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SONG TITLE: HEYXXXX JOE : N/AXXXX RELEASED: 1966XXXX LABEL: TRACK/POLYDORXXXX GENRE: ROCKXXXX

PERSONNEL: JIMIXXXX HENDRIX(GTR) (GTR + ) NOELXXXX (VOX)REDDING (BASS) MITCHXXXX (BASS)MITCHELL (DRUMS) XXXX (DRUMS) UK CHART PEAK: 6 UKUS CHART PEAK: N/AXXXX US CHART PEAK: XXXX

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TheXXXX Jimi Hendrix Experience’s version of ‘Hey Joe’ It could all have been so different. Mitch got the was their first single and helped launch them in the Hendrix gig on the toss of a coin ( UK. The Hendrix sound was born complete from was the loser on this occasion). Mitch had previously the start in this power trio that featured the energetic been a ubiquitous sessioneer and also featured in drumming of the late . ’ doomed 1968 Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus film where he played in the ‘Dirty Mac’ supergroup that also featured on guitar and vocals THE BIGGER PICTURE and on bass. After the death of Hendrix, Mitch kept the flame alive with tribute gigs Hendrix’s signature riffing and chord play rest on and producing some of the immediate posthumous the firm foundations of Mitchell’s confident, tight and releases. He was the last member of the Experience to fast groove work. This perfectly complements the die, in November 2008 aged 61. guitar hero’s passion and trickery as well as driving what is a fairly repetitive along at breakneck pace. This interplay between them set the pattern RECOMMENDED LISTENING for much of what followed in the ’s first album and tracks such as ‘Red House’ and ‘Fire’ stand out 1967’s contains more as much for the stickmanship as the guitar playing. classic tracks than most artists’ entire greatest Mitchell, like many British drummers of the time, was hits collections, among them: ‘’, ‘Manic heavily -influenced. Depression’, ‘Red House’ and ‘Fire’. The 1968 follow up, Axis: Bold As Love is equally stacked, boasting Hendrix had huge respect for Mitch’s abilities and ‘’, ‘’ and ‘’. liked to record guide tracks in the studio with Mitch was the last release with the original and no-one else which explains the tightness of the lineup and contains ‘Voodoo Child (Slight Return)’, interplay on the recordings. ‘Crosstown Traffic’ and their sublime cover of ’s ‘’. Hot Rock Drums Grade 5 Rock Drums Grade Hot 17 18 Hot Rock Drums Grade 5 18 6 15 12 9 3 Hey Joe Hey ã ã ã ã ã ã (Swung 16 (Swung 16 œ y œ y œ y œ y Swung 16 œ y œ y y y y th th A A A ã4 s s th ) ) s 4 q= y œ y y œ œ œ C C C œ œ 82 . . . Slow Rock y y y œ y œ y œ y œ œ œ œ A y y œ œ œ y œ y œ y . . y y œ A A A œ œ œ Œ ∑ ≈ y ≈ y œ œ C C C œ œ œ œ œ 6 œ œ y œ y œ y œ y œ y œ œ © Copyright 1962Third Story CompanyMusic Incorporated, USA. œ y œ y œ y œ y œ y Swung 16 œ y f All Rights Reserved. International RightsAll Reserved. Copyright Secured. y y A A A y HR_Drm_G5_Ex_HeyJoe.mus :page th 1 s Œ œ y œ y œ œ œ C C C y œ Carlin Music Corporation. . y y y œ y œ y œ œ y F œ y Ó œ y œ y œ y œ y œ œ y œ 3 . œ ∑ y œ A A A œ y Œ œ œ 1 ≈ y C œ C œ C œ œ y œ 3 œ œ y y œ y œ y œ œ y œ y œ y œ y œ y œ y œ y œ œ y Swung 16 Swung 16 The Jimi Experience Hendrix Ó y y y y A A y th th s s œ y y y œ œ œ œ C C œ y . . y y Words &Music by y y y œ y œ œ y œ œ Ó œ œ Ó y y œ œ y œ y œ œ y œ 3 . . œ œ y y œ œ A œ A œ y œ œ œ œ ≈ y ≈ y œ œ C œ C y œ œ 3 œ œ œ œ œ œ y œ y œ y œ y œ y œ ‘My Generation’

The Who

SONG TITLE: MY GENERATION ALBUM: MY GENERATION RELEASED: 1965 LABEL: BRUNSWICK GENRE: 60S R&B

PERSONNEL: ROGER DALTRY (VOX) (GTR + VOX) (BASS) (DRUMS)

UK CHART PEAK: 2 US CHART PEAK: 74

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‘My Generation’ is one of the standout tracks from When they made Keith Moon they broke the The Who’s debut album of the same name. Few mould. He was a one-off, both as a person and as written in the 60s encapsulate the youthful rage of the a player. The archetypal rock hell-raiser (by the period quite like this one as Townshend spits out his end of the 60s he was banned from just about every disgust and loathing of the older generation (‘hope hotel chain in America), Moon set the standard for I die before I get old’). The energy of this band was hard-living and fast playing. He played fast and fuelled by the antics of their irrepressible drummer. furious on a kit with no hi-hat or ride cymbal, opting Keith Moon is a perennial favourite in polls and lists instead for many crash cymbals. The keys to Moon’s of the greatest rock drummers of all time, and was playing were his speed, accuracy and timing: and inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in what, to some ears at least, sounded random and 1990 as a member of The Who. undisciplined, was in fact highly focused.

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The Who emerged out of the scene in the The power of the early Who singles was their early to mid having grown up together around trademark and Keith Moon’s signature sound can be in west London. Their brand of ‘Maximum heard to great effect on ‘Substitute’ (1966), ‘I Can See R&B’, along with their trademark smashing up of their for Miles’ and ‘Pictures of Lilly’ (both 1967). Later instruments at the end of ‘My Generation’, marked material, such as ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, ‘Baba them out early on as a group of particularly angry O’Riley’ (both 1971) and ‘?’ (1978), young men in a way that differentiated them from show Moon in complete command. Keith Moon their peers. The pairing of the ebullient, fearless played the role of drummer J D Clover in the film Moon with the quieter, classically trained, virtuoso That’ll be the Day (1973) that features a close-up burst bass player John Entwistle created one of the great of the master in action. rhythm sections in British pop - one that has rarely been equalled. Hot Rock Drums Grade 5 Rock Drums Grade Hot 31 32 Hot Rock Drums Grade 5 21 17 13 9 5 My Generation ã ã ã ã ã F f œ y œ y œ y œ y œ y ã4 q= œ œ y 4 ŒÓ ŒÓ ŒÓ ŒÓ 192 P œ y Rock œ y ŒÓ œ œ y Œ Œ œ y Ó Ó Ó œ œ y œ y Ó ∑ ∑ ∑ All Rights Reserved. International RightsAll Reserved. Copyright Secured. œ y œ Ó Œ Œ Œ HR_Drm_G5_Ex_MyGen.mus :page © Copyright 1965Fabulous Music Limited. 3 3 J œ œ J J œ J œ J œ ∑ œ y Œ œ œ œ œ 3 3 œ J œ J J œ œ œ y ’ cont. sim. œ y œ y œ y œ y œ œ y ’’’ œ œ y œ œ y œ œ y 1 œ œ y œ y œ y œ y œ y œ y œ œ y œ œ y œ œ y œ œ y œ œ y œ y ’’ œ y œ y œ y Words &Music by Pete Townshend 3 œ y œ J œ œ y œ œ y œ œ y Œ œ œ œ y 3 œ J œ y œ y œ y ’’ œ y œ y 3 3 3 3 The Who œ J J J œ œ J œ œ y œ œ Œ Œ œ Œ œ œ y 3 3 3 3 œ J J J œ œ œ J