it's interesting. I said nothing about the meaning of the word bluegrass, I just explained it's origin!

[MrROBHERON]

@4iral bluegrass is actually called bluegrass, because its from Kentucky, otherwise known as the bluegrass state....because the grass is blue. Bill Monroe was the first to use the term i think with his band the blue grass boys. Most of its roots are in diaspora of scots, irish and english folk music.

[LongTallYamlaJay]

@MrROBHERON I think 4iral did not mean the blue coming from blues, literally. Anywho, the grass after which it is named that grows in Western Kentucky is bluish. Bill's big influence was Uncle Pen's sometimes playing partner Arnold Schultz (Af-Am), who also put the Schultz in "Travis" picking. Only Bill, among the legendary band of 1946-47 actually came from KY, I think. Monroe did not use the term to describe the music, his followers in the mid-1950s did. Things are never that straightforward.

[hawaiiandobroblues]

@4iral was that covered by the Byrds in the Clarence White era? Remember, he was a great bluegrass guitarist - some say the greatest innovator of flatpicking next to Watson and Rice. :D

[niceonemicky]

@4iral Im really annoyed, it is of course acurate, I still think hendrix was the originator but I bow to you superior knoledge and anyway this sounds fantastic.

[ineffable59]

Brilliant.

[HouseOfThe8Strings]

This is so awesome, I want to punch someone.

[MetlDOME]

@HouseOfThe8Strings hahahahahaha yeah i feel ya hahahaha

[PCPrabbit]

@HouseOfThe8Strings i certainly wouldn't stop you!

[zarbi10425]

@HouseOfThe8Strings Aim the six no-liking people

[gtrplr42]

@HouseOfThe8Strings I would punch all four of them!! it's not fair to be that good

[niceonemicky]

@HouseOfThe8Strings you have permission to punch my lazy cat.

[niceonemicky]

@HouseOfThe8Strings you have permission to punch my lazy cat.

[mitchielpricer]

your kidding hey joe is a blues tune. slow

and with meaning not so fast yit leaves your head spinning cant seem to understand why bluegrass would attemp this tune.

[CLEMIATHON]

People are free to interpret songs anyway they see fit. Otherwise, Jimi shouldn't have done this tune! It's a cover of an old song, he changed it. Why can't others go the same??

[solveig1759]

Exactly. I have seen this live and it's just wonderful. And as for covers, Hendrix' s cover of All Along the Watchtower beats Dylan's hands down

[nanny999999]

Wooh

[NooGods]

J Douglas OWNS the F'in Dobro, period!

[whotoinfinity]

My, my, my, what an awsome cover!

Peace

Gill

[DirkjeA]

Had to listen to this one several times to let it get to me. However he is an outstanding musician and what he makes of this song is realy good, I think I do prefer the Jimmy Hendrix version.

Anyway, thanks for sending Terry.

[msstevie1951]

Terry where did you find thid man?? He's awesome! Love this version of Hey Joe,one of my favs by Jimi,this guy does it justice for sure! Thanks my Irish sweetheart! Nighty night from the USA xx

[MEagenda]

There's a great version on Jerry Douglas's "Best of the Sugar Hill Years".

[1mulekicker]

Hey.....eee....ey  Tim... I think you killed it~ Good Job!

[vivalaleta]

Tim is the man!

[JSarmbru]

A wonderful performance of one of the best tunes of all time. Jimi would have loved it.

[Jenxxie]

immense !

[sifender56]

Jerry is the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TyedSoul]

my band has got to cover this!!! WOW

[HullBloke1313]

Mine does! (See video response above)

[kolozs3]

There you have it all: past irish influence, and the splendid american blending. And the musicians everyone would like to have a session with: I think that they will have to travel at a speed higher than light if they want to satisfy all the requests worldwide. Great stuff!!!

[kathryndunne]

fab! was even better seing it live! amazing stuff. john doyle is amazing saw him play with tim when they toured together and casey dreissen about 4 years back. wow unbelieveable stuff

[kabur]

incredible. Jimi musta perked up at least a little!

[trumpd52]

Excellent.

[lukeyboy95]

EXCELLENT UPLOAD! This is a brilliant version and it moves on at a frantic pace... really great... O'Brien can't be faulted for his genius in this cover either!

[duggierock1234]

remember watching this on TV and think its one of the best covers of the song of ive ever heard

[cstockwell]

The is John Doyle on the guitar.great player!

[Mouldytone]

Wonderful! You can`t get much better than Tim O`Brien AND Jerry Douglas.

Who`s the guitar player?

Thanks for the upload.