THE MYSTERY OF "HEY JOE"

JIMI HENDRIX WAS SO REVOLUTIONARY AS A ROCK GUITARIST THAT PEOPLE OFTEN OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT HE WAS ALSO AN AMAZING ROCK COMPOSER.
OF THE THREE COVER SONGS THAT DO APPEAR ON HENDRIX'S THREE MAIN ALBUMS THEY ARE EITHER- SO COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED LIKE-DYLAN'S "ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER" THAT JIMI DESERVE'S A WRITING CREDIT AND AT LEAST
SURELY COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP OF THE ARRANGEMENT.{UNKNOWN}
ON THE OLD BLUES STANDARD "RED HOUSE" SIMILARLY JIMI COMPLETELY OVERPOWER'S-A GREAT SONG-WITH HIS ASTOUNDING BLUES GUITAR TALENT THAT HE JUST DOESN'T COPY OTHER VERSIONS BUT SEEMS TO CONNECT TO IT DIRECTLY FROM HIS VERY SOUL.["BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT I STILL GOT MY GUITAR"}
FINALLY WE COME TO "HEY JOE" THE SONG THAT LAUNCHED JIMI'S CAREER IN
ENGLAND.HIS FIRST SINGLE AND HIS FIRST HIT.THE HISTORY OF A "HEY JOE" IS
A MYSTERY BECAUSE IN THE END YOU RELIZE NO ONE REALLY KNOW'S WHO
WROTE IT.RIGHT BEFORE JIMI WAS DISCOVERED BY CHAS CHANDLER{A FORMER
MEMBER OF "THE ANIMALS"}}IN GREENWICH VILLAGE{NEW YORK CITY]SINGER-
SONGWRITER "TIM ROSE" HAD PLAYED AN ARRANGMENT SIMILIAR TO JIMI'S ON HIS
DEBUT ALBUM.ROSE OFTEN PLAYED AROUND THE VILLAGE SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE
JIMI GOT IT FROM ROSE;WHO DIDN'T WRITE IT AND TRIED TO PRETEND HE KNEW
WHO DID BUT NONE OF HIS STORIES HELD UP UNDER SCRUTINY.
AT ONE POINT IN THE MID-SIXTIES QUITE A FEW GARAGE BANDS COVERED
"JOE" BUT THEY PLAYED IT AT A MUCH FASTER TEMPO-"THE LEAVES" RECORDED IT AND SO DID "LOVE".HENDRIX HAD PLAYED WITH "LOVE" SO HE COULD HAVE HEARD IT THEN AND WHEN ROSE RE-ARRANGED-DECIDING HE LIKED IT SLOWER
BETTER.IT COULD JUST BE THAT "HEY JOE" IS ONE OF THOSE BLUE'S/FOLK AMERICAN STANDARDS WHOSE AUTHORS NAME HAS BEEN LOST IN TIME.
P. HOLLY-6/28/07

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LONNIE DONAGAN,BUDDY HOLLY & THE QUARRYMEN

HERE IS A GREAT PICTURE OF LONNIE DONAGAN AND BUDDY HOLLY.DONAGAN
WAS A HUGE STAR IN ENGLAND.HE WAS THE LEADER OF THE SKIFFLE CRAZE WHICH AT ONE TIME WAS SO BIG THAT EVEN MY UNCLE REX WAS IN A SKIFFLE BAND IN OGDEN,UTAH ! DONAGANS BIGGEST HIT WAS "ROCK ISLAND LINE" A SONG
WRITTEN BY HEDDIE LEDBETTER BETTER KNOWN AS "LEADBELLY".
THE FIRST TIME PAUL McCARTNEY SAW JOHN LENNON HE WAS PLAYING WITH
HIS SKIFFLE BAND-"THE QUARRYMEN".LENNON SANG "ROCK ISLAND LINE" AND
McCARTNEY WASN'T TOO IMPRESSED WITH THE BAND BUT HE LIKED LENNONS
VOCALS.LATER A MUTUAL FRIEND INTODUCED THEM-McCARTNEY PUT ON QUITE
A DEMONSTATION FOR LENNON-SHOWING HIM HOW TO PROPERLY TUNE A GUITAR-WHICH LENNON HADN'T QUITE MASTERED AND THEN RUNNING THRU
EDDIE COCHRAN'S "20 FLIGHT ROCK",GENE VINCENT AND THE BLUECAP'S "BE-BOP-A
-LU-LA" AND A MEDLY OF LITTLE RICHARD HITS ! SUFFICE TO SAY-LENNON WAS
QUITE IMPRESSED.
THIS PHOTO OF HOLLY AND DONAGON IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE SKIFFLE CRAZE WINDED DOWN AFTER A FEW YEARS BUT-UNLIKE IN AMERICA-BUDDY HOLLY'S MUSIC STAYED VERY POPULAR IN ENGLAND FOR A VERY LONG TIME{EVEN
AFTER HIS DEATH HE WAS STILL TOPPING THE CHARTS} AND ENDED UP BEING A HUGE INFLUENCE ON THE BEATLES AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER WELL KNOWN
ENGLISH MUSICIANS-THE ROLLING STONES,ERIC CLAPTON,THE HOLLIES,AND
REALLY JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE BANDS THAT WERE A PART OF THE BRITISH
INVASION.
"ROCK ISLAND LINE" HAS BECOME AN AMERICAN STANDARD AND THE BEST
KNOWN VERSION OF IT IS PROBABLY THE ONE RECORDED BY JOHNNY CASH-
WHO REALLY TAKES IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL-HE CONTINUED TO PERFORM IT
THROUGHOUT HIS LONG AND AMAZING CAREER AND IT WAS ALLWAYS A CROWD
FAVORITE. http://members.tripod.com/rant58/id448.htm

P. HOLLY 6/18/2007

ON MUSIC-"THE COMPOSER-COME HELL OR HIGHWATER"

PEOPLE ARE ALLWAYS SURPRISED WHEN I TELL THEM THAT MUSIC IS THE HIGHEST
FORM OF ART.BUT AS AN ARTIST WHO ALSO IS A PAINTER,PHOTOGRAPHER,
FILMAKER,DIRECTOR,ACTOR,DANCER AND WRITER-I CAN TELL YOU WHY.
MUSIC IS COMPLETELY TEMPORAL.IT IS ALLWAYS JUST VIBRATIONS FLOATING IN SPACE{MUCH LIKE THE UNIVERSE ITSELF},ARRANGED BY OUR COMPLEX HUMAN MINDS TO EVOKE WHATEVER IT IS WE ARE FEELING,THINKING,OR EXPIERIENCING.
NO WONDER IT IS SO OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD !
THE CREATOR MAY HAVE HAD ONE THING IN MIND BUT THE LISTENER MAY HEAR ANOTHER.
IT IS ALSO THE ART THAT AROUSE'S THE MOST,MOST INTENSE, AND WIDEST VARIETY OF RESPONSE'S.AS THE LATE RICK NELSON SO ELOQUINTLY PUT IT-"YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE,SO YOU GOTTA PLEASE YOURSELF".
MANY OF THE WORLDS MOST ACCLAIMED MUSICAL WORKS OF GENUIS WERE
COMPLETELY REJECTED WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC.THE MUSIC DIDN'T CHANGE BUT PEOPLES ATTITUDES DID !
SO THE COMPOSER HAS THE MOST DIFFICULT JOB IN THE WORLD.TO EXCEL CREATIVLY;AND YET STILL SUFFER THE SLINGS AND ARROWS THAT WILL INEVITABLY BE THROWN THIER WAY.
NO OTHER ACT MODERN MAN CAN ACHIEVE IS SCRUTINIZED TO THE DEGREE
THAT THE WORK OF A MODERN COMPOSERS IS.IN REALIZING HIS SITUATION,THE
COMPOSER TOILS ON,ALONE,COME HELL OR HIGHWATER. P. HOLLY 6/5/2007
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GOOD NEWS FROM OUT OF THE BLUE !

I GOT SOME GOOD NEWS FROM OUT OF THE BLUE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
IT LOOK'S LIKE LOOK'S MUSIC IS GOING TO BE PAID SOME BACK ROYALTIES.
IT'S FUNNY-YOU WORK SO HARD TO THINK OF IDEAS TO SELL YOUR CD'S AND THEN SOMETHING COMES ALONG WHICH MAY PAY MORE THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER WHATSOEVER.GO FIGURE.ALL I KNOW IS-I'LL TAKE IT !

P. HOLLY 6/2/2007