Over at Financial Times, writer Ian Gittins wrote an awesome history of the classic rock song "Hey Joe". Made famous by Jimi Hendrix, "Hey Joe" was actually sung by a few bands prior to Jimi making it his own.
After Jimi, a few more bands tried to rock "Hey Joe", but they paled in comparison to Jimi's version.
Check out the history of "Hey Joe" here:
Hey Joe — a song with murky origins gave rise to one of the great cover versions
And another great history of the song by Noel Murray at AV/Music:
“Hey Joe” didn’t start or end with Jimi Hendrix - 7/14/2015
