Classic Rock Music Monday

The stuff that now passes as "music", particularly rock 'n roll, leaves me cold. So, to start off the week, here's a video of a classic rock artist.

To start off the week, the last week of July, we have The Leaves, a garage rock 'n roll band from the San Fernando Valley with their 1966 hit "Hey Joe". This version predates the version by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1967. Although revered as the Hendrix version is, The Leaves' version has a better kick to it. 

Back in 1966, this version was covered instrumentally at a talent show during the 1966-67 school year at Richard Henry Dana Intermediate School in Hawthorne, California by Susie Klingenhagen on lead guitar and Jerry McGuire on drums. They killed it. Susie later became a member of the country-rock girl group Sweethearts of the Rodeo. Funny thing, Susie couldn't remember what they played at the talent show until I told her. That's the benefit having a mind like flypaper, I guess.

According to Wikipedia:

The Leaves were an American garage rock band formed in the San Fernando Valley, California, in 1964. They are best known for their version of the song "Hey Joe", which was a hit in 1966. Theirs is the earliest release of this song, which became a rock standard.

The band was founded by bass player Jim Pons and guitarist Robert Lee Reiner, who were inspired by hearing The Beatles while students at Cal State Northridge (then known as San Fernando Valley State College) in Los Angeles.

Here's two videos of The Leaves performing the song. One is a live television performance and the other a stereo version.