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One of the greatest and most controversial renditions of “The Star Spangled Banner” was Jimi Hendrix’s solo guitar performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Hendrix played the anthem with a number of distorted regressions (such as mimicking planes, bombs, and screams in reference to the Vietnam War), to great acclaim from the audience. The performance still has a number of detractors. It was voted 52nd on the list of the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time by readers of Guitar World Magazine. Hendrix also recorded a studio version of The Star-Spangled Banner some time before Woodstock festival. That version features numerous guitar tracks played through octave shifting effects. The resulting sound is somewhat unique. The studio version is available on the Rainbow Bridge album and Cornerstones collection. In a Dick cavett interview, Hendrix called the peformance, “beautiful” in defending the performance against potential hate mail writers, prompting cavett to reply “don’t you think there’s a certain mad beauty in unorthodoxy?

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drehdloc wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Hey guitar172, you sure know a lot about queers and sucking. Is there something you're trying to tell us?

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guitar172 wrote:
10 days ago

This Man blows like a queer on valentines day. The only thing he did right is distortion on guitar. other than that he sucks cumm sticks

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chutsilencesvp wrote:
15 days ago

when you'll be able to make any sound you want to play with your guitar, in a perfect context, in front of thousands of people, the american anthem with bombs falling and machine gun sounds while playing, you'll probably understand what this ''sucking version'' is about.

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stlthbmr wrote:
18 days ago

The most recognized song in the history of man, Period

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the00h_zone wrote:
November 2009

i used to use this for an alarm clock back in 75',Hendrix was a genius,and who know... maybe still is (wouldn't "that" be wierd?)

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1970scorp wrote:
November 2009

the man loved his country,salute!!

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EENIAC wrote:
November 2009

BLASPHEMY!!!

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McBeastie wrote:
November 2009

Holyy crap O_O he sexed the hell out of it! Lmao USA! :D

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comradelover wrote:
November 2009

Is this Riverdance? Sweet Fancy Moses! WTF happened to the real one? Jimi lives!

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SGTROCK82ND wrote:
October 2009

Salute!!!!!!!

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TheGreenLeafMWM wrote:
August 2009

yes

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v8moottorisaha wrote:
August 2009

GOD BLESS OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY!!

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sionborg wrote:
July 2009

JIMI !!!!!!

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AKAKiwi wrote:
July 2009

This sucks donkey balls.

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fantasianazn wrote:
July 2009

Happy 4th of July

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unklezooma wrote:
June 2009

the greatest composition of all times and people | величайшая композиция всех времен и народов

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Turn0nTune1n wrote:
June 2009

this track is proof that this man was an alien.

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Sulisk wrote:
May 2009

Forever Hendrix

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sionborg wrote:
May 2009

WOODSTOCK 1969

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ErwansOzzyfan wrote:
April 2009

The father of fathers

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