What guitar players have performed your favorite version of the star spangled banner?
I saw Neal Schon a few years ago play a terrific version live with Journey and have listened to the Kiss Alive album which they play a great version.
I'll play! MTV used to do these in the 1990s before their annual celebrity softball game (Rock n Jock).
I enjoyed Eric Johnson's version, back around the time when he was riding high on Cliffs of Dover. Must like arpeggios to like this version, but I like how he didn't take the Jimi Hendrix approach:
Runner-up is Steve Vai. While he did take more of the Jimi approach, it's also like a chord-melody thing that sounds pretty good through a Marshall:
[Edited on 9/28/2018 by Zambi]
Jimi. Woodstock. Everything else after that.
Plus 1 —. Eric Johnson
Bruce Kulick does a nice job....
Bruce Kulick does a nice job....
Not bad. Not a criticism at all, but just a comment: a little bit surprised to see Bruce tackle that with an SG, given he came up through the 1980s whammy bar era and he went with a Jimi Hendrix sort of approach. When I clicked the link, I expected to see him with a strat-style ESP with a Floyd Rose.
Jimi set the bar in 1969 at Woodstock. No one had done it before. One of the most beautiful recorded videos I've ever seen.
Some legends being patriotic.....
SRV's version, A lil sloppy. I like the tidbit comment about Mickey Mantle signing Lenny.
Slash for a baseball game
Satchmo at a Raiders game
Zakk for the Troops
Kirk & James (Metallica) for SF Giants game
Nugent at Western Michigan
Yngwie @ Goose Island
Carlos Santana for a NBA game
Neal Schon at Hershey Pk
Jeff Beck for a Detroit Tigers game
Eric Johnson for Rock n Jock softball game
Steve Vai for another Rock n Jock game
Jimi at Berkeley '70
My favorite is WARREN HAYNES!
