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The Jimi Hendrix Experience ‘Hey Joe’ The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceXXXXXXXX SONG TITLE: XXXXHEY JOE ALBUM: XXXXN/A RELEASED: XXXX1966 LABEL: XXXXTRACK/POLYDOR GENRE: XXXXROCK PERSONNEL: XXXXJIMI HENDRIX(GTR) (GTR + VOX) XXXXNOEL (VOX)REDDING (BASS) XXXXMITCH (BASS)MITCHELL (DRUMS) XXXX (DRUMS) UK CHART PEAK: 6 UKUS CHART PEAK: XXXXN/A US CHART PEAK: XXXX © PHOTOGRAPHER | ARCHIVE BACKGROUND INFO NOTES XXXXThe 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 (Aynsley Dunbar 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 Mitch Mitchell. the Rolling Stones’ doomed 1968 Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus film where he played in the ‘Dirty Mac’ supergroup that also featured John Lennon on guitar and vocals THE BIGGER PICTURE and Keith Richards 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 song along at breakneck pace. This interplay between them set the pattern RECOMMENDED LISTENING for much of what followed in the band’s first album and tracks such as ‘Red House’ and ‘Fire’ stand out 1967’s Are You Experienced 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: ‘Foxy Lady’, ‘Manic heavily jazz-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 ‘Little Wing’, ‘If 6 was 9’ and ‘Spanish Castle Magic’. liked to record guide tracks in the studio with Mitch Electric Ladyland 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 Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along The Watchtower’. 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Carlin Music Corporation. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. The Who ‘My Generation’ The Who SONG TITLE: MY GENERATION ALBUM: MY GENERATION RELEASED: 1965 LABEL: BRUNSWICK GENRE: 60S R&B PERSONNEL: ROGER DALTRY (VOX) PETE TOWNSHEND (GTR + VOX) JOHN ENTWISTLE (BASS) KEITH MOON (DRUMS) UK CHART PEAK: 2 US CHART PEAK: 74 BACKGROUND INFO NOTES ‘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 songs 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. THE BIGGER PICTURE RECOMMENDED LISTENING The Who emerged out of the Mod scene in the The power of the early Who singles was their early to mid 1960s having grown up together around trademark and Keith Moon’s signature sound can be Ealing 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 ‘Who Are You?’ (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. 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