Jimi Hendrix borrowed the concept to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" on electric guitar, complete with squealing feedback accompanying "the bombs bursting in air," at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival in 1969.
While Jimi never was invited to perform the anthem prior to a ballgame, some of his fellow performers at Woodstock were, almost a quarter of a century after the fact.
In April 1993, some members of the Grateful Dead -- founders Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, along with latter-day keyboard player Vince Welnick -- sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" to open a Giants game at Candlestick Park, in the Dead's hometown of San Francisco. They might not have gotten the response of, say, Whitney Houston at the 1991 Super Bowl, but the members of the band acquitted themselves quite while, according to Grateful Dead fans in attendance.
Unfortunately, neither Jerry nor Vince are with us anymore. RIP.
This photo appeared in "Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip," published by DK Publishing Inc., New York City. The photo was taken by Jay Blakesberg, Jay Blakeberg Photography.
Trivia question 9: What National League team finished second five years in a row in the 1960s, despite having six future Hall of Famers at various times during that stretch?
3 comments:
I'm still not sure why they trusted the song to Roseanne Barr.......
Yikes.
Bittersweet to see the pic of Jer, Bobby & Vince. Youtube used to have the video of it but it's recently been yanked. Absolutely better than Roseanne... then again, everything was and forever will be! But tough to beat Jerry, especially in San Fran.
Garciya Later!
I had to work the Dead in here somehow! I'm just hoping my attribution is enough to keep the photographer happy.
As for Roseanne, the best thing to do is ignore here, as everyone seems to have been doing for the past decade or so.
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