Billy Roberts - Hey Joe

Billy [William Moses] Roberts [Jr.] (b. 1936, Greenville, SC) is an American songwriter and musician credited with composing the 1960's rock standard Hey Joe, the best known version of which is by The Jimi Hendrix Experience).

Roberts was a relatively obscure California based folk singer, guitarist and harmonica player who performed on the West Coast coffee-house circuit in the late 1950's and early 1960's. He registered Hey Joe for copyright in the U.S. in 1962. Roberts later recorded the country rock album Thoughts of California with the band Grits in San Francisco in 1975, produced by Hillel Resner.

After a severe car accident in the 1990's Roberts was hospitalized in Sonoma County, California for many years.

djm@to edit

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Billy
• Roberts
• Hey
• Joe

[mprelesn]

not...original version...hendrix recorded after...



[hermanosssooouuulll]

@atomic116090 First Version was actually RECORDED by The Leaves but first version registered is the one by Billy Roberts.

[film2146]

na ez kurva jó!

[Trower22]

Hendrix version is better but this is is good!

[binahJVC]

HEY JOE!

[3lendi]

dont matter if its recovered from Jimmy or Billy... I just love Joe :D

[w0rdisbond]

@Fasoun No, THIS IS A VERSION THAT TALENT-LESS ROBERTS RECORDED AFTER HENDRIX, PROBABLY AS LATE AS THE NINETIES. MKAY?

TIME ROSE'S 1966 VERSION IS THE ONE HENDRIX COVERED IN 1967, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND DIG UP THE ROBERTS 1966 ONE, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT.

CUZ I CAN SHOW YOU THE TIME ROSE ONE, ITS OBVIOUSLY WHAT PROPELLED HENRIX. GOOD NIGHT

[clintjames79]

I'm glad this song was made

[rootkit85]

Wondrfull

[Dbalx]

@w0rdisbond well i agree

[w0rdisbond]

@itonycSD hendrix covered the Tim Rose one, released 1966, this one is CLEARLY recorded AFTER Hendrix, Billy Roberts equals Nixon = fucking crooks!