Paul Gilbert - 'Hey Joe' (Tribute To Jimi Hendrix)

Hey, Joe, where you going with that gun in your hand?
Hey, Joe, I said, where you going with that gun in your hand?

I'm going down to shoot my old lady
You know, I caught her messing around with another man
I'm going down to shoot my old lady
You know, I caught her messing around with another man
And that ain't too cool

Hey, Joe, I heard you shot your woman down
You shot her down, now
Hey, Joe, I heard you shot your old lady down
You shot her down to the ground

Yes I did, I shot her
You know, I caught her messing around, messing around town
Yes I did, I shot her
You know, I caught my old lady messing around town
And I gave her the gun, I shot her!

Hey, Joe, alright
Shoot her one more time, baby

Hey, Joe, where you going to run to now?
Where you going to run to?
Hey, Joe, I said, where you going to run to now?
Where you, where you going to go?
Well, dig it

I'm going way down south
Way down to Mexico way, alright
I'm going way down south
Way down where I can be free
There's no one going to find me

Ain't no hangman going to
He ain't gonna put a rope around me
You better believe it right now, I got to go now

Hey, Joe, you better run on down
Goodbye everybody, ow!
Hey, Joe, run on down

Paul Gilbert: εκ των σημαντικότερων καλλιτεχνών / κιθαριστών στο ευρύτερο hard rock / heavy metal φάσμα. Τον γνωρίσαμε κυρίως μέσα από τους δίσκους των Racer X και των Mr. Big. Παράλληλα "τρέχει" και την προσωπική του καριέρα με πληθώρα δίσκων - κυκλοφοριών.

Το ντεμπούτο του έφερε τον (άκρως χαρακτηριστικό και δηλωτικό του περιεχομένου) τίτλο "Tribute to Jimi Hendrix". "Ζωντανά" ηχογραφημένος δίσκος από το μακρινό 1991, ο οποίος αποτελούνταν από πέντε τραγούδια (προφανώς διασκευές σε Jimi Hendrix), τα Red House, Hey Joe, Highway Chile, Midnight και Purple Haze.

35 έτη μετά, στα μέσα του καλοκαιριού (στις 12 Ιουνίου 2026), επανακυκλοφόρησε σε cd, σε βινύλιο και σε ψηφιακή μορφή μέσω της δισκογραφικής εταιρείας Music Theories Recordings (μέλος της Mascot Label Group), με το εημερωτικό δελτίο τύπου να μας δίνει τις λεπτομέρειες:

«Hot on the heels of his latest studio album WROC, released last February, we're announcing ANOTHER album from the guitarist extraordinaire.

Paul Gilbert will re-release his 1991 album Tribute to Jimi Hendrix to celebrate its 35th Anniversary on 12 June via Music Theories Recordings, marking the album’s first official digital release.

It’s the album that almost never was, or never should have been. Picture the scene, it's 2 June 1991 and Paul Gilbert was invited to the Frankfurt Jazz Festival in Germany to trade a few solos with Albert Collins, who was headlining the festival.

However, shortly after arriving at the venue, Gilbert learned that Collins had suffered a sudden health issue and would be unable to perform.

The promoter of the festival quickly assembled a backing band using the bassist and drummer from Ten Years After, the group led by Alvin Lee, who were also appearing at the festival.

It was only hours before showtime. The only thing Paul could think to do was to quickly rehearse some Jimi Hendrix songs, and make the solos long enough to fill up a whole set.

So the band and Paul jumped into rehearsal, and a couple hours later, did the show with scorching renditions of ‘Red House.’ ‘Hey Joe,’ ‘Highway Chile,’ ‘Midnight’ and ‘Purple Haze’.

The CD has been out of print for many years, and now it's finally available again!»