[Dixielandjazz] A new take on the Nat'l Anthem

[Russ Guarino]

Because it is so hard to sing, I just can't believe it might have been a folk
song or drinking ditty in merry old England.

Russ Guarino

Bigbuttbnd@aol.com wrote:

> Okay... so count me in the goofy crowd...but I LOVE the National Anthem. I'm
> GLAD it's hard to sing! I'm PROUD it's hard to sing... only the best singers
> should sing it for a crowd... and they should sing the livin' snot out of
> it... and when they do I get chills. I'd rather concentrate on who does it
> WELL instead of who butchers it... because nearly everybody butchers it. It's
> not hard to find examples of THAT! But tell me some folks who really nail it
> to the wall!
>
> I like Whitney's version but then Whitney has (or had) pipes like no one
> before her. My absolute favorite, however, was a version featuring the entire
> Osmond Family. Extended chords but reverent and majestic at the same time.
> They did themselves proud. Recently, at a Braves game in Atlanta I was in
> attendance when a 4-man group of guys really belted it out acapella and it
> froze me in place. I couldn't catch the group name 'cause everybody was
> screamin' their head off and clapping LOUD afterward because it was done so
> well.
>
> Rocky Ball
> Atlanta
>
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