Episode 147: “Hey Joe” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Songs like, where did you sleep last night? have a melodic resemblance to another old folk song. Miller was clearly familiar with the tradition from which Where Did You Sleep Last Night comes. She also wrote baby please don't go to town is a question and answer song inpracisely that form, but with an unusual chord progression for a folk song.
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