[Dixielandjazz] Super Bowl National Anthem

[Allan Brown]

It doesn't come better than Hendrix's version of the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock in my opinion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_3uHYd7pV0

Best,

Allan


On 8 Feb 2011, at 04:47, Dave Stoddard wrote:

> Dear Listers:
> 
> Whomever came up with the idea of doing the National Anthem as an a capella solo should be taken out and shot.  It is invariably taken too slowly, and in an uncertain key.  Ensembles of any sort do it better, including vocal ensembles.
> 
> In recent years, the best National Anthem before a big game came at the 2006 Rose Bowl, when the Michigan University Marching Band did the Banner proud.  All Super Bowl producers should be locked in a small room and be forced to watch the Michigan rendition followed by ten really awful vocal efforts until they see the light.
> 
> Incidentally, Texas won the 2006 Rose Bowl 38-37.
> 
> Regards,
> Dave Stoddard
> Round Rock, TX
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