Medeski, Martin & Wood
Compilation of versions of "Hey Joe" (1999-2000)

1. January 17, 1999, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY (with Marc Ribot on guitar)
2. March 19, 1999, Tonic, New York, NY
3. September 18, 1999, Dizzy's Den, Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
4. September 19, 1999, Carriage House Theater, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
5. November 12, 1999, Tennessee Theater, Knoxville, TN
6. November 22, 1999, Calvin Theater, Northampton, MA (with Casey Benjamin on sax)
7. June 6, 2000, Palookaville, Santa Cruz, CA
8. August 18, 2000, Metropol, Pittsburgh, PA
9. August 19, 2000, Oregon Ridge State Park, Hunt Valley, MD

Even though "Hey Joe" has been a regular part of MMW's repertoire, 1/17/99 heralded a sustained run of being included on the setlist for a couple of years.
I made this compilation for friends at the time because I thought it actually made quite a nice blues album. I still do.
There was no method to why these versions were chosen except that they sounded good to me.
I hope you get some idea of the great imaginitive wanderings they brought to this song.

This compilation was from a time when I traded audio discs, usually via B+P so I wasn't diligent in keeping track of the sources.
However I doubt the sources would be any different to the ones already on etree so I encourage you to search them out.

Thanks to all the original tapers who provided these great covers.