Fever Tree - Hey Joe

Die in den 1960er gegründete us-amerikanische Band "Fever Tree" mit ihrer Version von "Hey Joe". Vor allem durch die Interpretation Jimi Hendrix' erlangte der ursprüngliche Folksong weltweiten Bekanntheitsgrad.
Künstler: "Fever Tree"
Album: "For sale" (1970)
All copyrights by Fever Tree.

[@jeffreyscott9007]

That was my dad's band. My dad had the first rock club in Houston. I was 11 years old.

[@bebsir3]

Holy CRAP!!! I have been searching for this cover for over 30 years! My dad recorded it onto a mix tape in the early 70s and this was lost to time. Having listened to probably 200 versions since then, it's still the best I've ever heard.

[@captainspock6221]

these guys are great. their song 'san francisco girls' is one of the best songs of the 60's although it doesn't get the recognition.

[@boogaleeboutte]

This kind of stuff is what makes KZbin the greatest website on the internet. I remember a few years back being sad about all of the old great music that I'd probably never hear again. Bands like Fevertree, Marmalde and others that most people have never heard of. When I discovered that it was all here on KZbin it was like getting back together with an old lover who hadn't aged a day.

[@rschiel50]

Good music never dies...it lives on KZbin...

[@doubtfulecstasy4220]

Well said. KZbin gives a second life to those bands who had their brief flutter on the FM dial but never quite ascended to the pantheon. Think Spooky Tooth, Hookfoot and Captain Beyond.

[@angryshamanproductions1946]

I met Michael just before he died in a car accident. Very humble guy. My restaurant partner and I just told him that he was in one of the best sixties bands of the psychedelic era. What incredible harmonies in this tune.

[@pamelaheffner1713]

I typed in Hey Joe and this is the song I found. I love Jimi Hendrix but this cover is absolutely the best version ever!!! I am a fan now of Fever Tree they are so psychedelic and I am such a left over hippie. Thanks Fever Tree you guys are the best!!! Rock on!!!

[@donnisraines]

San Francisco Girls is one of their greats.

[@ellecampbell5067]

Dennis Keller's vocals really take me back to when I bought my first Fever Tree album in '68 and the organ puts me in a psychedelic mood again!

[@cathsalazar9930]

Thanks man takes me back to them awesome years! I’m A young 71 hippy chick bless u ❤️☮️🇺🇸

[@bolehill]

Headphones on, straight to the centre of my mind, awesome version

[@markswinegar3782]

This is the best version of the song. To sing it with such emotion, to capture the frantic feeling of killing the person you love and what you’re going to do next and the feelings that you have inside, the ups and downs it is absolutely fantastic

[@Suchapill]

Have you ever heard Sean Boniwell and The Music Machine's version or Love's version? And yes this version is grand.

[@Suchapill]

@MeTube Yup. They influenced Michael Jackson and The Ramones. Super talented.

[@jdblueemerald]

This guy's vocals absolutely slay me. I don't know what it is, but it's like listening to the very Soul of Rock.

[@philo5096]

Best version of hey joe I've ever heard and I've heard alot of them including Hendrix.

[@peterclarke945]

Oh, man ...... Hendrix's "attempt" at this song just does not count.

[@LudgerBW]

Same here though I consider Hendrix's version a classic.

[@markswinegar3782]

I agree, Hendrix version is great, but this one is a cut above anything or anyone else. It’s a masterpiece

[@stevealvanos6592]

Still like the Leaves version the best.

[@PK-gi2qh]

Love, and The Leaves had pretty incredible versions as well psych garage classics

[@hoorayarts]

Billy Roberts was my boyfriend for long enough to learn my song, Baby Please Don't Go to Town and morph it into Hey Joe, unbeknownst to me but others recognized the derivation (such as Pete Seeger)/ I wrote the song in the late 50's but unfortunately, didn't copyright it until 1962. You can find out more about this on a few websites such as wikipedia and one devoted to Hey Joe. To hear the original and other songs of mine, go to The Numero Group and look for Songs of Leaving. This is an interesting version of many.

[@glennn1950]

'Baby please don't go to town' is by far my favourite version. It must be amazing to see so many great artists cover your song and are being influenced by it to this day.

[@keechero47]

Wow!! Is all I can say...Love

[@tomps50]

Thanks for sharing this Niela.Hey Joe is one of my all time favorites. Learning it's origin is enlightening. Looked at a couple of your videos. Amazing stuff and has opened up a new venue for me. Love ya'!

[@xbettiepage2194]

Love this song! Thanks you are appreciated for such a nice song!

[@donbeaucage131]

Way ahead of her time this lady!

[@PumaTwoU]

Possibly the best version of this song ever.

[@adamsilver4720]

that's what I was thinking. I have so many versions but this is best. I did however edit it a bit

[@roberthanson7528]

Was blessed to see Fever Tree numerous times, eagle never hunts the fly, You keep me hanging on, plus all the great songs they recorded, you should have seen them live, Hey Joe was always a show stopper. WOW!

[@Suchapill]

Wow! The Music Machine does both of these. Great performance.

[@greenmo6156]

Totally forgot about this group. Great version of Hey Joe!

[@dougmphilly]

superb love that procol harum meets tommy james opening and closing sections.

[@rschiel50]

Definitely the Fever Tree sound!

[@imstrokerace]

THE Band with the San Francisco sound! Best version of Hey Joe ever done!

[@Pappyjerry1]

They started out here in Houston, Texas.

[@danielogg5446]

may be a san francisco sound but i went to high school with mike knust. in houston.....

[@catdaddy3302]

Pappyjerry1 I saw them there in 1968.

[@midntrdr]

I totally agree.

[@janetneberman8677]

Wow! This brings back memories of my teens. Loved Fever Tree and this wonderful version of Hey Joe.

[@MusicLover-mx4kf]

It may be thirteen minutes long, but it still ends way too soon!

[@mattigrooves7843]

So cool. It is fascinating. Great Psychedelic

[@lemmyisgod8353]

Großartige Version von Hey Joe.

[@dees9502]

Ugggh, i had ALL of their original vinyl from my older brother and over the years its been lost. Such fond memories hearing these sounds coming from his bedroom and on his car tape deck. Try and find it now 😕 THIS is what KZbin was made for!

[@nitrousninja882]

I like this version very much. I remember an AM station in Pittsburgh in the early seventies would play some Fever Tree songs. I was just a young teenager trying to learn to play guitar at the time so I listened to all the rock bands.

[@nasty1023]

sure brings back some wonderful memories and feelings

[@conocimientopsicodelico5557]

Great song, hello from Ecuador - South America

[@jamesstocks9811]

Fever Tree rock & rule !

[@triplettam]

RIP, Michael Knust. You were an original.

[@daviniaoverton5013]

Awesome !!

[@SuperBuzzy57]

Whoa....... That's just incredibly cool !

[@LudgerBW]

A great chill out track.

[@lerald1989]

superb version!

[@hafnadullhafnadul4200]

Was für eine tolle Version - zigmal gehört vor vielen Jahren in der Lastruper "Scala". Waren tolle Zeiten!!!

[@ziggyinga]

I had never heard this version before, it's really great. The only Fever Tree I was familiar with was their album with San Girls on it. Back in the 60's, early 70's I usually had some of the more obscure LP's but missed this one. Thanks for posting.

[@heroofathunder5123]

Super!

[@josefschwemberger6392]

die beste version die ich je gehört habe.das will ich zu meiner beerdigung gespielt haben.

[@Patriot-oi7mj]

Great version from a great band!

[@nimomaniachannel]

I used to always listen to this song in year 10. I have a big appreciation for this song and all progressive/ cover songs. I love this song and band for making this. It was my life

[@tangledupinbloo]

Thank you for uploading this. :) It's my favorite version of 'Hey Joe'.

[@nimomaniachannel]

sammeee sry people spend 10 years replying to you buddy :)

[@arnemjaland1473]

I love this Version !!

[@peterkufner6148]

Wunderschöne version. Danke

[@jessvizcaino7865]

increíble

[@dorFlonzo]

Gern geschehen! :-)

[@andrewmiles1771]

Hands down best version of hey Joe, It combines the soulful, bluesy Hendrix version with the faster paced, more angsty original version of the leaves, just beautiful

[@drewpall2598]

Have you heard the Music Machine verion? THE MUSIC MACHINE - HEY JOE kzbin.info/www/bejne/l165qn-uos56hsk

[@midntrdr]

Haven't heard this since some real asswipes stole my Fever Tree- For Sale 8-track back in 1973, Have looked for it online here and there over the years. Today, more than just an ordinary surprise. More like Costner and the gang finding the Dom in "Fandango". Whoever posted, thanks! many times over.

[@paulsansom4373]

I can detect more than a hint of "Needles and Pins", made famous in the UK by The Searchers, written by Jackie DeShannon, Sonny Bono and Jack Nitzsche in 1963.

[@conocimientopsicodelico5557]

Que gran tema, saludos desde Ecuador

[@MusicLover-mx4kf]

i prefer this to the Hendrix version, and that's saying something. Psychedelic = brilliant. NB Hendrix wrote most of his own material, but not this one. It was written by a little known songwriter in the 1950s.

[@manueltamayojr1474]

IT'S BILLY ROBERTS THE ORIGINAL

[@jeffreysmith6234]

I actually prefer The Leaves version. It doesn't drag on. Billy Roberts claims authorship yet the first known recording is from the Leaves in 1966.

[@aaronm.3581]

@@RobertIsraelKabakoff Niela Miller wrote this song

[@marvingreen3273]

Good version! I would add Deep Purple Mark1 version with the incomparable Rod Evans vocals, my own personal favorite.

[@georgereynoldsgeorge1842]

Dennis Keller, what an exceptionally powerful voice. Very nice arrangement to this piece, definitely my favorite version of "Hey Joe", Fever Tree, were a very talented group of individuals, Thanks for taking the time, to upload this rare recording dorFlozo, Regards, >GTR

[@roberthanson7528]

Amen Brother, seeing them live was awesome!

[@muppetshowman1972]

fantastique!!!fantastique!!!..............

[@fabianfernandez2888]

Sublime

[@laurentfred1]

Original et bien joué !!! super !!!

[@marcosalves1069]

thank you to post!!!

[@stevemarino5745]

To all those people that think this version is better than the Hendrix version....are you crazy? By the way, Billy Roberts wrote and recorded the song in 1962, as Niela said. But no matter who wrote or sang it, Jimmy OWNED it, just as he did w/ Dylan's All Along the Watchtower. When Hendrix sings this song (not to mention his guitar), it's primal, and from the depths of his soul.

[@CaetanoAmadeu]

I agree, this one version is good but Hendrix one is a classic

[@crazyvideoshow]

wow :O echt hammermäßg das intro und der übergang in den bekannten rhytmus love to my ears

[@briancatt3648]

Mike Knust love you. Been down that road

[@nickinutzable]

best coverv ever heard of a hendrix song

[@williamhobbs7693]

Fantastic version of a classic song: Hey Joe

[@Voodoo66Chile]

Just discovered Fever Tree even tho I'm a big 60's rock fan... This Hey Joe is absolutely AMAZING. By 1968 Jimi Hendrix starts including Fever Tree's Hey Joe riff in his version live. I always loved that riff and find it so cool to hear it here.

[@imstrokerace]

I like this much more than Hendrix!

[@mpcc2022]

Way more!

[@muppetshowman1972]

absolutly right with and the byrds version too!!!

[@ho4228]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@midntrdr]

I'm back. Recording this on a new laptop, very first recording. 8 years ago I was more than glad to find this song here on youtube, and i'm glad it's still here. Now to get the download to go into a new folder. lol

[@Bloomfield246]

One can't really go wrong with this great song. My personal favorites though are all three versions by the Leaves.

[@raddmann99]

Arthur Lee's band LOVE did a cover of this song on their first LP but Lee didn't write it - Billy Roberts did. Lee may have claimed he did though. The Leaves were the first group to do it commercially. Anyway , I'd never heard this version thanks.

[@bahiaazul2934]

Versión 20 minutes instrumental by safic aisha extended long version very good thanks for the video

[@iagoribeiro4940]

cant find this version you mentioned

[@mikeyinkster6530]

Remembering - Oooooh the rushes. Blotter, Blotter, Blotter, Blotter, Blotter, Blotter, Blotter, Blotter, -- -- --

[@bibienjo]

Good album name for sale stay healthy music lovers greetings from weert a southern country of the netherlands smoking weed at this time

[@steelybizzle]

Hey Johaan✌🤠

[@midntrdr]

Rotterdam Rocks !

[@dantastix]

Nicki Anderson2 years ago best coverv ever heard of a hendrix song < Dumb.

[@sergiusius]

no hendrix song

[@dantastix]

@@sergiusius I know lol

[@dorFlonzo]

That is right, maybe I upload also this version...

[@DrutimBates]

havin' a flashback.....

[@midntrdr]

LOL.

[@artdubin8115]

The first recorded version is by The Leaves. Not The Byrds, not Love, Not Jimi Hendrix, Not The Music Machine, There are stories, that when Jimi hendrix first went to England, he heard The Creation do their version (slow) live, and that's where he got the inspiration to do a slower version. The Creation didn't record their's until 1968.

[@Shoegazer89]

Thanks for info, didn't know that!!!

[@kvernon1]

Sorry, but the first recorded version was not by The Leaves, but by Billy Roberts. And some believe he stole the chord progression from another song by Niela Miller called "Baby Please Don't Go to Town". You can find both of these songs on You Tube.

[@Voodoo66Chile]

I believe Jimi was playing it pre Experience. I believe it was the song he played for Chas Chandler in NYC.

[@anthonymclean9743]

@@kvernon1 No The Leaves recorded it before Billy Roberts ..

[@kevinharrison642]

Tim Rose!

[@humberto3153]

eaaa que buenaa rolitaa jaja .. saludos

[@RogerSteinbrinkh2oBrother]

One of the more interesting versions of the Billy Robert's classic.

[@alessandrosilva8440]

Sensacional 💙

[@philiphoward1731]

This was a very good band from San Francisco they also did a cover of a Beatles song called we can work it out it real good band

[@pineconeparty]

They are from Texas my dude

[@jimmymcgee7969]

Houston

[@joeevansevans9117]

Good job

[@pmfzero]

this is fuckin' great!!

[@petermuller1204]

Mega vsion

[@susantidad1038]

The fookin Joe again

[@Serendiphany]

Wish someone would post the other two Leaves versions on here!

[@lerald1989]

idd that could be great!

[@mdhhmnc1]

@666ecl Sure! I remember the 13th Foor Elevators. The Moving Side Walks was another great band from that area and era. I never did the drug thing. I guess I was just high on life and music.

[@paulmanero6448]

Man,, I really like this version. Slow and easy then wham....

[@pierremercier4724]

I could skip easily the first minute on the organ solo intro, but the rest of the song was the worth of it.

[@davidwhiteman9919]

Something different for this age

[@cavalinhodoflamengo5401]

*Som dos Deus música psicodélica é d+*

[@6motion6]

@666ecl Are you talking about the 13th Floor Elevators? I love them. Wish I could be eating LSD now and attend a Fever Tree and Johnny Winter show. Just gets hard to find LSD when you're 60.

[@scootdaws25]

Wondering why these guys never made it to the national stage?

[@bluz1231]

@6motion6 If you would come over to slovenia, than yes ;)

[@Serendiphany]

Same misunderstanding with All Along the Watchtower!

[@timy7537]

If anyone has the lyrics to this version, I'd really appreciate it if you could share them with with me. Thanks!

[@josefschwemberger6392]

habe die lp

[@bluz1231]

@6motion6 great comment ;)

[@budsurtees4224]

This is not the "best" version of Hey Joe, but it is very good. For a version that is more faithful to the intent of the song you should listen to Tim Rose singing it.

[@w4nft974]

Translation to English: The American band "Fever Tree" founded in the 1960s with their version of "Hey Joe". The original folk song gained worldwide fame primarily through the interpretation of Jimi Hendrix.

[@6motion6]

@bluz1231 Can't find any of them right now, can you help ;)

[@foldsofblubber]

when california ruled......

[@Nickcat5]

@mangomouse25 Yea,Man!!

[@user-ho2lc9yi6y]

by the way if you havent from my previous comment take a listen to Clancy by Fever Tree.... just like this one, great redition