“Jimi didn’t write ‘Hey Joe’.”
Nor was he one of the first 10 acts to record it.
Doesn't matter - Hendrix is the first thing that comes to mind for 99% of the people that would listen to "Hey Joe" - (of course there's that "1%"....)
Saw Alvin Lee encore with "Hey Joe" back in, maybe 74 - smoked it.