Roy Buchanan - Hey Joe

[marktv3]

I saw Roy at the long gone Starwood in Hollywood, Ca. My brother and I worked our way to the front and I'll never forget Roy looking down at me; as if his eyes were saying, "What is this 14 year old doing here?"

[wnkghormley]

Rolling Stone mag sucks, they didn't put Roy on the list of 100, but Springsteen? Edge? wtf Don't get me started on why Satch wasn't on there...

[moopadoopolus]

@wnkghormley Haha! I agree very much... But then again, all these lists and labels are B.S if you ask me... After all, an opinion is an opinion, and an opinion is always and only subjective. There is no objective truth in these matters.

Anyway, please have a listen to my cover too if you get a moment!

[bmclaughlin01]

Just plain terrible.........we are waiting for the riff the whole time, they all.sound tired. The studio version is fanastic:

[clikityclak]

Nothing like a good ass scratch before the performence

[1skullduggery]

guitar great...horrible vocals.

[Kr0nic777]

@1skullduggery

I'm sorry, I didn't know the Vocal's were the selling point of this song, considering ony like 10-20 words are said throughout the whole thing

[1skullduggery]

@Kr0nic777 apology accepted...

[LeSaucissonFurtif]

Et il vraiment très bon, j'aime beaucoup ce qu'il fait; mais bon sang ce mec n'a aucun charisme ! 8)

[djowens123]

Hendrix, Roy Buchanan, Gilmour.... Listen and learn!

[RedEyeWalker]

What the hello happens at 3.37?!?!?! Where was that pick??? How didi he do it. I wann learn that trick!

[Carolinatunesmith]

@RedEyeWalker Your girlfriend/ wife would dig it too, just sayin, lol.

[RedEyeWalker]

@Carolinatunesmith

Hehe. Gotta learn that trick then, ey! ;)

[TheMorfred]

@RedEyeWalker had it in his palm... It takes a bit of training, but it's not THAT hard...

[qwecars]

What year is this?

[DubvibeProd]

Hendrix didn't write this tune...... he just played it very well.....

[urankjj]

I luv Roy, I have seen him quite a few times" Live" back in the day, but never saw him with an itchy ass.... Roy would be laughing along with me. Truly a guitar legend, Thank you roy & RIP...........

[thelawya]

i want that tele

[dodadi2]

it's SUPER-SUX!

[shaq666uk]

Beautiful haunting solo.

[dirkwwoods]

Lee is right. What an amazing performance in Austin. Anyone have a video of a better guitar performance by anyone? What a shame- do you have to kill yourself to be able to play the blues like that?

[Bassist10288]

@dirkwwoods man there's lotsa great stuff out there. And you don't have to kill yourself, you just gotta feel it and practice.

[Snotra]

Ha ha ha!! This is always a fun (we just ran out of songs) and (they want more) number to pull out of the band's hat!

[12347771]

Never in my life!!! The Right Hand from Heaven!! God Keep Roy

[SnakeSSSStretcher]

I wonder how many people here know why he sings it " where you going with that GUITAR in your hand"

I hate to spam but if you want a Deeper understanding of what Roy was talkin about, check my channel.

Cheers.

[Skyman46]

@SnakeSSSStretcher Because it sounds less psychotic than gun in your hand.

[SnakeSSSStretcher]

@Skyman46 Um, no. It's a bit more intellectual then that.

[TheAle60]

que bueno!!!!!!!!

[snakeweirdo]

High Action for sure.

[designermite]

Billy Roberts wrote Hey Joe correct?..

[snakeweirdo]

@designermite It's an old aboriginal.

[conker54054]

damn this is awesome.

[joeylodes]

as someone named Joe ... trust me .... i dont care who wrote it ... Jimi OWNS it! and Roy did an amazing version here !

[ibigdaddy]

This guy did it, that guy did it, just enjoy it, and shut up!

[MAGADIR]

i , too sa him in d.c.  wow.

[wolfjb6]

Knew Roy- yes his music changed with his life--but he was great--saw him alot in George Town DC wow he talked with his music--he's still with me

[Bestiame88]

@barbe47 it isn't a playback...

[dicmac1953]

I got into somebody's car around 1975-76 and heard Roy and was gobsmacked. Had to have the album and collected pretty much them all after that at stores and record fairs.

Unfettled by global superstardom and often pretty much unheralded an axeman surpassed by none.

Gone like other greats before his time.

[1954tele]

I grew up listening to Roy and was fortunate enough to watch him and my father play informally when Roy would cut our hair (another story). In 1976, the Warner Theater in DC Roy walked on stage, Guitar & Schlitz in one hand and Amp in the other. His music was magic to our ears. The last 7 or 8 years of Roys life he began using delay & distortion. I'm at a loss to explain why but something changed with Roy. What hasnt changed is the love & respect I have for Roy & his contribution to music.

[lee32uk]

@wazejames

If you check my profile you can find a better version of hey joe from his Austin city limits concert.

[MrJasonroy]

@lee32uk thanks a lot! really your version by far is more interesting, more buchananly!

[wazejames]

Where the band????, although this riff is the same every round its not, there is so much room for a ryhyym section to move... go listen to roys studio versions where he can move around the dynamics. this cant be the only live version? Waz e James

[lee32uk]

@wazejames

No this is not the only live version. There is a much better version from the Austin city limits concert. Unfortunately the one i uploaded was removed by youtube due to a copyright claim.

[lee32uk]

I know the original version wasn't by Hendrix. The reason I put Hendrix in the the title was because his version is the one everyone knows.

[OneBigRetard]

@lee32uk

Not only that, this is the Hendrix arrangement.

[MalquiLans]

@lee32uk That's a fare comment if I ever I saw one :)

[maxblu53]

the original Hey Joe was NOT the Hendrix version

[Hakan625]

Yeah, but Hendrix sure did a great job popularising it, didn't he?

[maxblu53]

Hendrix may have popularized it, but it was his version, it wasn't the original. if you look a little harder you will find that its an old blues song.

[Hakan625]

I'm well aware of that.

[malmhalm]

Some claim it´s an old blues song but the fact is that it was copyrighted in 1962 by American folksinger Billy Roberts.

[adawg48]

my dad met him in person at a bar it wasnt till after that my dad found out he was a guitar legend

[mudspud01]

um im pretty sure hey joe is not originally done by hendrix .

[lee32uk]

@mudspud01

His is probably the best known version though, even though Roy does it best ;)

[5jerry1]

@lee32uk

With Deep Purple running a close second.

[metalliczombie]

@lee32uk Um no.

[Kohntarkosz]

I was thinking the same thing. It was written by Billy Roberts and recorded by at least three different people (Love, The Leaves, and The Byrds), before Are You Experienced came out.

[psychkoala]

True, & The Music Machine did a great version of it (not sure about the recording date). Deep Purple did a great version in '68 (?).

Jimi kind of made it his own, though. One of his signature songs.

[Cwilfert56]

lol cover of the jimi version...

[bobcordson]

What a man Roy was on guitar-ive only heard three of his songs-and already hes in my top 10 fav guitarists!quality

[bridgfordbill]

well observed smart arse

[roorroorroorroor]

why best genius died often young?

[phallystorm]

@roorroorroorroor  Because GOD has a Rock N Roll Heaven

[PoposNewGuitarChan]

@roorroorroorroor

cause god's jealous of us down here and he wants all the good music to himself

[jadslash]

im pretty ayt with the pick in the pinky thing, but its like he just made it appear out of nowhere whadahell!?!?! ~bow~

[dalethorpe07]

his studio version of this song is fuckin amazing

[brobearto]

uh, yeah, that's what i'm lookin' for! also, have you heard the cover of "red house" by Indigenous? Phenomenal!

[Rick5150]

its on itunes

[RandyRhoadsRules042]

Great song. Roy Buchanan definately gives you a false impression if you base what you expect of him by his appearance. He did a great job.

[redstrat8]

the leaves good version

[rorythegod]

great,

grand,

rip roy

[Jimi6644]

What's with the scratch a** thing? Anyhow Roy is cool..

[KirstieJLennon]

The Hendrix one is a cover fool

[castblackiron]

Tim Rose did the original, i think.

[Kohntarkosz]

The Leaves, I believe, did the first known recording.

[47v4r0]

0:21 - 0:27 6 seconds and the guitar is tuned

[titojack8]

kick asssssssssssss

[tripnixon]

exactly what i was thinking: like he must have some kind of quartz in his head.

[saintandrews84]

yes very nice and thankyou to Jimmy !

[FamilyUSA]

Saw Roy in 1978 in Tampa. Rick Derringer opened. Un fucking believable guitar show. Seen Clapton, Vai, Van Halen Lee, Gallagher etc, (never saw Hendrix dammit) . Roy's right up there.

[motokev]

better include jim thackery....

one bad ass on a guitar

[baboonmaster]

he just cant sing that style... the messiah will come again is the greatest!

[ajax7925]

it's a very good song.

why are you putting hendrix name in with it. jimi Hendrix did not write this song, he only covered it. William Roberts wrote this song.

[lee32uk]

I put Hendrix's name in it because his is the best known version.

[davidwatson]

..and if you've actually heard the pre Hendrix versions ... this ones definitely owes a heap to the Jimi version ... which I'm guessing Chas Chandler- a bass player and pop-smith himself - had quite a hand in the arranging. Never credited.I mean- that's quite a bass line.

[raccomando1992]

wes is a great JAZZ guitar player Roy is a better BLUES player you cant judge somebody on something they don't play the only guitarist you can judge r the ones that play in the same genera

[MASTROCCHI]

ye yeye Yeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh 2:28

[raccomando1992]

i have heard of hendrix and yes he was amazing at what he did but if your judging blues this guy is better other than that hendrix is the greatest at everything else

[step991]

two leadguitars vs Jimmy the one

[ad30279]

yea and this version is more of a team effort roy is way better an he dont need drugs to play good like jimmi did

[rhymeofjazz]

he was awkward such as gary moore

[fenderstrat422]

???

[raccomando1992]

hes so much better than Hendrix and SRV its amazing i never heard of him before but damn hes amazing wish i could have seen him play

[RayPFP]

"Hes so much better than Hendrix and SRV its amazing i never heard of him before but damn hes amazing wish icould have seen him play"? I guess you never heard Jimi play either by the your comment.

[raccomando1992]

go listen to the messiah will come and then tell me who u think is better do some research before judgein

[sean808808]

Opinions vary. I think Hendrix and SRV are the 2 greatest american guitar players.

[iliveinmyguitar]

please stop rating guitarists

[nightlydruid]

I agree with iliveinmyguitar, you can't judge guitar players. Each of them has their own style. Sure you can say Yngwie malmsteen can play 2000 notes per minute more than Hendrix, but that still doesn't say anything about the actual player.

[RayPFP]

Go listen too Wes Montgomery and come back and tell me who's better Raccomando.

[nachospl0x]

great solo and style, that part after 3:18 when he starts playing like a bassist

[mjerina77]

Buchanan was a straight up g from VA

rest in peace my bro

[fstbck2000]

Jimi didn't write this song.

[Dubes111]

Billy Roberts did

[samtmclean]

Does anyone know what on earth he is doing at 3:06 - 3:18? It's unreal!

[jeffbeck123]

he is simply shredding and hitting harmonics down the neck

[floofynut]

lets not forget duude, although this aint his best version of hey joe, he's doing that on a tele with less distortion than people like gary moore and dave murray have to use. so what he is doing is still pretty damn out of this world. and he did influence beck a hell of a lot beck said that. the volume swells especially .

[iamasmodai]

He's picking the string then getting a harmonic by lightly touching the string with either his thumb or index finger.

[tallmunchkin]

This is not, not, not a Hendrix tune. It was copywrited by Billy Roberts in 1962, but may have been written by Len Partridge. Certainly Hendrix did the most famous cover, but Buchanan the best (in my opinion).

[fishtales2550]

how the hell can you say roy and crack in the same sentence TROLL

did you know him? I did!!!!

[RayPFP]

Fishtales you idiot Roys wife told Virginia police that Roy had been smoking crack dummy. It's in the police report stupid.

[mjerina77]

damn u serious

[rotolo]

aww, i love that telecaster sound such a beautiful cover version by roy buchanan..

[smotpoker86]

Yeah, you people comparing the two.... just listen to Ramon's Blues by Roy, and then make a judgement...2 diffrent people, and two diffrent styles...BOTH GREAT!!!

[rabbitshirt]

please don't compare the two - Roy and Hendrix. Of course, Jimi was very dynamic. Roy was in a field of his own though.

[Freedom0467]

Jimi's Fender sounded a lot better ...

[DraZiC1991]

his Fender... they both have fenders... a strat and a tele

[badjackbrowning5]

There's a big difference between strats and teles. I prefer telecasters.

[nachospl0x]

I am sorry I do not have much knowledges of guitars and their sounds. So please do not get mad when I ask, what is their differences besides the strat having a whammy bar, and the tele having "thicker" pickups and more suitable for the blues (I think)?

[Freedom0467]

I feel Roy was very good. But Jimi had better feeling in his playing. Jimi's tones were better also. There will never be another Jimi. He was one of a kind... JIMI =GOD of the universe

[MarioMoreno]

jimi and roy were unique, and different one from the other, if you like jimi more than roy its ok, but that doesnt make him the best.

there will never be another roy

[floofynut]

well said duude :)

[Freedom0467]

ROy smoked a lot of crack. The night he died he was smoking crack with a stranger in his basement. He met the guy in a bar and brought him home. His wife got upset and called the police while Roy was walking the guy down the street the police stopped him and Roy was drunk so police took him to jail. The rest is history

[bobbyray56]

Roy hung himself in his jail cell in Virginia over 25 years ago. I miss him, his talent, and his music

[icatfishman]

I used to see Roy at the Gentlemen Two on M Street and it was guit amazing for a kid guitarist. Never saw him on Rt. 1

[Stratocaster145]

VERY VERY  GOOD

Stratocaster145

[Au55iearmy]

Worlds best blues musician

[dargweyder]

the drummer dont groove

[bohnsaway]

Sorry to say, but Roy is a disappointment on this. His singing is bad, and the guitar playing was nothing special.

[oasisMikeGallagher]

Music is music man...

[DrewAnti1960]

Uncle Roy smoked some weed with my friends ,and I,he was a cool Dude man,ha ha LOL

[DrewAnti1960]

gotto see him 4 times in the late 70s and early 80s,all the shows were in New haven ct ,at local clubs,they were the great shows man,also SRV played the same clubs,and Johnny winterwiht in 3 years I saw all these guys a dozen times

[tatudave1]

3 of my favorite guitarists also. Seen dozens of their shows. Never disappointed. Wish they would have played all night long like the Allmon Bros. used to do sometimes.

[rockysman6]

this man had a way of just grabbing you and touching your soul.like he was playing just for you and no one else!

[floofynut]

:) so true :)

[Nickovitch2370]

Roy Buchanan & Danny Gatton! The two greatest!

[twanleee]

I had seen Roy play at the Keg in georgetown, and then later at the Kennedy Center in DC, for those who can't appreciate it now, I can only say you should have been there...

[pottsie54]

I knew Roy personally..the man would die for anyone...My dad was a rodie for him in the 70's, and I had the chance to meet him...great guy...and the BEST EVER

[LazyHammond91]

mmmm...i don't like it

[himtroy]

People always say it's a cover of a Hendrix song...it's not really hendrix's song any more than it's Roy's. Niether did the original, even bands as popular as the Byrds had it out before either of them

[Riptor717]

sound as a pound, cheers Lee

[extremelion]

the best

[mouse25314]

I wish I had magic fingers like that...

[tullycahan7]

so does my woman know where your comin from cheers he is the best

[artmaniac53]

Roy's Mgic hands...the best rock guitarist ever!!!

[stratakat]

I've been listening to Roy, since the 70's, he's a HUGE influnce on my playing, but you can't really hear it in my playing... (some times). .. maybe cause i have too many influences...

Great vid THANKS

strat

[xGxNxRx4eva]

i would have been listening to him since the 70s but....i was born in 92 so ya....dont work out but guitarists like roy make me love to play blues on my guitar....not that often a 15 yr old plays blues on his guitar nowadays ya know lol

[floofynut]

i know wt u mean im 16 nd it feels liek im the only one who plays blues style stuff lol its all indi music nd crap like muse etc. (effects junkies)lmao

[canabeans08]

i saw Johnny Lang when he was 15 keep jammin

[Skyman46]

Thanks for posting, this is great...the most underrated guitarist, so sad. Roy's version always gives me goosebumps..it's downright scary , so deliberate, passionate.

[pc3222]

same here!

[steveisler]

Who was first with Hey Joe

Roy or hendriks

I think roy does a better job of it

[JVMII]

neither of them was the original

[bluedan82]

roy buchanan rules! i would cut off my left foot to be able to play like him

[fleurdelis1973]

It was written by Billy Roberts. Originally written as a country blues/folk song. Covered by the Leaves, the Byrds, Deep Purple, and others.. but by "the man" Jimi Hendrix, and the rest is history. Get your shit straight.

[vitovitale]

man they could have avoided using the augmented 9th chord (known to some as the Jimi Hendrix chord)... it is really annoying in this context!!

[doctorwho47]

Poor Roy, drank himself to death. But man could this cat play....Play on Roy, jam on cats.

[mygroovylespaul]

Poor Roy didnt drink himself to death.....He committed suicide in jail, I believe.

[renownpete]

the cops killed him , he didnt commit anything

[nido123456789]

jimi Hendrix plays bether!

[zoron656]

jimi never played this song again after he herd roy play it

[triviumcunt]

isnt that fucking crazy!!!

[nido123456789]

yeah i know.. my friend wrote this from my account

[bmrfff]

dont think im crazy, but i personally don't really like roy's playing THAT much...

[krsdone]

mom, stepdad, is that yous on the internets. If it is ,thanks for toning down your opinion from, "it sounds like two cats scratching each others balls." and also my all time favorite christmas, Roy Buchanan's secound album despit your ear for Jerry Vale.

[igoboing]

when i die i hope i end up were ole roy boy is

[ThorXMK]

Roy is an awesome guitarists but not much of a singer. He doesn't put nearly as much emotion into his singing as he does his guitar playing. Doesn't really need it though, his guitar does all his singing for him.

[Nickovitch2370]

All of his best tunes were instrumentals anyway. I do agree that he is amazing at putting his heart and soul into his playing. He was truly one of the greatest pickers around.

[Blackguard52]

Roy Buchanan in mind was and still is the best that have graced the music scene for generations.

[2112pk]

hendrix never said that.

while he was too muble too except the title of best guitar player, he never named who he thought WAS the best.

[jkoff76]

I know that Jimi said his fav was Billy Gibbons. I know he loved Clarence White and Terry Kath from Chicago as well. So I think that might indicate who he thought was best, other than him of course!!

[thailow117]

personally, is still dislike buchanan's style. i listen to his record "when a guitar plays the blues" every once in a while, but it somehow puzzles me. dunno, maybe his sound is to harsh for my taste. anyway, great to find music of this caliber.

[hardbluesguy]

That would be Roy Buchanan

[LodoGrdzak]

What'd you expect Hendrix to say? "Im obviously the greatest since on top of being one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time I've written over 20 classics in 2-1/2 years that will still be listened to and copied 40 years after my death but still no one's gonna be more exciting or nearly as much the innovator as I was even 40 years later?" Doesn't sound like Jimi's style.

[spring41686]

Hendrix didnt write hey joe or many other of his "classics." What he did do is take blues and sold if off to white kids as somthing that was new.

[LodoGrdzak]

What does Hey Joe have to do with Wind Cries Mary or Red House or Voodoo Chile or Machine Gun or Who Knows or Freedom or Manic Depression or Crosstown Traffic or Stone Free or If 6 was 9 or Third Stone From the Sun--"Hendrix didnt write many of his classics?" What the hell are you talking about? What classics of his didnt he write?